Effect of Consolidation and Sintering Parameters on the Mechanical Responses of Nanocrystalline Al-Fe Alloy Processed by Mechanical Alloying

2015 ◽  
Vol 719-720 ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Muneer Baig ◽  
Hany Rizk Ammar ◽  
Asiful Hossain Seikh ◽  
Mohammad Asif Alam ◽  
Jabair Ali Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Compressive Loading ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Testing Temperature ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Mechanical Responses ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Frequency Induction

In this investigation, bulk ultra-fine grained and nanocrystalline Al-2 wt.% Fe alloy was produced by mechanical alloying (MA). The powder was mechanically milled in an attritor for 3 hours and yielded an average crystal size of ~63 nm. The consolidation and sintering was performed using a high frequency induction sintering (HFIS) machine at a constant pressure of 50 MPa. The prepared bulk samples were subjected to uniaxial compressive loading over wide range of strain rates for large deformation. To evaluate the effect of sintering conditions and testing temperature on the strain rate sensitivity, strain rate jump experiments were performed at high temperature. The strain rate sensitivity of the processed alloy increased with an increase in temperature. The density of the bulk samples were found to be between 95 to 97%. The average Vickers micro hardness was found to be 132 Hv0.1.

Nanoindentation of nanocrystalline ZnO

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 973-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Mayo ◽  
R.W. Siegel ◽  
Y.X. Liao ◽  
W.D. Nix
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Young’S Modulus ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Sintering Temperature ◽  
Young's Modulus ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Nanocrystalline Ceramics ◽  
Microstructural Inhomogeneity

A number of nanocrystalline ceramics have been fabricated by the gas phase condensation technique. The mechanical properties of one of the first ceramics produced by this method, nanophase TiO2, have been discussed in an earlier study.1 This paper reports a similar study undertaken to examine the properties of nanocrystalline ZnO. Nanoindenter techniques are used to determine hardness, Young's modulus, and strain rate sensitivity in ultra-fine grained ZnO. Significant properties variations are experienced within a given sample, indicating a large degree of microstructural inhomogeneity. Nevertheless, a distinct evolution in properties can be observed as a function of sintering temperature. Young's modulus and hardness values increase almost linearly with increasing sintering temperature, and, in addition, there also appears to be a linear correlation between the development of the two materials properties. In contrast, strain rate sensitivity is shown to have an inverse dependence on sintering temperature. This dependence appears to be linked to the strong influence of grain size on strain rate sensitivity, so that the lower sintering temperatures, which provide the finer grain sizes, tend to promote strain rate sensitivity. The results of this study are strikingly similar to those obtained earlier for nanophase TiO2, and they indicate that the earlier results could probably be generalized to a much broader range of nanocrystalline ceramics.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of the Fracture Surface in the AW-6060 T6 Aluminium Alloy under a Wide Range of Loads

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Chybiński ◽  
Łukasz Polus ◽  
Maria Ratajczak ◽  
Piotr Sielicki
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Tensile Loading ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Fracture Surfaces ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Scanning Electron

The present study focused on the behaviour of the AW-6060 aluminium alloy in peak temper condition T6 under a wide range of loads: tensile loading, projectile and explosion. The alloy is used as a structural component of civil engineering structures exposed to static or dynamic loads. Therefore, it was crucial to determine the material’s behaviour at low and intermediate rates of deformation. Despite the fact that the evaluation of the strain rate sensitivity of the AW-6060 aluminium alloy has already been discussed in literature, the authors of this paper wished to further investigate this topic. They conducted tensile tests and confirmed the thesis that the AW-6060 T6 aluminium alloy has low strain rate sensitivity at room temperature. In addition, the fracture surfaces subjected to different loading (tensile loading, projectile and explosion) were investigated and compared using a scanning electron microscope, because the authors of this paper were trying to develop a new methodology for predicting how samples had been loaded before failure occurred based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs. Projectile and explosion tests were performed mainly for the SEM observation of the fracture surfaces. These tests were unconventional and they represent the originality of this research. It was found that the type of loading had an impact on the fracture surface.

High-Temperature Deformation of Magnesium ElektronTM 43

2012 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Alexander J. Carpenter ◽  
Anthony J. Barnes ◽  
Eric M. Taleff
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
Solute Drag ◽  
Grain Boundary Sliding ◽  
High Temperature Deformation ◽  
Temperature Deformation ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Boundary Sliding

Complex sheet metal components can be formed from lightweight aluminum and magnesium sheet alloys using superplastic forming technologies. Superplastic forming typically takes advantage of the high strain-rate sensitivity characteristic of grain-boundary-sliding (GBS) creep to obtain significant ductility at high temperatures. However, GBS creep requires fine-grained materials, which can be expensive and difficult to manufacture. An alternative is provided by materials that exhibit solute-drag (SD) creep, a mechanism that also produces elevated values of strain-rate sensitivity. SD creep typically operates at lower temperatures and faster strain rates than does GBS creep. Unlike GBS creep, solute-drag creep does not require a fine, stable grain size. Previous work by Boissière et al. suggested that the Mg-Y-Nd alloy, essentially WE43, deforms by SD creep at temperatures near 400°C. The present investigation examines both tensile and biaxial deformation behavior of ElektronTM 43 sheet, which has a composition similar to WE43, at temperatures ranging from 400 to 500°C. Data are presented that provide additional evidence for SD creep in Elektron 43 and demonstrate the remarkable degree of biaxial strain possible under this regime (>1000%). These results indicate an excellent potential for producing complex 3-D parts, via superplastic forming, using this particular heat-treatable Mg alloy.

scholarly journals A Modified Eyring Equation for Modeling Yield and Flow Stresses of Metals at Strain Rates Ranging from 10−5to 5 × 104 s−1

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramzi Othman
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Equation ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Large Strain ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Strain Rate Range ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Large Strain Rate

In several industrial applications, metallic structures are facing impact loads. Therefore, there is an important need for developing constitutive equations which take into account the strain rate sensitivity of their mechanical properties. The Johnson-Cook equation was widely used to model the strain rate sensitivity of metals. However, it implies that the yield and flow stresses are linearly increasing in terms of the logarithm of strain rate. This is only true up to a threshold strain rate. In this work, a three-constant constitutive equation, assuming an apparent activation volume which decreases as the strain rate increases, is applied here for some metals. It is shown that this equation fits well the experimental yield and flow stresses for a very wide range of strain rates, including quasi-static, high, and very high strain rates (from 10−5to 5 × 104 s−1). This is the first time that a constitutive equation is showed to be able to fit the yield stress over a so large strain rate range while using only three material constants.

scholarly journals Rate sensitivity and tension–compression asymmetry in AZ31B magnesium alloy sheet

2014 ◽  
Vol 372 (2015) ◽  
pp. 20130216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srihari Kurukuri ◽  
Michael J. Worswick ◽  
Dariush Ghaffari Tari ◽  
Raja K. Mishra ◽  
Jon T. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Compressive Loading ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Strain Response ◽  
Basal Texture ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Strong Basal Texture ◽  
Tension Compression Asymmetry

The constitutive response of a commercial magnesium alloy rolled sheet (AZ31B-O) is studied based on room temperature tensile and compressive tests at strain rates ranging from 10 −3 to 10 3  s −1 . Because of its strong basal texture, this alloy exhibits a significant tension–compression asymmetry (strength differential) that is manifest further in terms of rather different strain rate sensitivity under tensile versus compressive loading. Under tensile loading, this alloy exhibits conventional positive strain rate sensitivity. Under compressive loading, the flow stress is initially rate insensitive until twinning is exhausted after which slip processes are activated, and conventional rate sensitivity is recovered. The material exhibits rather mild in-plane anisotropy in terms of strength, but strong transverse anisotropy ( r -value), and a high degree of variation in the measured r -values along the different sheet orientations which is indicative of a higher degree of anisotropy than that observed based solely upon the variation in stresses. This rather complex behaviour is attributed to the strong basal texture, and the different deformation mechanisms being activated as the orientation and sign of applied loading are varied. A new constitutive equation is proposed to model the measured compressive behaviour that captures the rate sensitivity of the sigmoidal stress–strain response. The measured tensile stress–strain response is fit to the Zerilli–Armstrong hcp material model.

Strain-Rate Sensitivity of Concrete: Influence of Temperature

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 453-456
Author(s):  
Dong Ming Yan ◽  
Wei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Testing Machine ◽  
Concrete Structures ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Influence Of Temperature ◽  
Wide Range

Knowledge about the dynamic properties of concrete is vital to the design and safety evaluation of large-scale concrete structures subjected to seismic excitation. There are many factors affecting the dynamic properties of concrete such as moisture content and temperature. Though a lot of concrete structures have been designed to withstand low temperature, research on the strain-rate sensitivity of concrete under low temperature condition is still very limited so far. In this study, both tensile and compressive experiments were carried out to investigate the influence of temperature on the rate-dependent characteristics of concrete. Tensile experiments of dumbbell-shaped specimens were carried out on a MTS810 testing machine and compressive tests on cubic specimens were performed using a servo-hydraulic testing machine. Specimens at two types of temperature, room temperature 20oC and low temperature -30oC, were characterized. The strain rate varied over a wide range. It was concluded from the test data that the strengths of specimens at both types of temperature tended to increase as strain rate increased. Temperature had slight influence on the rate-sensitive behavior of concrete when concrete specimens were dry; however, test on saturated specimens indicated that the role of temperature on the mechanical behavior of concrete subject to dynamic loading was very significant. This phenomenon may be attributed to the state of free water in concrete.

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