Dynamic Recrystallization of Al Alloy 7075 in Turning

Author(s):  
A. Tabei ◽  
D. S. Shih ◽  
H. Garmestani ◽  
S. Y. Liang

This work investigates the effects of turning process parameters on recrystallization behavior in Al alloy 7075. To realize this purpose, samples were machined under different cutting speeds and material feed rates at two extreme levels. Microscopy imaging reveals that activation of dynamic recrystallization or grain growth depends on the combination of applied cutting parameters. Increasing the cutting speed intensifies recrystallization, while the feed rate governs the grain growth. Adjusting the cutting parameters enables one to obtain a desired average grain size below the machined surface, up to a ∼180 μm depth. The average grain size of the initial material was 31.6 μm. The imposed processing parameters successfully yielded average grain sizes in the range from 19 to 44 μm. Additionally, a computational framework work consisting of finite-element analysis (FEA) coupled with kinetic-based modeling of recrystallization was developed, which is capable of following the trend of change in the average grain size and acceptably predicts the evolved average grain size.

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Haijun Li ◽  
Tianxiang Li ◽  
Meina Gong ◽  
Zhaodong Wang ◽  
Guodong Wang

Hot-core heavy reduction rolling (HHR2) is an innovative technology, where a two-high rolling mill is installed after the solidification end of a strand, which can significantly eliminate the core defects of the slab. The mill exhibits a heavy reduction ratio, which promotes the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) of the slab. This study aims to optimize the parameters of the HHR2 process considering the effect of DRX on microstructure homogeneity. The secondary development of commercial software DEFORM-3D is conducted to calculate the deformation and DRX behavior of HHR2 for different reduction ratios. The parameters of DRX volume fraction and DRX grain size are compared, and finer DRX grains are obtained when the greater reduction ratios are conducted in HHR2. Then, corresponding to the deformation conditions in the HHR2, the thermal–mechanical simulations are conducted on the Gleeble3800 to obtain the average grain sizes before and after this process. When the reduction amount increases from 20 mm to 50 mm, the difference of average grain size between the core and the surface reduces by 52%. In other words, appropriately enhancing the reduction ratio is helpful to reduce the average austenite grain and promote the microstructure uniformity of the slab. These results provide some valuable information on the design of deformation parameters for HHR2.


2016 ◽  
Vol 716 ◽  
pp. 352-359
Author(s):  
Aleksey Reshetov ◽  
Olga Bylya ◽  
Michal Gzyl ◽  
Malgorzata Rosochowska ◽  
Paul Blackwell

The present study details the results of finite element analysis (FEA) based predictions for microstructure evolution in ATI 718Plus® alloy during the hot deformation process. A detailed description of models for static grain growth and recrystallisation is provided. The simulated average grain size is compared with those experimentally measured in aerofoil parts after forging trials. The proposed modified JMAK model has proved to be valid in the main body of the forging. The results predicted for the surface are less accurate. The recrystallised grain size on the surface is smaller than in the centre of the part which corresponds to the experimental results and reflects the main trend.


2014 ◽  
Vol 611-612 ◽  
pp. 483-488
Author(s):  
Ho Won Lee ◽  
Young Seon Lee ◽  
Seong Hoon Kang

In this study, dynamic recrystallization during nonisothermal hot deformation was numerically simulated by finite element analysis and new physically based dynamic recrystallization model. The dynamic recrystallization model was developed based on mean field approach by assuming grain aggregate as representative volume element. For each grain aggregate, changes of state variables such as dislocation density and grain size were calculated using three sub-models for work hardening, nucleation, and nucleus growth. The developed dynamic recrystallization model was validated by comparing with isothermal hot compression of pure copper. Finally, developed dynamic recrystallization model was combined with finite element method to predict the local changes of microstructure and average grain size during nonisothermal hot compression of pure copper and hot tube extrusion of austenitic stainless steel. The simulation results were in reasonably good agreement with experimentally determined microstructures.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1052 ◽  
pp. 489-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tabei ◽  
Omar Fergani ◽  
Hamid Garmestani ◽  
Steven Y. Liang

the effects of turning on the gradients of micro-texture and grain size of Al alloy 7075 processed by turning is studied. Analytical models based on Boussinesq equation and stress/force transformation, predict that the equivalent von-Mises stress penetrate almost 1 mm below the machined surface with a maximum of 1400 MPa. The induced temperature below the surface is and reaches up to 240°C. As a result of deformation below the machined surface, the grains below the surface show a preferred grain shape orientation different from the grains in the central region. The normalized population of (121) plane increases at the machined surface compared to the central part of the sample. Orientation distribution functions reveal that at the central part of the sample, the material is mostly randomly oriented and the closest texture component is the recrystallized texture. On the other hand, the strongest texture attribute at the machined surface is β-fiber torsion. The average grain size shows a 10% decreases moving away from center while below the machined surface there is a 50% increase in the average grain size. This can be due to the grain growth caused by higher temperatures right below the machining tool. The reported results provide a toolset to determine the final properties of the material after machining in addition to providing means to more accurately describing the machining mechanics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 812 ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Mikó

Dynamic recrystallization (DRX) characteristics of an 5182 Al alloy was investigated at temperatures ranging from 673 K-773 K and constant strain rates of 0.01 s-1, 0.1 s-1, 1 s-1, 10 s-1, and 50 s-1. The average grain size of the as-casted alloy was 160 μm and was refined to 20 μm via deformation at 773 K, 50 s-1 to a strain level of 0.5 (40%). The true stress-strain curves were determined and divided into two main groups based on the temperatures and strain rates. The activation energy of the DRX in the examined aluminum alloys was calculated, being 175,87 kJ/mol. During the crystallization process compound phases were crystallized along the border of initial grains due to the great content of Mg, Mn and Fe. It was deduced from the metallography examination that most of the new grains formed via necklacing mechanism from the mentioned borders during the DRX.


2013 ◽  
Vol 275-277 ◽  
pp. 1833-1837
Author(s):  
Ke Lu Wang ◽  
Shi Qiang Lu ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Xian Juan Dong

A Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK)-model was established for dynamic recrystallization in hot deformation process of 52100 steel. The effects of hot deformation temperature, true strain and strain rate on the microstructural evolution of the steel were physically studied by using Gleeble-1500 thermo-mechanical simulator and the experimental results were used for validation of the JMAK-model. Through simulation and experiment, it is found that the predicted results of DRX volume fraction, DRX grain size and average grain size are in good agreement with the experimental ones.


2014 ◽  
Vol 800-801 ◽  
pp. 576-579
Author(s):  
Lin Hua Hu ◽  
Ming Zhou ◽  
Yu Liang Zhang

In this work, cutting experiments were carried out on titanium alloy Ti6Al4V by using polycrystalline diamond (PCD) tools to investigate the effects of the tool geometries and cutting parameters on machined surface roughness. Experimental results show machined surface roughness decreases with increases in the flank angle, tool nose radius and cutting speed within a limited range respectively, and begins to increase as the factors reaches to certain values respectively. And machined surface roughness decreases with increases in feed rate and cutting depth respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 4897-4901
Author(s):  
Hyo-Sang Yoo ◽  
Yong-Ho Kim ◽  
Hyeon-Taek Son

In this study, changes in the microstructure, mechanical properties, and electrical conductivity of cast and extruded Al–Zn–Cu–Mg based alloys with the addition of Li (0, 0.5 and 1.0 wt.%) were investigated. The Al–Zn–Cu–Mg–xLi alloys were cast and homogenized at 570 °C for 4 hours. The billets were hot extruded into rod that were 12 mm in diameter with a reduction ratio of 38:1 at 550 °C. As the amount of Li added increased from 0 to 1.0 wt.%, the average grain size of the extruded Al alloy increased from 259.2 to 383.0 µm, and the high-angle grain boundaries (HGBs) fraction decreased from 64.0 to 52.1%. As the Li content increased from 0 to 1.0 wt.%, the elongation was not significantly different from 27.8 to 27.4% and the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) was improved from 146.7 to 160.6 MPa. As Li was added, spherical particles bonded to each other, forming an irregular particles. It is thought that these irregular particles contribute to the strength improvement.


2013 ◽  
Vol 591 ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Xiu Li Fu ◽  
Yan Xu Zang ◽  
Zhi Jian Peng

The effect of WO3doping on microstructural and electrical properties of ZnO-Pr6O11based varistor materials was investigated. The doped WO3plays a role of inhibitor in ZnO grain growth, resulting in decreased average grain size from 2.68 to 1.68 μm with increasing doping level of WO3from 0 to 0.5 mol%. When the doping level of WO3was lower than 0.05 mol%, the nonlinear current-voltage characteristics of the obtained varistors could be improved significantly with increasing amount of WO3doped. But when the doping level of WO3became higher, their nonlinear current-voltage performance would be dramatically deteriorated when more WO3was doped. The optimum nonlinear coefficient, varistor voltage, and leakage current of the samples were about 13.71, 710 V/mm and 13 μA/cm2, respectively, when the doping level of WO3was in the range from 0.03 to 0.05 mol%.


2012 ◽  
Vol 430-432 ◽  
pp. 1294-1297
Author(s):  
Zhi Min Zhang ◽  
Yong Biao Yang ◽  
Xing Zhang

The flow stress behavior of nanometric Al2O3 particulate reinforced Al alloy composites were investigated using thermal simulation machine Gleeble-1500. Microsturctural analysis were carried out on optical microscopy. The results showed that the flow stress increased with increasing strain rate and decreased with decreasing temperature. Dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization occurred during hot compression of the Al composites. The grain size increased with increasing temperature (590k-710k) and decreased at 750k due to dynamic recrystallization. The grain size decreased with increasing strain rates at 750k.


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