Low Temperature Superplasticity in Ultrafine-Grained AZ31 Alloy

2018 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto B. Figueiredo ◽  
Pedro Henrique R. Pereira ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Strain ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Az31 Alloy ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Ultrafine Grained

The mechanical behavior of an AZ31 magnesium alloy processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) was evaluated by tensile testing from room temperature up to 473 K at strain rates between 10-5 – 10-2 s-1. Samples tested at room temperature and at high strain rates at 373 K failed without any plastic deformation. However, significant ductility, with elongations larger than 200%, was observed at 423 K and 473 K and at low strain rates at 373 K. The high elongations are attributed to a pronounced strain hardening and a high strain rate sensitivity. The results agree with reports for a similar alloy processed by severe plastic deformation. However, the level of flow stress is lower and the strain rate sensitivity and the elongations are larger than observed in this alloy processed by conventional thermo-mechanical processing.

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.

Strain-Rate Sensitivity Enhanced by Grain-Boundary Sliding in Creep Condition for AZ31 Magnesium Alloy at Room Temperature

2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 106-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuya Matsunaga ◽  
Hidetoshi Somekawa ◽  
Hiromichi Hongo ◽  
Masaaki Tabuchi
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Grain Boundary Sliding ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
High Strain Rates ◽  
Boundary Sliding

This study investigated strain-rate sensitivity (SRS) in an as-extruded AZ31 magnesium (Mg) alloy with grain size of about 10 mm. Although the alloy shows negligible SRS at strain rates of >10-5 s-1 at room temperature, the exponent increased by one order from 0.008 to 0.06 with decrease of the strain rate down to 10-8 s-1. The activation volume (V) was evaluated as approximately 100b3 at high strain rates and as about 15b3 at low strain rates (where b is the Burgers vector). In addition, deformation twin was observed only at high strain rates. Because the twin nucleates at the grain boundary, stress concentration is necessary to be accommodated by dislocation absorption into the grain boundary at low strain rates. Extrinsic grain boundary dislocations move and engender grain boundary sliding (GBS) with low thermal assistance. Therefore, GBS enhances and engenders SRS in AZ31 Mg alloy at room temperature.

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.

Strain rate sensitivity of a mild steel at room temperature and strain rates of up to 105s−1

1980 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
M S J Hashmi
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Mild Steel ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Numerical Technique ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Strain Rates

Experimental results on a mild steel are reported from ballistics tests which gave rise to strain rates of up to 105 s−1. A finite-difference numerical technique which incorporates material inertia, elastic-strain hardening and strain-rate sensitivity is used to establish the strain-rate sensitivity constants p and D in the equation, σ4 = σ1 (1+(∊/D)1/ p). The rate sensitivity established in this study is compared with those reported by other researchers.

Strain Rate Sensitivity of Commercial Aluminum Alloys

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.C. Picu
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Solid Solutions ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Solute Diffusion ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Using Data

This article presents a review of the strain rate-dependent mechanical behavior of aluminum and its commercial alloys. The importance of strain rate sensitivity (SRS) stems from its relation with ductility and formability. Plastic deformation is stable and localization less likely in alloys with higher SRS. After discussing the basic formulation used to interpret experimental data, the methods used to measure the SRS parameter are presented. This is followed by a brief review of the main mechanisms that render the flow stress sensitive to the deformation rate, including mechanisms leading to positive and negative SRS. The generic dependence of the SRS parameter on the strain, temperature, and strain rate are further presented using data for pure Al. The effect of alloying is analyzed in the context of solid solutions and precipitated commercial alloys. Results on solid solutions are discussed separately at low and elevated temperatures in order to evidence the role of solute diffusion on SRS. This article ends with a brief discussion of the grain size dependence of SRS, with emphasis on recent efforts to produce nanocrystalline and ultrafine-grained materials by severe plastic deformation.

Rate Dependent Deformation of Semi-Crystalline Polypropylene Near Room Temperature

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Arruda ◽  
S. Ahzi ◽  
Y. Li ◽  
A. Ganesan
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Strain Softening ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Constant Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
High Strain Rates ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Static Conditions

We examine the strain rate dependent, large plastic deformation in isotropic semi-crystalline polypropylene at room temperature. Constant strain rate uniaxial compression tests on cylindrical polypropylene specimens show very little true strain softening under quasi-static conditions. At high strain rates very large amounts (38 percent) of apparent strain softening accompanied by temperature rises are recorded. We examine the capability of a recently proposed constitutive model of plastic deformation in semi-crystalline polymers to predict this behavior. We neglect the contribution of the amorphous phase to the plastic deformation response and include the effects of adiabatic heating at high strain rates. Attention is focused on the ability to predict rate dependent yielding, strain softening, strain hardening, and adiabatic temperature rises with this approach. Comparison of simulations and experimental results show good agreement and provide insight into the merits of using a polycrystalline modeling assumption versus incorporating the amorphous contribution. Discrepancies between experiments and model predictions are explained in terms of expectations associated with neglecting the amorphous deformation.

Strain Rate Sensitivity of Ultrafine Grained FCC- and BCC-Type Metals

2006 ◽  
Vol 503-504 ◽  
pp. 781-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes May ◽  
Heinz Werner Höppel ◽  
Matthias Göken
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Testing Temperature ◽  
Ultrafine Grain ◽  
Ultrafine Grain Size ◽  
Ultrafine Grained

The dependence of the strain rate sensitivity (SRS) of α-Fe and Al 99.5, as typical representatives of fcc- and bcc-type metals, on the testing temperature and with respect to the microstructure is investigated. In particular, the differences between conventional grain size (CG) and ultrafine grain size (UFG) are pointed out. UFG Al 99.5 generally shows an elevated SRS compared to CG Al 99.5. In case of α-Fe the SRS of the UFG state is decreased at room temperature, but increased at 200 °C, compared to the CG state. It is shown that the SRS also influences the ductility of UFG-metals in tensile tests.

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