scholarly journals Microstructural Study of a Mg–Zn–Zr Alloy Hot Compressed at a High Strain Rate

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing You ◽  
Yingjie Huang ◽  
Chuming Liu ◽  
Hongyi Zhan ◽  
Lixin Huang ◽  
...  

Understanding the correlation of plasticity with deformation and dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behaviors, in magnesium (Mg) alloys deformed under high-strain-rate conditions, is increasingly important for wrought Mg processing. In the present study, a ZK30 (Mg-2.61%Zn-0.66%Zr by weight percent (wt.%)) alloy in the as-forged state was hot compressed to various strain levels at a temperature of 350 °C and a strain rate of 10 s−1. Heterogeneous deformation and dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behaviors of the complicated microstructures in the deformed samples were analyzed via a grain-partitioning approach based on intra-grain misorientation analysis from electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD). The ZK30 alloy showed excellent formability, remaining intact at a true strain of −1.11. Continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX) via grain boundary corrugation/bulging are the dominant mechanisms for the relaxation of strain energy during hot compression. Initial Zr-rich coarse grains undertook a significant portion of the plastic strain as the compression progressed, reflected by the increased misorientations within their interior and marked change in their aspect ratios. The results indicate that the excellent plasticity of the as-forged ZK30 alloy can be attributed to the operative CDRX mechanisms and the reduced deformation anisotropy of Zr-rich coarse grains containing Zn–Zr nano–precipitates.

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Jia ◽  
Zexi Gao ◽  
Jinjin Ji ◽  
Dexue Liu ◽  
Tingbiao Guo ◽  
...  

High-temperature compression and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) techniques were used in a systematic investigation of the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behavior and texture evolution of the Inconel625 alloy. The true stress–true strain curves and the constitutive equation of Inconel625 were obtained at temperatures ranging from 900 to 1200 °C and strain rates of 10, 1, 0.1, and 0.01 s−1. The adiabatic heating effect was observed during the hot compression process. At a high strain rate, as the temperature increased, the grains initially refined and then grew, and the proportion of high-angle grain boundaries increased. The volume fraction of the dynamic recrystallization increased. Most of the grains were randomly distributed and the proportion of recrystallized texture components first increased and then decreased. Complete dynamic recrystallization occurred at 1100 °C, where the recrystallized volume fraction and the random distribution ratios of grains reached a maximum. This study indicated that the dynamic recrystallization mechanism of the Inconel625 alloy at a high strain rate included continuous dynamic recrystallization with subgrain merging and rotation, and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization with bulging grain boundary induced by twinning. The latter mechanism was less dominant.


2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 2555-2559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nooshin Mortazavi ◽  
Nicola Bonora ◽  
Andrew Ruggiero ◽  
Magnus Hörnqvist Colliander

2014 ◽  
Vol 900 ◽  
pp. 719-724
Author(s):  
Ying Zheng ◽  
Chang Ping Tang ◽  
Yun Lai Deng

Superplasticity at high deformation rates is desirable in order to make superplastic forming more practical. High strain rate superplastic behavior and microstructure of the rolled Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy sheet were investigated. For the purposes, tensile tests at the strain rate of 0.01 s-1were conducted, which revealed that the sheet exhibited elongations of 180%~266%. Post-deforming microstructures were characterized by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, while crystallographic orientation information was obtained from macro-texture analysis. The results show that the high strain rate superplasticity was attributed to class-I creep accommodated by dynamic recrystallization. It is suggested from microstructural analysis results that the interaction between second phases and dislocation facilitated dynamic recrystallization. The macro-texture at the strain of 0.8 still exhibited some characteristics of the crystal rotation arising from dislocation slip despite the occurrence of DRX.


2010 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 985-988 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.Q. Zhu ◽  
H.G. Yan ◽  
J.H. Chen ◽  
Y.Z. Wu ◽  
J.Z. Liu ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (19) ◽  
pp. 1341022 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEI LIN ◽  
JIE LI ◽  
HONGWEI ZHAO ◽  
LULU SUN ◽  
ZHITONG CHEN ◽  
...  

The grain size of as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy was refined by isothermal annealing pretreatment through orthogonal experiment. By using the Gleeble-3800 thermal simulator, the compression superplasticity of as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy was studied. The high strain rate superplastic compression was realized. The process parameters of the superplastic compression were established and the mechanism of the superplastic deformation was analyzed. The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on the superplastic flow were investigated. The results indicated that at 250°C–300°C and strain rate at 1×10-2 s -1, the true strain values were all more than 2.03. As the temperature was 300°C and the strain rate was 1×10-2 s -1–1×10 s -1, the true strain values were all more than 2.18. The results showed that the as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy being refined presented good compression superplasticity. The main mechanism for the superplastic compressive deformation of the as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy was grain-boundary sliding, meanwhile, dynamic recrystallization also played a harmonious role during the superplastic deformation.


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