Influence of fine scale features on room temperature superplastic behaviour of an ultrafine-grained Al-30Zn alloy

2019 ◽  
Vol 254 ◽  
pp. 329-331
Author(s):  
Elena V. Bobruk ◽  
Xavier Sauvage ◽  
Nariman A. Enikeev ◽  
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Superplastic Behaviour ◽  
Ultrafine Grained

The effect of strain rates on tensile deformation of ultrafine-grained copper

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (16-19) ◽  
pp. 1744014
Author(s):  
M. Li ◽  
Q. W. Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Tensile Deformation ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Roll Bonding ◽  
Fracture Elongation ◽  
Tensile Deformation Behavior ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Flow Stress Level

Tensile deformation behavior of ultrafine-grained (UFG) copper processed by accumulative roll-bonding (ARB) was studied under different strain rates at room temperature. It was found that the UFG copper under the strain rate of 10[Formula: see text] s[Formula: see text] led to a higher strength (higher flow stress level), flow stability (higher stress hardening rate) and fracture elongation. In the fracture surface of the sample appeared a large number of cleavage steps under the strain rate of 10[Formula: see text] s[Formula: see text], indicating a typical brittle fracture mode. When the strain rate is 10[Formula: see text] or 10[Formula: see text] s[Formula: see text], a great amount of dimples with few cleavage steps were observed, showing a transition from brittle to plastic deformation with increasing strain rate.

Local Investigations of the Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine Grained Metals by Nanoindentations

2006 ◽  
Vol 503-504 ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Mueller ◽  
Karsten Durst ◽  
Dorothea Amberger ◽  
Matthias Göken
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Fcc Metals ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Indentation Strain

The mechanical properties of ultrafine-grained metals processed by equal channel angular pressing is investigated by nanoindentations in comparison with measurements on nanocrystalline nickel with a grain size between 20 and 400 nm produced by pulsed electrodeposition. Besides hardness and Young’s modulus measurements, the nanoindentation method allows also controlled experiments on the strain rate sensitivity, which are discussed in detail in this paper. Nanoindentation measurements can be performed at indentation strain rates between 10-3 s-1 and 0.1 s-1. Nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained fcc metals as Al and Ni show a significant strain rate sensitivity at room temperature in comparison with conventional grain sized materials. In ultrafine-grained bcc Fe the strain rate sensitivity does not change significantly after severe plastic deformation. Inelastic effects are found during repeated unloading-loading experiments in nanoindentations.

scholarly journals Aging Behaviour of Al-Mg-Si Alloys Subjected to Severe Plastic Deformation by ECAP and Cold Asymmetric Rolling

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Farè ◽  
N. Lecis ◽  
M. Vedani
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Isothermal Aging ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Peak Shape ◽  
Asymmetric Rolling ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Aging Kinetics ◽  
Reduced Intensity

A study was carried out on aging behaviour of a 6082 alloy processed by two different severe plastic deformation techniques: ECAP and asymmetric rolling. Both techniques were able to generate an ultrafine-grained structure in samples processed at room temperature. It was stated that severe straining promotes marked changes in the postdeformation aging kinetics. The peaks of β′′/β′ transition phases were anticipated and of progressively reduced intensity over the coarse grained alloy. A further peak accounting for onset of recrystallization also appeared in the most severely deformed samples. Full consistency in peak shape and position was found when comparing materials processed by ECAP and asymmetric rolling. Isothermal aging treatments performed at 180°C revealed that in the severely deformed samples, aging became so fast that the hardness curves continuously decreased due to overwhelming effects of structure restoration. On the contrary, aging at 130°C offers good opportunities for fully exploiting the precipitate hardening effects in the ultrafine-grained alloy.

Development of Ultrafine Grained Zircaloy-2 by Room Temperature Cross Rolling

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 609-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunkulp Goel ◽  
Nachiket Keskar ◽  
R. Jayaganthan ◽  
I. V. Singh ◽  
D. Srivastava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Cross Rolling ◽  
Ultrafine Grained

Strain Rate Sensitivity of Ultrafine-Grained CP-Ti Processed by ECAP at Room Temperature

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 707-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Yan Liu ◽  
Xi Cheng Zhao ◽  
Xi Rong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Strain Rate Range ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Die Set ◽  
Increasing Temperature ◽  
Cp Ti

Ultrafine-grained (UFG) commercially pure (CP) Ti with a grain size of about 200 nm was produced by ECAP up to 8 passes using route BC at room temperature. For ECAP processing a proper die set was designed and constructed with an internal channel angle Φ of 120° and an outer arc of curvature Ψ of 20°. Strain rate sensitivity of UFG CP-Ti and CG CP-Ti were investigated by compression tests in the temperature range of 298~673K and strain rate range of 10-4~100s-1 using Gleeble simulator machine. Evolution of the microstructure during compression testing was observed using optical microscopy (OM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Strain rate sensitivity value m of the UFG CP-Ti has been measured and is found to increase with increasing temperature and decreasing strain rate, and is enhanced compared to that of CG CP-Ti. Result of the deformation activation energy determination of UFG CP-Ti indicates that the deformation mechanism in UFG CP-Ti is correlated to the grain boundaries.

Room Temperature Superplasticity in Fine/Ultrafine-Grained Zn-Al Alloys with Different Phase Compositions

2018 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Muhammet Demirtas ◽  
Harun Yanar ◽  
Onur Saray ◽  
Gençağa Pürçek
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Grain Boundary Sliding ◽  
Al Alloys ◽  
Phase Boundaries ◽  
Superplastic Behavior ◽  
Al Content ◽  
Α Phase ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Superplastic Elongation

Three Zn-Al alloys, namely Zn-22Al, Zn-5Al and Zn-0.3Al, were subjected to equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP), and the effect of ECAP on their microstructure and room temperature (RT) superplastic behavior were investigated in detail referring to previous studies reported by the authors of the current study. ECAP remarkably refined the microstructures of three alloys as compared to their pre-processed conditions. While the lowest grain size was achieved in Zn-22Al alloy as 200 nm, the grain sizes of Zn-5Al and Zn-0.3Al alloys were ~540 nm and 2 µm, respectively, after ECAP. After the formation of fine/ultrafine-grained (F/UFG) microstructures, all Zn-Al alloys exhibited superplastic behavior at RT and high strain rates. The maximum superplastic elongations were 400%, 520% and 1000% for Zn-22Al, Zn-5Al and Zn-0.3Al alloys, respectively. It is interesting to point out that the highest RT superplastic elongation was obtained in Zn-0.3Al alloy with the largest grain size, while Zn-22Al alloy having the lowest grain size showed the minimum superplastic elongation. This paradox was attributed to the different phase compositions of these alloys. The formation of Al-rich α/α phase boundaries, where grain boundary sliding is minimum comparing to Zn-rich η/η and η/α phase boundaries of Zn-Al alloys, is the lowest level in Zn-0.3Al alloy among all the alloys. Therefore, it can be concluded that if it is desired to achieve high superplastic elongation in Zn-Al alloys at RT, keeping Al content at a possibly minimum level seems to be the most suitable way.

scholarly journals Microstructure and Properties of Bulk Ultrafine-Grained Cu1.5Cr0.1Si Alloy through ECAP by Route C and Aging Treatment

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingbiao Guo ◽  
Xiaoyang Tai ◽  
Shiru Wei ◽  
Junjie Wang ◽  
Zhi Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aging Process ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Aging Treatment ◽  
Material Strength ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Channel Angle ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Electron Back Scattered Diffraction

The evolutions of the microstructure and its effect on the mechanical and electrical conductivity properties of Cu1.5Cr0.1Si alloy after equal channel angle pressing (ECAP)-C path deformation and aging treatment have been investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), and electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD). It was found that after the ECAP-C deformation at room temperature, with an extension of aging time, the strong (111) macro orientation formed in the Cu1.5Cr0.1Si alloy. The ultrafine crystals formed by ECAP and the rich chromium phase precipitated along grain boundaries during the aging process greatly improved the material strength. After aging at 350 °C for 4 h, the tensile strength, elongation, and conductivity reached 528 MPa, 15.27%, and 78.9% IACS, respectively. The fracture mode of the alloy was ductile fracture. The steady-oriented {111} <110> texture was beneficial to improving the conductivity of the material.

Mechanical Properties and Microstructure Development of Ultrafine-Grained Cu Processed by ECAP

2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 440-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloš Janeček ◽  
Jakub Čížek ◽  
Milan Dopita ◽  
Robert Král ◽  
Ondřej Srba
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Defect Density ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Microstructure Development ◽  
Vacancy Clusters ◽  
Ecap Pass ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Positron Annihilation Spectrometry ◽  
The Mean

Technical purity Cu (99.95 wt%) polycrystals have been processed at room temperature by equal channel angular pressing. The results of mechanical tests and the microstructure characterization by various experimental techniques are presented. The yield stress as well as the strength were shown to increase with increasing strain and exceed the respective values of a coarsegrained material. The microstructure development and its fragmentation after ECAP was investigated by the TEM and EBSD. The proportion of high angle grain boundaries was found to increase with increasing strain reaching the value of 90% after 8 ECAP passes. Two kinds of defects were identified in ECAP specimens by positron annihilation spectrometry (PAS): (a) dislocations which represent the dominant kind of defects, and (b) small vacancy clusters (so called microvoids). The main increase of defect density was found to occur during the first ECAP pass. PAS analysis indicated that in the specimens subjected to one ECAP pass the mean dislocation density ρD and the concentration of microvoids cν exceeded the values of 1014 m-2 and 10-4 at.-1, respectively. After 4 passes, the number of defects becomes saturated and practically does not change with increasing strain.

Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on Compressive Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine-Grained CP Titanium

2007 ◽  
Vol 26-28 ◽  
pp. 381-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Guo Fan ◽  
Chao Ying Xie
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Ultimate Strength ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Equal Channel Angular Extrusion ◽  
Coarse Grain ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
Cp Ti ◽  
Compressive Tests

Ultrafine-grained (UFG) CP Ti were successfully prepared by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) at 390°C~400°C, small than 0.5 um in size. The compressive tests for coarse grain (CG) and UFG Ti were carried out at room temperature (RT) and 77K. UFG Ti showed excellent ductility and higher strength than CG Ti at RT and 77 K. The strain hardening of UFG Ti was improved at 77 K. The compressive ultimate strengths of CG Ti and UFG Ti were both enhanced as the strain rate increased, but CG Ti showed more obvious temperature and strain rate dependence of flow stress, comparing with UFG Ti. When the strain rate increased to 1×10-1/s, the compressive ultimate strength of UFG Ti was kept almost constant, while the ultimate strength of CG Ti increased to the strength level of UFG Ti.

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