H. I. Aaronson, J. B. Clark, and C. Laird, Interfacial Energy of Dislocation and of Coherent Interphase Boundaries, Metal Science Journal, vol.45, issue.1, pp.155-158, 1968.
DOI : 10.1088/0370-1298/63/6/310

K. Aazizou, G. Cailletaud, and A. Diboine, Modelling of viscoplasticity and structural analysis of Diesel cylinder-heads, High temperature structural design, 1990.

M. Abbadi, P. Hähner, and A. Zeghloul, On the characteristics of Portevin???Le Chatelier bands in aluminum alloy 5182 under stress-controlled and strain-controlled tensile testing, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.337, issue.1-2, pp.194-201, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00036-9

D. T. Alexander and A. L. Greer, Solid-state intermetallic phase tranformations in 3XXX aluminium alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.50, issue.10, pp.2571-2583, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00085-X

S. J. Andersen, Quantification of the Mg 2 Si ? and ? phases in AlMgSi alloys by transmission electron microscopy, Metall. Mater. Trans, pp.1931-1937, 1995.

J. P. Anson and J. E. Gruzleski, The Quantitative Discrimination between Shrinkage and Gas Microporosity in Cast Aluminum Alloys Using Spatial Data Analysis, Materials Characterization, vol.43, issue.5, pp.319-335, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S1044-5803(99)00059-5

A. J. Ardell, Temporal behavior of the number density of particles during Ostwald ripening, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.238, issue.1, pp.108-120, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(97)00436-X

R. C. Atwood and P. D. Lee, Simulation of the three-dimensional morphology of solidification porosity in an aluminium???silicon alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.51, issue.18, pp.5447-5466, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00411-7

A. Balasundaram, Z. Shan, A. M. Gokhale, S. Graham, and M. F. Horstemeyer, Particle rotations during plastic deformation of 5086 aluminum alloy, Materials Characterization, vol.48, issue.5, pp.363-369, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1044-5803(02)00280-2

F. Bardi, M. Cabibbo, E. Evangelista, S. Spigarelli, and M. Vukcevic, An analysis of hot deformation of an Al???Cu???Mg alloy produced by powder metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.339, issue.1-2, pp.43-52, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00103-X

B. Barlas, D. Ovono-ovono, I. Guillot, and G. Cailletaud, Aging and fatigue behaviour in cast aluminium alloys, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Cast Aluminum Alloys, pp.396-402, 2002.

F. Barlat, J. C. Brem, J. W. Yoon, K. Chung, R. E. Dick et al., Plane stress yield function for aluminum alloy sheets???part 1: theory, International Journal of Plasticity, vol.19, issue.9, pp.1297-1319, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0749-6419(02)00019-0

F. Barlat, M. V. Glazov, J. C. Brem, and D. J. Lege, A simple model for dislocation behavior, strain and strain rate hardening evolution in deforming aluminum alloys, International Journal of Plasticity, vol.18, issue.7, pp.919-939, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0749-6419(01)00015-8

J. Barralis and G. Maeder, Précis de métallurgie : ´ elaboration, structures-propriétés, normalisation, 1997.

A. Barry, Fatigue oligocycliquè a hautes températures d'alliages d'aluminium de fonderie. Approches mécanique et microstructurale, 1993.

B. Belhedi, Etude du comportement viscoplastique d'un alliage d'aluminium AS5U3 sous conditions anisothermes, Thèse de doctorat, 1992.

A. A. Benzerga, S. S. Hong, K. S. Kim, A. Needleman, and E. Van-der-giessen, Smaller is softer: an inverse size effect in a cast aluminum alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.49, issue.15, pp.3071-3083, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(01)00195-1

S. C. Bergsma, M. E. Kassner, X. Li, and M. A. Wall, Strengthening in the new aluminum alloy AA 6069, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.254, issue.1-2, pp.112-118, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(98)00701-1

M. Berveiller and A. Zaoui, A simplified self-consistent scheme for the plasticity of two-phase material, Res. Mechanica Letters, vol.1, pp.119-124, 1982.

W. Bonfield and P. K. Datta, Precipitation hardening in an Al-Cu-Si-Mg alloy at 130 to 220??? C, Journal of Materials Science, vol.95, issue.9, pp.1661-1666, 1976.
DOI : 10.1007/BF00737522

J. D. Boyd and R. B. Nicholson, A calorimetric determination of precipitate interfacial energies in two Al???Cu alloys, Acta Metallurgica, vol.19, issue.10, pp.1101-1109, 1971.
DOI : 10.1016/0001-6160(71)90042-3

D. Brabazon, D. J. Browne, and A. J. Carr, Mechanical stir casting of aluminium alloys from the mushy state: process, microstructure and mechanical properties, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.326, issue.2, pp.370-381, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01832-9

G. H. Bray, M. Glazov, R. J. Rioja, D. Li, and R. P. Gangloff, Effect of artificial aging on the fatigue crack propagation resistance of 2000 series aluminum alloys, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.23, pp.265-276, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(01)00159-1

M. S. Bruzzi and P. E. Hugh, Methodology for modelling the small crack fatigue behaviour of aluminum alloys, Int. J. of Fatigue, 2002.

J. Y. Buffì-ere, S. Savelli, P. H. Jouneau, E. Maire, and R. Fougères, Experimental study of porosity and its relation to fatigue mechanisms of model Al???Si7???Mg0.3 cast Al alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.316, issue.1-2, pp.115-126, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01225-4

C. H. Cáceres, Particle cracking and the tensile ductility of a model Al-Si-Mg composite system, Aluminium Trans, vol.1, 1999.

C. H. Cáceres, C. J. Davidson, J. R. Griffiths, and Q. G. Wang, The effect of Mg on the microstructure and mechanical behavior of Al-Si-Mg casting alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.44, issue.236, pp.2611-2618, 1999.
DOI : 10.1007/s11661-999-0301-8

C. H. Cáceres, M. B. Djurdjevic, T. J. Stockwell, and J. H. Sokolowski, The effect of Cu content on the level of microporosity in Al-Si-Cu-Mg casting alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol.40, issue.5, pp.631-637, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(98)00492-8

C. H. Cáceres, J. R. Griffiths, and P. Reiner, The influence of microstructure on the Bauschinger effect in an Al???Si???Mg casting alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.44, issue.1, pp.15-23, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/1359-6454(95)00171-6

C. Calabrese and C. Laird, Cyclic stress???strain response of two-phase alloys Part I. Microstructures containing particles penetrable by dislocations, Materials Science and Engineering, vol.13, issue.2, pp.141-174, 1974.
DOI : 10.1016/0025-5416(74)90182-7

M. J. Caton, J. W. Jones, and J. E. Allison, The influence of heat treatment and solidification time on the behavior of small-fatigue-cracks in a cast aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.314, issue.1-2, pp.81-85, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)01916-X

M. J. Caton, J. W. Jones, J. M. Boileau, and J. E. Allison, The effect of solidification rate on the growth of small fatigue cracks in a cast 319-type aluminum alloy, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.6, issue.4, pp.3055-3068, 1999.
DOI : 10.1007/s11661-999-0216-4

J. L. Cavazos and R. Colás, Precipitation in a heat-treatable aluminum alloy cooled at different rates, Materials Characterization, vol.47, issue.3-4, pp.175-179, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1044-5803(01)00164-4

C. Cayron and P. A. Buffat, Transmission electron microscopy study of the ????? phase (Al???Mg???Si alloys) and QC phase (Al???Cu???Mg???Si alloys): ordering mechanism and crystallographic structure, Acta Materialia, vol.48, issue.10, pp.2639-2653, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(00)00057-4

C. Cayron, L. Sagalowicz, O. Beffort, and P. A. Buffat, Structural phase transition in Al-Cu-Mg-Si alloys by transmission electron microscopy study on an Al-4wt% Cu-1 wt% Mg-Ag alloy reinforced by SiC particles, Phil. Mag. A, pp.79-90, 1999.

D. J. Celentano, A thermomechanical model with microstructure evolution for aluminium alloy casting processes, International Journal of Plasticity, vol.18, issue.10, pp.1291-1335, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0749-6419(01)00075-4

E. Cerri, E. Evangelista, S. Spigarelli, P. Cavaliere, and F. Dericcardis, Effects of thermal treatments on microstructure and mechanical properties in a thixocast 319 aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.284, issue.1-2, pp.254-260, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)00748-6

K. S. Chan, P. Jones, and Q. Wang, Fatigue crack growth and fracture paths in sand cast B319 and A356 aluminum alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.341, issue.1-2, pp.18-34, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00196-X

H. D. Chandler and J. V. Bee, Cyclic strain induced precipitation in a solution treated aluminium alloy, Acta Metallurgica, vol.35, issue.10, pp.35-45, 1987.
DOI : 10.1016/0001-6160(87)90147-7

J. Charrier, M. Salmi, D. Fouquet, and J. , Influence d'un cyclage thermique sur un alliage d'aluminium brut de coulée, pp.749-756, 1992.

S. Chen, Y. Zuo, and Y. A. Chang, A thermodynamic description for the ternary Al-Mg-Cu system, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.42, issue.3, pp.435-446, 1997.
DOI : 10.1007/s11661-997-0144-0

R. M. Cleveland, A. K. Ghosh, and J. R. Bradley, Comparison of superplastic behavior in two 5083 aluminum alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.351, issue.1-2, pp.228-236, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00848-1

J. G. Conley, J. Huang, J. Asada, and K. Akiba, Modeling the effects of cooling rate, hydrogen content, grain refiner and modifier on microporosity formation in Al A356 alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.285, issue.1-2, pp.49-55, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)00665-1

M. J. Couper, A. E. Neeson, and J. R. Griffiths, CASTING DEFECTS AND THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR OF AN ALUMINIUM CASTING ALLOY, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, vol.29, issue.3, pp.213-227, 1990.
DOI : 10.1016/0013-7944(79)90030-4

P. N. Crepeau, S. D. Antolovitch, and J. A. Worden, Fatigue crack growth in an Al-10.7Si-2.2Cu-1.2Mg casting alloy, Proceedings of the 22nd Symposium on Fracture Mechanics, pp.707-726, 1992.

J. P. Culié, G. Cailletaud, and A. Lasalmonie, La contrainte interne en viscoplasticité : comparaison des approches mécaniques et microscopiques, La Recherche Aérospatiale, vol.2, pp.109-119, 1982.

S. A. Curtis, J. S. Romero, L. Rios, E. R. Rodopoulos, C. A. Levers et al., Predicting the interfaces between fatigue crack growth regimes in 7150-T651 aluminium alloy using the fatigue damage map, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.344, issue.1-2, pp.79-85, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00416-1

A. A. Dabayeh, A. J. Berube, and T. H. Topper, An experimental study of the effect of a flaw at a notch root on the fatigue life of cast Al 319, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.20, issue.7, pp.20-27, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(98)00020-6

D. Hoff, R. T. Rhines, and F. N. , Microscopie quantitative, 1972.

F. Delmas, M. Vivas, P. Lours, M. J. Casanove, A. Couret et al., Straining mechanisms in aluminium alloy 6056. In-situ investigation by transmission electron microscopy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.340, issue.1-2, pp.286-291, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00184-3

T. Desaki and S. Kamiya, Development of a new aluminum alloy bearing for small-sized diesel engines, JSAE Review, vol.21, issue.1, pp.143-147, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0389-4304(99)00070-3

A. Deschamps, M. Niewczas, F. Bley, Y. Brechet, J. D. Embury et al., Low-temperature dynamic precipitation in a supersaturated Al- Zn-Mg alloy and related strain hardening, Phil. Mag. A, pp.79-89, 1999.

P. Donnadieu, M. Roux-michollet, and . Chastagnier, A quantitative study by transmission electron microscopy of nanoscale precipitates in Al-Mg-Si alloys, Philosophical Magazine A, vol.94, issue.6, pp.1347-1366, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/1044-5803(90)90023-D

M. Drouzy, S. Jacob, and M. Richard, Interpretation of tensile result by means of quality index and probable yield stress, ASS International Cast Methods J, pp.43-50, 1980.

B. Dubost and P. Sainfort, Durcissement par précipitation des alliages d'aluminium. Techniques de l'ingénieur, traité Métallurgie, pp.1-25

D. Dumont, A. Deschamps, and Y. Brechet, On the relationship between microstructure, strength and toughness in AA7050 aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.356, issue.1-2, pp.326-336, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(03)00145-X

J. Dünnwald and E. El-magd, Description of the creep behaviour of the precipitation-hardened material Al-Cu-Mg alloy 2024 using finite element computations based on microstructure mechanical models, Computational Materials Science, vol.7, issue.1-2, pp.200-207, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/S0927-0256(96)00081-X

J. Dutkiewicz and L. Litynska, The effect of plastic deformation on structure and properties of chosen 6000 series aluminium alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.324, issue.1-2, pp.239-243, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01318-1

D. Emadi, J. E. Gruzleski, and J. M. Toguri, The effect of na and Sr modification on surface tension and volumetric shrinkage of A356 alloy and their influence on porosity formation, Metallurgical Transactions B, vol.236, issue.9, pp.1055-1063, 1993.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02660997

D. Emadi, H. Liu, J. E. Gruzleski, and M. Bouchard, Effects of Sr-modification on the melt hydrogen content and the hydrogen solubility in the solid and liquid Al-Si alloys, Proceedings of the 1996 125th TMS annual meeting, pp.721-727, 1996.

O. Engler and J. Hirsch, Texture control by thermomechanical processing of AA6xxx Al???Mg???Si sheet alloys for automotive applications???a review, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.336, issue.1-2, pp.249-262, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01968-2

S. Esmaeili, D. J. Lloyd, and W. J. Poole, A yield strength model for the Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloy AA6111, Acta Materialia, vol.51, issue.8, pp.2243-2257, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00028-4

W. J. Evans, H. V. Jones, J. A. Spittle, and S. G. Brown, Defect sensitive fatigue in a cast aluminium alloy, Proceedings of the 10th conference on the Strength of Materials The Japan Inst. of Metals, Strengh of Materials, pp.501-504, 1994.

J. Fan, A Micro/Macroscopic Analysis for Cyclic Plasticity of Dual-Phase Materials, Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol.66, issue.1, pp.124-135, 1999.
DOI : 10.1115/1.2789139

J. Fan, D. L. Mcdowell, M. F. Horstemeyer, and K. Gall, Cyclic plasticity at pores and inclusions in cast Al???Si alloys, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.70, issue.10, pp.1281-1302, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0013-7944(02)00097-8

Q. T. Fang and D. A. Granger, Porosity formation in modified and unmodified A356 alloy castings, AFS Trans, vol.97, pp.989-1000, 1989.

R. Ferragut, A. Somoza, and I. Torriani, Pre-precipitation study in the 7012 Al???Zn???Mg???Cu alloy by electrical resistivity, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.334, issue.1-2, pp.1-5, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01771-3

R. Foerch, V. Gros, V. Mounoury, S. Quilici, and G. Cailletaud, Cyclic calculations and life prediction in thermomechanical fatigue using the Zmat library, Abaqus Users Conference, 2000.

S. D. Forder, J. S. Brooks, A. Reeder, and P. V. Evans, 57Fe M??ssbauer spectroscopy of intermetallic phases in D.C. cast aluminium, Scripta Materialia, vol.40, issue.1, pp.45-48, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(98)00386-8

J. Friedel, Dislocations. Pergamon Press, International Series of Monographs in Solid State Physics, 1964.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00145192

T. Fujii, C. Watanabe, Y. Nomura, N. Tanaka, and M. Kato, Microstructural evolution during low cycle fatigue of a 3003 aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.319, issue.321, pp.319-321, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01078-4

S. I. Fujikawa, Tracer diffusion of magnesium in pseudo-binary Al ? Mg 2 Al alloys. Defect and Diffusion Forum Vols, pp.143-147, 1997.

S. I. Fujikawa and Y. Takada, Interdiffusion between Aluminium and Al-Mg alloys. Defect and Diffusion Forum Vols, pp.143-147, 1997.
DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.143-147.409

C. B. Fuller, A. R. Krause, D. C. Dunand, and D. N. Seidman, Microstructure and mechanical properties of a 5754 aluminum alloy modified by Sc and Zr additions, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.338, issue.1-2, pp.8-16, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00056-4

C. A. Gandin, Y. Bréchet, M. Rappaz, G. Canova, M. Ashby et al., Modelling of solidification and heat treatment for the prediction of yield stress of cast alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.50, issue.5, pp.901-927, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(01)00376-7

A. L. Greer, A. M. Bunn, A. Tronche, P. V. Evans, and D. J. Bristow, Modelling of inoculation of metallic melt ; application to grain refinement of aluminium by, 1999.

N. M. Grinberg, V. A. Serdyuk, A. M. Gavrilyako, D. V. Lychagin, and E. V. Kozlov, Cyclic hardening and substructure of Al???Mg alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.138, issue.1, pp.49-61, 1991.
DOI : 10.1016/0921-5093(91)90675-D

G. Guiglionda and W. J. Poole, The role of damage on the deformation and fracture of Al???Si eutectic alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.336, issue.1-2, pp.159-169, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01971-2

I. Guillot, B. Barlas, D. Massinon, and G. Cailletaud, Thermomechanical fatigue and aging of cast aluminum alloy : A link between numerical modeling and microstructural approach, Proceedings of the International Conference of Temperature-Fatigue Interaction, pp.75-84, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1566-1369(02)80064-4

I. Guillot, C. Evrard, D. Massinon, and M. Clavel, Low cycle fatigue at room temperature of over ageing cast aluminum alloys, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Cast Aluminum Alloys, pp.1463-1468, 2000.

I. Guillot, D. Massinon, B. Barlas, and D. Ovono-ovono, Improved Material Properties for Cast Aluminium Alloys: From the Processes to Life Prediction Modelling, Proceedings of the Thermec International Conference, 2003.
DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.426-432.327

J. Guo, H. Zhu, and J. Jia, Mechanical properties of Al-7Si-Mg casting alloy under various aging conditions, Materials Science and Technology, vol.90, issue.5, pp.476-478, 1998.
DOI : 10.2464/jilm.28.8

A. K. Gupta, M. C. Chatuvedi, and A. K. Jena, Effects of silicon additions on aging behaviour of Al???1??52Cu???0??75Mg alloy, Materials Science and Technology, vol.86, issue.6, pp.52-55, 1989.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02655200

A. K. Gupta and S. A. Court, Precipitation hardening in Al???Mg???Si alloys with and without excess Si, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.316, issue.1-2, pp.11-17, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01247-3

A. K. Gupta, A. K. Jena, and M. C. Chatuvedi, Insoluble phase in Al???1??52Cu???0??75Mg alloys containing silicon, Materials Science and Technology, vol.77, issue.12, pp.1012-1017, 1987.
DOI : 10.1016/0026-0800(83)90013-7

A. K. Gupta, D. J. Lloyd, and S. A. Court, Precipitation hardening processes in an Al???0.4%Mg???1.3%Si???0.25%Fe aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.301, issue.2, pp.140-146, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)01814-1

G. Gustafsson, T. Thorvaldsson, and G. L. Dunlop, The influence of Fe and Cr on the microstructure of cast Al-Si-Mg alloys, Metallurgical Transactions A, vol.73, issue.1, pp.45-52, 1986.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02644441

S. Han, K. Katsumata, S. Kumai, and A. Sato, Effects of solidification structure and aging condition on cyclic stress???strain response in Al???7% Si???0.4% Mg cast alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.337, issue.1-2, pp.170-178, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00004-7

S. Han, S. Kumai, and A. Sato, Effects of solidification structure on short fatigue crack growth in Al???7%Si???0.4%Mg alloy castings, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.332, issue.1-2, pp.56-63, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01713-0

G. Heiberg and L. Arnberg, Investigation of the microstructure of the Al???Si eutectic in binary aluminium???7 wt% silicon alloys by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), Journal of Light Metals, vol.1, issue.1, pp.43-49, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1471-5317(00)00005-5

S. Hirosawa, T. Sato, A. Kamio, and H. M. Flower, Classification of the role of microalloying elements in phase decomposition of Al based alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.48, issue.8, pp.1797-1806, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00475-9

S. M. Hirth, G. J. Marshall, S. A. Court, and D. J. Lloyd, Effects of Si on the aging behaviour and formability of aluminium alloys based on AA6016, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.319, issue.321, pp.319-321, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)00969-8

U. Honma, . Yokohama, and K. Kitaoka, Fatigue strength and mechanical properties of aluminium alloy castings of different structural fineness. Communication from light alloy castings research committee of japan Foundrymen's society, pp.917-920, 1984.

E. Hornbogen, Hundred years of precipitation hardening, Journal of Light Metals, vol.1, issue.2, pp.127-132, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1471-5317(01)00006-2

M. F. Horstemeyer, Damage influence on Bauschinger effect of a cast A356 aluminum alloy, Scripta Materialia, vol.39, issue.11, pp.1491-1495, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(98)00343-1

G. A. Hoskin, J. W. Provan, and J. E. Gruzleski, The in-situ fatigue testing of a cast aluminum-silicon alloy, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, vol.10, issue.1, pp.27-41, 1988.
DOI : 10.1016/0167-8442(88)90054-7

J. Huang, T. Mori, and J. G. Conley, Simulation of microporosity formation in modified and unmodified A356 alloy castings, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, vol.27, issue.6, pp.29-41, 1998.
DOI : 10.1007/s11663-998-0048-4

C. R. Hutchinson and S. P. Ringer, Precipitation processes in Al-Cu-Mg alloys microalloyed with Si, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.44, issue.70, pp.2721-2733, 2000.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02830331

I. Iglesis, Effet de l'influence des paramètres de solidification sur la structure et les propriétés mécaniques d'alliages industriels hypo-eutectiques aluminium-silicium, 1976.

P. C. Inguanti, Overcoming Material Boundaries, Proceedings of the 17th SAMPE technical conference, p.61, 1985.

K. Inoue, T. Yosimura, A. Fuji, and H. Noguchi, Fatigue characteritics of cast aluminum alloy under mean stress, Proceedings of the 8th international fatigue congress, pp.2633-2640, 2002.

Z. H. Ismail, Microstructure and mechanical properties developed by thermomechanical treatment in an AlMgSi alloy, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, vol.32, issue.3, pp.457-462, 1995.
DOI : 10.1016/S0956-716X(99)80082-X

D. Jiang and C. Wang, Influence of microstructure on deformation behavior and fracture mode of Al???Mg???Si alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.352, issue.1-2, pp.29-33, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00456-2

D. Khireddine, R. Rahouadj, and M. Clavel, Irreversibility of strain during lowcycle fatigue experiments of a precipitation-hardened alloy, pp.1555-66, 1998.

J. Król, The precipitation strengthening of directionally solidified Al Si Cu alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.234, issue.236, pp.234-236, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(97)00182-2

N. C. Kuijpers, J. Tirel, D. N. Hanlon, and S. Van-der-zwaag, Quantification of the evolution of the 3D intermetallic structure in a 6005A aluminium alloy during a homogenisation treatment, Materials Characterization, vol.48, issue.5, pp.379-392, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1044-5803(02)00289-9

V. D. Lacarac, D. J. Smith, and M. J. Pavier, The effect of cold expansion on fatigue crack growth from open holes at room and high temperature, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.23, pp.161-170, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(01)00125-6

W. Laorchan, M. H. Mulazimoglu, and J. E. Gruzleski, Constant volume risered mold for reduced pressure test, AFS Trans, vol.101, pp.253-259, 1994.

D. Larouche, C. Laroche, and M. Bouchard, Analysis of differential scanning calorimetric measurements performed on a binary aluminium alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.51, issue.8, pp.2161-2170, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(03)00003-X

L. Lasa and J. M. Rodriguez-ibabe, Characterization of the dissolution of the Al2Cu phase in two Al???Si???Cu???Mg casting alloys using calorimetry, Materials Characterization, vol.48, issue.5, pp.371-378, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1044-5803(02)00283-8

S. Lathabai and P. G. Lloyd, The effect of scandium on the microstructure, mechanical properties and weldability of a cast Al???Mg alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.50, issue.17, pp.4275-4292, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00259-8

M. Lebyodkin, A. Deschamps, and Y. Bréchet, Influence of second-phase morphology and topology on mechanical and fracture properties of Al-Si alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.234, issue.236, pp.234-236, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(97)00314-6

J. H. Lee, H. S. Kim, C. W. Won, and B. Cantor, Effect of the gap distance on the cooling behavior and the microstructure of indirect squeeze cast and gravity die cast 5083 wrought Al alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.338, issue.1-2, pp.182-190, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00054-0

M. H. Lee, J. J. Kim, K. H. Kim, N. J. Kim, S. Lee et al., Effects of HIPping on high-cycle fatigue properties of investment cast A356 aluminum alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.340, issue.1-2, pp.123-129, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00157-0

P. D. Lee, R. C. Atwood, R. J. Dashwood, and H. Nagaumi, Modeling of porosity formation in direct chill cast aluminum???magnesium alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.328, issue.1-2, pp.213-222, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01687-2

J. Lemaitre and J. L. Chaboche, Mécanique des matériaux solides, 1988.

H. Liao and G. Sun, Mutual poisoning effect between Sr and B in Al???Si casting alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol.48, issue.8, pp.1035-1039, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(02)00648-6

H. Liao, Y. Sun, and G. Sun, Correlation between mechanical properties and amount of dendritic ??-Al phase in as-cast near-eutectic Al???11.6% Si alloys modified with strontium, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.335, issue.1-2, pp.62-66, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01949-9

I. M. Lifschitz and V. V. Slyozov, The kinetics of precipitation from supersaturated solid solutions, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, vol.19, issue.1-2, pp.35-50, 1961.
DOI : 10.1016/0022-3697(61)90054-3

G. Liu, G. J. Zhang, X. D. Ding, J. Sun, and K. H. Chen, Modeling the strengthening response to aging process of heat-treatable aluminum alloys containing plate/disc- or rod/needle-shaped precipitates, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.344, issue.1-2, pp.113-124, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00398-2

W. Ludwig, J. Y. Buffì-ere, S. Savelli, and P. Cloetens, Study of the interaction of a short fatigue crack with grain boundaries in a cast Al alloy using X-ray microtomography, Acta Materialia, vol.51, issue.3, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00320-8
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00475154

B. J. Mahoney and R. I. Stephens, Fatigue and fracture toughness of Water-chilled A356-T6 cast aluminium alloy, SAE technical paper, 1988.

C. D. Marioara, S. J. Andersen, J. Jansen, and H. W. Zandbergen, Atomic model for GP-zones in a 6082 Al???Mg???Si system, Acta Materialia, vol.49, issue.2, pp.321-328, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(00)00302-5

C. D. Mariora, S. J. Andersen, J. Jansen, and H. W. Zandbergen, The influence of temperature and storage time at RT on nucleation of the ????? phase in a 6082 Al???Mg???Si alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.51, issue.3, pp.789-796, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(02)00470-6

V. Massardier, P. Kerdelhué, P. Merle, and J. Besson, Experimental study of the interaction of magnesium with the reinforcement in Al???Mg???Si alloy/??-alumina platelet composites, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.191, issue.1-2, pp.267-276, 1995.
DOI : 10.1016/0921-5093(94)09625-7

D. Massinon and V. Constantin, Formation métallurgie et défauts de fonderie, 2002.

K. Matsuda, D. Teguri, Y. Uetani, T. Sato, and S. Ikeno, Cu-segregation at the Q???/??-Al interface in Al???Mg???Si???Cu alloy, Scripta Materialia, vol.47, issue.12, pp.833-837, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(02)00325-1

M. Evily, A. J. Bao, H. Ishihara, and S. , Constitutive relation for fatigue crack growth, Proceedings of the Seventh International Fatigue Congress, Engineering Materials Advisory Services, Warley, pp.329-336, 1999.

F. J. Mcmaster and D. J. Smith, Predictions of fatigue crack growth in aluminium alloy 2024???T351 using constraint factors, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.23, pp.93-101, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(01)00134-7

K. Mergia, F. Al-hazmi, R. J. Stewart, and S. Messoloras, Study of the precipitation kinetics in an Al???8.9 at.% Li alloy using small-angle neutron scattering, Philosophical Magazine A, vol.65, issue.11, pp.2609-2628, 2000.
DOI : 10.1179/030634575790445143

P. Merle and F. Fouquet, Coarsening of ????? plates in al-cu alloys???I. experimental determination of mechanisms, Acta Metallurgica, vol.29, issue.12, pp.1919-1927, 1981.
DOI : 10.1016/0001-6160(81)90029-8

P. Merle, F. Fouquet, J. Merlin, and P. F. Gobin, Signification du maximum de durcissement apparaissant durant la pr??cipitation de ????? dans un alliage d'aluminium ?? 4% en poids de cuivre (AU4), Materials Science and Engineering, vol.26, issue.2, pp.277-282, 1976.
DOI : 10.1016/0025-5416(76)90015-X

P. Meyer, P. Hottebart, P. Malletroit, D. Massinon, and F. Clumail, MMC development at Montupet : an overview, ASS Transactions, pp.94-181, 1994.

M. Ph, D. Massinon, . Guerin-ph, and L. Wong, Influence of microstructure on the static and Thermal Fatigue properties of 319 alloys, 1997.

W. F. Miao and D. E. Laughlin, Precipitation hardening in aluminum alloy 6022, Scripta Materialia, vol.40, issue.7, pp.873-878, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(99)00046-9

P. S. Mohanty and J. E. Gruszleski, Grain refinement mechanisms of hypoeutectic Al???Si alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.44, issue.9, pp.3749-3760, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/1359-6454(96)00021-3

K. Moizumi, K. Mine, H. Tezuka, and T. Sato, Influence of Precipitate Microstructures on Thermal Fatigue Properties of Al-Si-Mg Cast Alloys, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Aluminium Alloys, pp.396-402, 2002.
DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.396-402.1371

L. F. Mondolfo, Aluminium alloys, structure and properties, 1976.

S. Murali, T. S. Arvind, K. S. Raman, and K. S. Murphy, Fatigue Properties of Sand Cast, Stircast and Extruded Al–7Si–0.3Mg Alloy with Trace Additions of Be and Mn, Materials Transactions, JIM, vol.38, issue.1, pp.28-36, 1997.
DOI : 10.2320/matertrans1989.38.28

O. R. Myhr and O. Grong, Modelling of non-isothermal transformations in alloys containing a particle distribution, Acta Materialia, vol.48, issue.7, pp.1605-1615, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00435-8

O. R. Myhr, O. Grong, and S. J. Andersen, Modelling of the age hardening behaviour of Al???Mg???Si alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.49, issue.1, pp.65-75, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(00)00301-3

L. Nastac, Numerical modeling of solidification morphologies and segregation patterns in cast dendritic alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.47, issue.17, pp.4253-4262, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00325-0

H. Ni, B. Sun, H. Jiang, D. Shu, W. Lin et al., Effect of JDN-I flux on DAS oof A356 alloy at different cooling rate, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, vol.00, pp.1-5, 2003.

E. Nicouleau-bourles, Etude expérimentale et numérique du vieillissement d'un alliage d'aluminium. Application aux culasses automobiles, 1999.

B. Noble and S. E. Bray, Coarsening of the ????? phase in aluminium-lithium alloys, Philosophical Magazine A, vol.65, issue.4, pp.6163-6171, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/0921-5093(94)90901-6

K. Nogita and A. K. Dahle, Effects of boron on eutectic modification of hypoeutectic Al???Si alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol.48, issue.3, pp.307-313, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(02)00381-0

A. F. Norman, K. Hyde, F. Costello, S. Thompson, S. Birley et al., Examination of the effect of Sc on 2000 and 7000 series aluminium alloy castings: for improvements in fusion welding, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.354, issue.1-2, pp.188-198, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00942-5

J. A. Odegard and K. Pedersen, Fatigue properties of an A356 (AlSi7Mg) aluminium alloy for automotive applications-fatigue life prediction. SAE technical paper, Society of Automotive Engineers, pp.25-32, 1994.

D. Ovono-ovono, Etude sur les alliages d'aluminium de fonderie (précipitation et intermétalliques) Etude bibliographique de l, 2002.

J. S. Park, S. H. Park, and C. S. Lee, A microstructural model for the prediction of high cycle fatigue life, Scripta Materialia, vol.47, issue.4, pp.225-229, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(02)00115-X

G. Patton, C. Rinaldi, Y. Brechet, G. Lormand, and R. Fougères, Study of fatigue damage in 7010 aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.254, issue.1-2, pp.207-218, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(98)00762-X

D. G. Pavlou, Prediction of fatigue crack growth under real stress histories, Engineering Structures, vol.22, issue.12, pp.1707-1713, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0141-0296(99)00069-3

P. Peruzzetto, Calculs thermomécaniques sur une culasse Diesel Renault, 1986.

D. Plaza, J. Asensio, J. A. Pero-sanz, and J. I. Verdeja, Microstructure, a Limiting Parameter for Determining the Engineering Range of Compositions for Light Alloys, Materials Characterization, vol.40, issue.3, pp.145-158, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S1044-5803(98)00004-7

A. Plumtree and S. Schafer, The behaviour of short fatigue cracks, 1986.

B. Pommier, Methode Cyclique Directe en thermoviscoplasticité, 2003.

W. J. Poole, J. A. Saeter, S. Skjervold, and G. Waterloo, A model for predicting the effect of deformation after solution treatment on the subsequent artificial aging behavior of AA7030 and AA7108 alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.41, issue.9, pp.2327-2338, 2000.
DOI : 10.1007/s11661-000-0148-5

G. W. Powell, The fractography of casting alloys, Materials Characterization, vol.33, issue.3, pp.275-293, 1994.
DOI : 10.1016/1044-5803(94)90048-5

P. Ratchev, B. Verlinden, D. Smet, P. Van-houtte, and P. , Precipitation hardening of anAl???4.2wt% Mg???0.6wt% Cu alloy, Acta Materialia, vol.46, issue.10, pp.3523-3533, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(98)00033-0

L. Ratke and P. W. Voorhees, Growth and coarsening, Ostwald ripening in material processing, 2002.

E. F. Rauch, J. J. Gracio, F. Barlat, A. B. Lopes, and J. Ferreira-duarte, Hardening behavior and structural evolution upon strain reversal of aluminum alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol.46, issue.12, pp.881-886, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(02)00073-8

J. M. Reed and M. E. Walter, Observations of serration characteristics and acoustic emission during serrated flow of an Al???Mg alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.359, issue.1-2, pp.1-10, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00729-3

W. Reif, J. Dutkiewicz, R. Ciach, S. Yu, and J. Król, Effect of ageing on the evolution of precipitates in AlSiCuMg alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.234, issue.236, pp.234-236, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(97)00181-0

A. R. Riahi, T. Perry, and A. T. Alpas, Scuffing resistances of Al???Si alloys: effects of etching condition, surface roughness and particle morphology, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.343, issue.1-2, pp.76-81, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00322-2

S. P. Ringer, K. Hono, I. J. Polmear, and T. Sakurai, Nucleation of precipitates in aged AlCuMg(Ag) alloys with high Cu:Mg ratios, Acta Materialia, vol.44, issue.5, pp.1883-1898, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/1359-6454(95)00314-2

S. P. Ringer, T. Sakurai, and I. J. Polmear, Origins of hardening in aged Al???Gu???Mg???(Ag) alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.45, issue.9, pp.3731-3744, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(97)00039-6

G. Rionttino and A. Zanada, Coupled formation of hardening particles on pre-precipitates in an Al???Cu???Mg???Si 2014 alloy, Materials Letters, vol.37, issue.4-5, pp.241-245, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0167-577X(98)00099-8

P. A. Rometsch and G. B. Schaffer, An age hardening model for Al???7Si???Mg casting alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.325, issue.1-2, pp.424-434, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01479-4

N. Roy, A. M. Samuel, and F. H. Samuel, Porosity formation in Al-9wt%Si-3wt%Cu alloy systems : metallographic observation, Metall. Mater. Trans, pp.415-429, 1996.
DOI : 10.1007/bf02648419

L. M. Rylands, D. M. Wilkes, W. M. Rainforth, and H. Jones, Coarsening of precipitates and dispersoids in aluminium alloy matrices: a consolidation of the available experimental data, Journal of Materials Science, vol.9, issue.70, pp.1895-1900, 1994.
DOI : 10.1007/BF00351310

A. K. Sachdev, Correlating strain hardening and strain rate sensitivity to deformed substructure in aged Al-Mg-Si alloy, Engineering Materials Advisory services Ltd, pp.813-826, 1986.

T. Sakurai and T. Eto, Effect of Cu addition on the mechanical properties of Al-Mg-Si alloys, 3rd international conference on aluminum alloys, Kobe research and development, pp.95-98, 1993.

A. M. Samuel, J. Gauthier, and F. H. Samuel, Microstructural aspects of the dissolution and melting of Al2Cu phase in Al-Si alloys during solution heat treatment, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.90, issue.1, pp.1785-1798, 1996.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02651928

A. M. Samuel and F. H. Samuel, A metallographic study of porosity and fracture behavior in relation to the tensile properties in 319.2 end chill castings, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.98, issue.9, pp.2359-2372, 1995.
DOI : 10.1007/BF02671250

R. Sankaran and C. Laird, Kinetics of growth of platelike precipitates, Acta Metallurgica, vol.22, issue.8, pp.957-969, 1974.
DOI : 10.1016/0001-6160(74)90021-2

S. Savelli, Identification des mécanismes et approche quantitative de la fatigue d'alliages modèles d'aluminium de moulage, 2000.

S. Savelli, J. Y. Buffì-ere, and R. Fougères, Pore characterization in a model cast aluminium alloy and its quantitative relation to fatigue life studied by synchrotron Xray microtomography. International Conference on Aluminium Alloys, Mater. Sci. Forum, vol.331, pp.197-202, 2000.

R. D. Schueller and F. E. Wawner, Strengthening potential of the cubic ? precipitate in Al-Cu-Mg-Si alloys, Journal of Materials Science, vol.19, issue.1, pp.239-249, 1994.
DOI : 10.1007/BF00356599

H. Sehitoglu, X. Qing, T. Smith, H. J. Maier, and J. A. Allison, Stress-strain response of a cast 319-T6 aluminum under thermomechanical loading, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.30, issue.10, pp.139-151, 2000.
DOI : 10.1007/s11661-000-0060-z

M. E. Seniw, J. G. Conley, and M. E. Fine, The effect of microscopic inclusion locations and silicon segregation on fatigue lifetimes of aluminum alloy A356 castings, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.285, issue.1-2, pp.43-48, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)00663-8

M. E. Seniw, M. E. Fine, E. Y. Chen, M. Meshii, and J. Gray, Relation of defect size and location to fatigue failure in Al alloy A356 cast specimens, Proceedings of the conference on high cycle fatigue of structural materials, pp.371-379, 1997.

M. Serriere, C. A. Gandin, E. Gautier, P. Archambault, and M. Dehmas, Modeling of Precipitation Coupled with Thermodynamic Calculations, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Cast Aluminum Alloys, pp.396-402, 2002.
DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.396-402.747

J. F. Shackelford, Introduction to materials science for engineers, 1992.

D. Shah and C. Altstetter, Quantitative transmission electron microscopy of systems with precipitates, Materials Science and Engineering, vol.26, issue.2, pp.175-183, 1976.
DOI : 10.1016/0025-5416(76)90005-7

H. X. Shang and H. J. Ding, Low cycle fatigue stress-strain relation model of cyclic hardening or cyclic softening materials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.54, issue.1, pp.1-9, 1996.
DOI : 10.1016/0013-7944(95)00144-1

T. Shih and Q. Chung, Fatigue of as-extruded 7005 aluminum alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.348, issue.1-2, pp.1-12, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00743-8

G. K. Sigworth, Theoretical and practical aspects of the modification of Al-Si alloys, AFS Trans, vol.66, pp.7-16, 1983.

B. Skallerud, T. Iveland, and G. Härkegard, Fatigue life assessment of aluminum alloys with casting defects, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.44, issue.6, pp.857-874, 1993.
DOI : 10.1016/0013-7944(93)90108-5

B. Skallerud and P. K. Larsen, A UNIAXIAL CYCLIC PLASTICITY MODEL INCLUDING TRANSIENT MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, vol.03, issue.6, pp.611-625, 1989.
DOI : 10.1016/0142-1123(85)90024-6

G. W. Smith, Precipitation kinetics in an air-cooled aluminum alloy: A comparison of scanning and isothermal calorimetry measurement methods, Thermochimica Acta, vol.313, issue.1, pp.27-36, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0040-6031(97)00452-8

T. S. Srivatsan, D. Kolar, and P. Magnusen, The cyclic fatigue and final fracture behavior of aluminum alloy 2524, Materials & Design, vol.23, issue.2, pp.129-139, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0261-3069(01)00070-X

S. E. Stanzl-tschegg and H. Mayer, Fatigue and fatigue crack growth of aluminium alloys at very high numbers of cycles, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.23, pp.231-237, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(01)00167-0

M. J. Starink, P. Wang, I. Sinclair, and P. J. Gregson, Microstrucure and strengthening of Al???Li???Cu???Mg alloys and MMCs: II. Modelling of yield strength, Acta Materialia, vol.47, issue.14, pp.3855-3868, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(99)00228-1

M. J. Starink and A. M. Zahra, ????? and ?? precipitation in an Al???Mg alloy studied by DSC and TEM, Acta Materialia, vol.46, issue.10, pp.46-56, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(98)00053-6

R. I. Stephens, H. D. Berns, R. A. Chernenkoff, R. L. Indig, S. K. Koh et al., Low Cycle Fatigue of A356-T6 Cast Aluminum Alloy - A Round-Robin Test Program, SAE Technical Paper Series, 1988.
DOI : 10.4271/881701

R. I. Stephens and S. K. Koh, Improvements in Empirical Representation of A356-T6 Cast Aluminum Alloy Round-Robin Low Cycle Fatigue Data, SAE Technical Paper Series, 1988.
DOI : 10.4271/881702

R. I. Stephens, B. J. Mahoney, and R. G. Fossman, Low Cycle Fatigue of A356-T6 Cast Aluminum Alloy Wheels, SAE Technical Paper Series, 1988.
DOI : 10.4271/881707

N. Stoichev, K. Petrov, S. Yaneva, P. Kovachev, and N. Tzvetanova, Micro-structural development in Al???Si microcrystalline alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.337, issue.1-2, pp.12-16, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00020-5

J. Stolarz, O. Madelaine-dupuich, and T. Magnin, Microstructural factors of low cycle fatigue damage in two phase Al???Si alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.299, issue.1-2, pp.275-286, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)01428-3

S. Suresh, Fatigue of materials, 1998.
DOI : 10.1017/CBO9780511806575

K. Tanaka, Y. Akiniwa, K. Shimizu, H. Kimura, and S. Adachi, Fatigue thresholds of discontinuously reinforced aluminum alloy correlated to tensile strength, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.22, issue.5, pp.431-439, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(00)00020-7

G. I. Taylor, Plastic strain in metals, J. Inst. Metals, vol.62, pp.307-324, 1938.

G. Thomas, The aging characteristics of aluminum alloys, J. of the Inst. of metals, vol.90, pp.57-63, 1961.

B. Tian, Ageing effect on serrated flow in Al???Mg alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.349, issue.1-2, pp.272-278, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00769-4

C. H. Ting, A model for the long-life fatigue behaviour of small notches, 1991.

M. Tiryakioglu and J. Campbell, On macrohardness testing of Al-7 wt.% Si???Mg alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.361, issue.1-2, pp.232-239, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(03)00513-6

M. Tiryakioglu, J. Campbell, and J. T. Staley, The influence of structural integrity on the tensile deformation of cast Al???7wt.%Si???0.6wt.%Mg alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol.49, issue.9, pp.873-878, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(03)00439-1

E. E. Underwood, Quantitative stereology, 1970.

J. Van-de-langkruis, W. H. Kool, C. M. Sellars, M. R. Van-der-winden, and S. Van-der-zwaag, The effect of ??, ????? and ????? precipitates in a homogenised AA6063 alloy on the hot deformability and the peak hardness, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.299, issue.1-2, pp.105-115, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(00)01421-0

E. Velasco, R. Colas, S. Valtierra, and J. F. Mojica, A model for thermal fatigue in an aluminum casting alloy, Int. J. of Fatigue, pp.17-23, 1995.

N. L. Veldman, A. K. Dahle, . St, D. H. John, and L. Arnberg, Dendrite coherency of Al-Si-Cu alloys, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, vol.47, issue.2, pp.147-155, 2001.
DOI : 10.1007/s11661-001-0110-1

K. Venkateswarlu, S. K. Das, M. Chakraborty, and B. S. Murty, Influence of thermo-mechanical treatment of Al???5Ti master alloy on its grain refining performance on aluminium, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.351, issue.1-2, pp.237-243, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00842-0

M. Verdier, F. Bley, M. Jancek, F. Livet, J. P. Simon et al., Characterization of dislocation structures and internal stresses in Al-Mg alloys during recovery by synchrotron radiation, Mater. Sci. Eng. A, pp.234-236, 1997.

C. Verdu, H. Cercueil, S. Communal, P. Sainfort, and R. Fougères, Microstructural Aspects of the Damage Mechanisms of Cast Al-7Si-Mg Alloys, Materials Science Forum, vol.217, issue.222, pp.217-222, 1996.
DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.217-222.1449

J. T. Vietz and I. J. Polmear, The influence of small additions of silver on the ageing of aluminium alloys : observations on Al-Cu-Mg alloys, J. of the Inst. of Metals, vol.944, pp.410-419, 1966.

S. K. Visvanatha, P. V. Straznicky, and R. L. Hewitt, Influence of strain estimation methods on life predictions using the local strain approach, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.22, issue.8, pp.675-681, 2000.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(00)00042-6

C. Wagner, Theorie des Alterrung Von Niederschlägen Durch Umlösen Ostwald Reifung, Z. Elektrochem, vol.65, issue.78, pp.581-591, 1961.

H. Wang, Y. Gao, Y. Ye, G. Min, Y. Chen et al., Crystallization kinetics of an amorphous Zr???Cu???Ni alloy: calculation of the activation energy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol.353, issue.1-2, pp.200-206, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0925-8388(02)01208-2

J. Wang, S. He, B. Sun, K. Li, S. D. Zhou et al., Effects of melt thermal treatment on hypoeutectic Al???Si alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.338, issue.1-2, pp.101-107, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(02)00067-9

Q. G. Wang, Microstructure and tensile fracture behavior of Al-Si-Mg casting alloys, 1997.

Q. G. Wang, D. Apelian, and D. A. Lados, Fatigue behavior of A356-T6 aluminum cast alloys. Part I. Effect of casting defects, Journal of Light Metals, vol.1, issue.1, pp.73-84, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1471-5317(00)00008-0

Q. G. Wang, D. Apelian, and D. A. Lados, Fatigue behavior of A356/357 aluminum cast alloys. Part II ??? Effect of microstructural constituents, Journal of Light Metals, vol.1, issue.1, pp.85-97, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1471-5317(00)00009-2

Q. G. Wang and C. J. Davidson, Solidification and precipitation behavior of Al-Si-Mg casting alloys, Journal of Materials Science, vol.36, issue.3, pp.739-750, 2001.
DOI : 10.1023/A:1004801327556

R. Y. Wang, W. H. Lu, and L. M. Hogan, Growth morphology of primary silicon in cast Al???Si alloys and the mechanism of concentric growth, Journal of Crystal Growth, vol.207, issue.1-2, pp.43-54, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0022-0248(99)00347-4

W. Wen and J. G. Morris, An investigation of serrated yielding in 5000 series aluminum alloys, Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.354, issue.1-2, pp.279-285, 2003.
DOI : 10.1016/S0921-5093(03)00017-0

C. C. Wigant and R. I. Stephens, Low cycle fatigue of A356-T6 cast aluminum alloy. Society of Automotive Engineers, 1987.

C. Wolverton, Crystal structure and stability of complex precipitate phases in Al???Cu???Mg???(Si) and Al???Zn???Mg alloys, Acta Materialia, vol.49, issue.16, pp.3129-3142, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6454(01)00229-4

J. Yao, G. A. Edwards, and D. A. Graham, Precipitation and Age-Hardening in Al-Si-Cu-Mg-Fe Casting Alloys, Materials Science Forum, vol.217, issue.222, pp.217-222, 1996.
DOI : 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.217-222.777

J. Y. Yao, D. A. Graham, B. Rinderer, and M. J. Couper, A TEM study of precipitation in Al???Mg???Si alloys, Micron, vol.32, issue.8, pp.865-870, 2001.
DOI : 10.1016/S0968-4328(00)00095-0

X. P. Zhang, J. C. Li, C. H. Wang, and Y. W. Mai, Prediction of short fatigue crack propagation behaviour by characterization of both plasticity and roughness induced crack closures, International Journal of Fatigue, vol.24, issue.5, pp.529-536, 2002.
DOI : 10.1016/S0142-1123(01)00161-X

L. Zhen and S. B. Kang, The effect of pre-aging on microstructure and tensile properties of Al-Mg-Si alloys, Scripta Materialia, vol.36, issue.10, pp.36-46, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S1359-6462(96)00487-3

L. Zhen and S. B. Kang, DSC analyses of the precipitation behavior of two Al???Mg???Si alloys naturally aged for different times, Materials Letters, vol.37, issue.6, pp.349-353, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0167-577X(98)00118-9