Numerical simulation and experimental investigation of pure copper deformation behavior for equal channel angular pressing/extrusion process

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Xu ◽  
G. Zhao ◽  
G. Ren ◽  
X. Ma
Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 607
Author(s):  
A. I. Alateyah ◽  
Mohamed M. Z. Ahmed ◽  
Yasser Zedan ◽  
H. Abd El-Hafez ◽  
Majed O. Alawad ◽  
...  

The current study presents a detailed investigation for the equal channel angular pressing of pure copper through two regimes. The first was equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) processing at room temperature and the second was ECAP processing at 200 °C for up to 4-passes of route Bc. The grain structure and texture was investigated using electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD) across the whole sample cross-section and also the hardness and the tensile properties. The microstructure obtained after 1-pass at room temperature revealed finer equiaxed grains of about 3.89 µm down to submicrons with a high density of twin compared to the starting material. Additionally, a notable increase in the low angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) density was observed. This microstructure was found to be homogenous through the sample cross section. Further straining up to 2-passes showed a significant reduction of the average grain size to 2.97 µm with observable heterogeneous distribution of grains size. On the other hand, increasing the strain up to 4-passes enhanced the homogeneity of grain size distribution. The texture after 4-passes resembled the simple shear texture with about 7 times random. Conducting the ECAP processing at 200 °C resulted in a severely deformed microstructure with the highest fraction of submicron grains and high density of substructures was also observed. ECAP processing through 4-passes at room temperature experienced a significant increase in both hardness and tensile strength up to 180% and 124%, respectively.


2015 ◽  
Vol 641 ◽  
pp. 286-293
Author(s):  
Beata Leszczyńska-Madej ◽  
Maria W. Richert ◽  
Agnieszka Hotloś ◽  
Jacek Skiba

The present study attempts to apply Equal-Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) to 99.99% pure copper. ECAP process was realized at room temperature for 4, 8 and 16 passes through route BC using a die having angle of 90°. The microstructure of the samples was investigated by means both light and transmission electron microscopy. Additionally the microhardness was measured and statistical analysis of the grains and subgrains was performed. Based on Kikuchi diffraction patterns misorientation was determined. There were some different types of bands in the microstructure after deformation. The shear bands, bands and in the submicron range the microshear bands and microbands are a characteristic feature of the microstructure of copper. Also characteristic was increasing of the number of bands with increasing of deformation and mutually crossing of the bands. The intersection of a bands and microbands leads to the formation of new grains with the large misorientation angle. The measured grain/subgrain size show, that the grain size is maintained at a similar level after each stage of deformation and is equal to d = 0.25 – 0.32 μm.


Metals ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diantao Zhang ◽  
Mohamed Osman ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Yufeng Zheng ◽  
Yunxiang Tong

2007 ◽  
Vol 567-568 ◽  
pp. 93-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir I. Betekhtin ◽  
Andrey G. Kadomtsev ◽  
Petr Král ◽  
Jiří Dvořák ◽  
Milan Svoboda ◽  
...  

This paper deals with an experimental investigation of the effect of various microdefects induced by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) on mechanical and creep properties of ultrafinegrained pure aluminium, an Al-0.2%Sc alloy and copper.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1101 ◽  
pp. 93-98
Author(s):  
Yue Shen ◽  
Chuan Ting Ren ◽  
Guo Quan Zhang ◽  
Ming Xie ◽  
Ming Wen ◽  
...  

The shear deformation behavior of the course-grained Cu-8wt%Ag alloy processed by one pass of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) was revealed through the metallurgical microscope and the scanning electron microscope. Through the macro-level and micro-level synthesis analysis, it is confirmed that there are two shear deformation during the ECAP processing: the one along the intersection plane (IP) and the other along the vertical plane to the IP. And it is estimated that theoretical ranges of two shear angles are-32°<θ1<0° and 43°<θ2<58° respectively. Finally, it is also proved that the evolution of the shear bands is affected by the parallel and vertical shear to the IP of the ECAP die, and that, besides the shear along the IP, the shear along the vertical plane to the IP also plays an important role during the plastic deformation.


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