Effect of Initial Grain Size on Deformation Behavior and Dynamic Recrystallization of Magnesium Alloy AZ31

2005 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yue Yang ◽  
Masayoshi Sanada ◽  
Hiromi Miura ◽  
Taku Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Kink Bands ◽  
Alloy Az31 ◽  
Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Magnesium Alloy Az31 ◽  
Continuous Dynamic

Hot deformation and associated structural changes were studied in compression of a magnesium alloy AZ31 with initial grain sizes (D0) of 22 µm and 90 µm at a temperature of 573K. D0 influences significantly the flow curve and the kinetics of grain refinement during hot deformation. For D0 = 22 µm, grain fragmentation takes place due to frequent formation of kink bands initially at corrugated grain boundaries and then in grain interiors in low strain, followed by full development of new fine grains in high strain. For D0 = 90 µm, in contrast, twinning takes place in coarser original grains, and then kink bands and new fine grains are formed mainly in finer ones at low strains. Then new grains are formed in necklace along the boundaries of coarse original grains, followed by their development into the grain interiors. Grain refinement in the Mg alloy can be concluded to result from a series of deformation-induced continuous reactions, they are essentially similar to continuous dynamic recrystallization (cDRX).

Strain-Induced Grain Refinement in Magnesium Alloy AZ31 during Hot Forging

2006 ◽  
Vol 503-504 ◽  
pp. 521-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yue Yang ◽  
Jie Xing ◽  
Hiromi Miura ◽  
Taku Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Hot Forging ◽  
Kink Bands ◽  
Alloy Az31 ◽  
Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Magnesium Alloy Az31 ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Continuous Dynamic

Strain-induced grain refinement in a magnesium alloy AZ31 was studied in multi-directional forging (MDF) at a temperature range from 423K to 623K and at a strain rate of 3x10-3s-1. MDF with a pass strain of 0.8 was carried out to high cumulative strains of around 5 with changing of the loading direction during decreasing temperature from pass to pass. The structural changes can be characterized by the evolution of many mutually crossing kink bands at low strains followed by increase in their number and misorientation, finally resulting in a fully developed fine-grains at high strains. MDF with decreasing temperature can accelerate the evolution of much finer grains and the improvement of plastic workability. An average grain size of 0.3 μm is formed at an accumulative strain of 4.8 and at 423K. It is concluded that grain refinement under MDF conditions occurs by a series of deformation-induced continuous reactions; that is essentially similar to continuous dynamic recrystallization (cDRX).

Grain Refinement in Magnesium Alloy AZ31 during Hot Deformation

2004 ◽  
Vol 467-470 ◽  
pp. 531-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yue Yang ◽  
Hiromi Miura ◽  
Taku Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Kink Bands ◽  
Alloy Az31 ◽  
Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Magnesium Alloy Az31 ◽  
Structure Changes ◽  
Coarse Grains ◽  
Grain Fragmentation ◽  
Continuous Reaction ◽  
Continuous Dynamic

The deformation behavior and structure changes of magnesium alloy AZ31 were studied in compression at temperatures ranging from 523K to 673K and at a strain rate of 3 x 10-3 s-1. They depend sensitively on deformation temperature. At high temperatures, grain fragmentation takes place due to frequent formation of kink bands initially at corrugated grain boundaries and then in grain interiors, followed by full development of new grains in high strain. At lower temperatures, in contrast, twinning takes place in rather coarse grains and kink bands are formed mainly in finer original ones in low strain. It is concluded that new grain evolution can be controlled by a deformation-induced continuous reaction resulting in grain fragmentation by kink bands, i.e. continuous dynamic recrystallization (cDRX). The latter is discussed comparing with conventional, i.e. discontinuous, DRX.

Grain Refinement in Magnesium Alloy AZ31 during Multidirectional Forging under Decreasing Temperature Conditions

2005 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 597-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Xing ◽  
Xu Yue Yang ◽  
Hiromi Miura ◽  
Taku Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Large Strains ◽  
Kink Bands ◽  
Alloy Az31 ◽  
Multidirectional Forging ◽  
Magnesium Alloy Az31 ◽  
Cumulative Strain ◽  
Uniform Generation

Grain refinement in a magnesium alloy AZ31 was studied in multi-directional forging (MDF) at a strain rate of 3×10-3s-1 with decreasing temperature from 623K to 423K. The MDF was carried out up to large cumulative strains with changing the loading direction during decreasing temperature from pass to pass. The structural changes were characterized by generation of many mutually crossing kink bands at low strains, followed by development of very fine grains at large strains. The results showed that MDF with decreasing temperature can accelerate uniform generation of much finer grains, resulting in the minimal grain size of 0.36µm in a cumulative strain of 4.8 at 423K. The mechanism of grain refinement was discussed.

Effect of Initial Grain Size and Strain Path on Grain Refinement in Magnesium Alloy AZ31

2007 ◽  
Vol 539-543 ◽  
pp. 1632-1637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Yue Yang ◽  
Hiromi Miura ◽  
Taku Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Strain Path ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Kink Bands ◽  
Alloy Az31 ◽  
Magnesium Alloy Az31 ◽  
Fine Grained Structure

Grain refinement taking place in a magnesium alloy AZ31 was studied in a single- and multi-directional compression at a temperature of 573K. The structural changes observed by SEM/EBSD analysis can be characterized by the evolution of many mutually crossing kink bands at low strains, continuous increase in their number and misorientation angle in moderate strain and finally full formation of a fine-grained structure in high strain. The characteristics of new grain evolution process are sensitively affected by initial grain size (D0) and strain path. New grains are developed faster with decrease in D0. Multi-directional compression accelerates the evolution of fine grains and the improvement of plastic workability. The mechanism of new grain formation is discussed in detail.

scholarly journals Effect of Cyclic Expansion-Extrusion Process on Microstructure, Deformation and Dynamic Recrystallization Mechanisms, and Texture Evolution of AZ80 Magnesium Alloy

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Xue ◽  
Shuaishuai Chen ◽  
Haijun Liu ◽  
Zhimin Zhang ◽  
Luying Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Alloy ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Extrusion Process ◽  
Basal Texture ◽  
Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Distributed Structure ◽  
Texture Intensity ◽  
Az80 Magnesium Alloy

The microstructure, deformation mechanisms, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behavior, and texture evolution of AZ80 magnesium alloy were investigated by three-pass cyclic expansion-extrusion (CEE) tests. Optical microscopy (OM), electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were employed to study microstructure, grain orientation, DRX mechanism, and texture evolution. The results show that the grain sizes decrease continuously with the increase of CEE pass. The grain refinement effect of the first pass is the most remarkable, and there appear a large number of twins. After three-pass CEE, a well-distributed structure with fine equiaxed grains is obtained. With the increase of CEE pass, the deformation mechanism changes from twinning to slipping and the DRX mechanism changes mainly from twinning-induced dynamic recrystallization (TDRX) to rotation dynamic recrystallization (RDRX) and then to continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX). The grain misorientation between the new grains and matrix grains deceases gradually, and a relatively small angle misorientation is obtained after three-pass CEE. Grain misorientations of the first two passes are attributed to TDRX and RDRX behaviors, respectively. The grain refinement changes the deformation and DRX mechanisms of CEE process, which leads the (0002) basal texture intensity first decrease and then increase suddenly. Eventually, the extremely strong basal texture is formed after three-pass CEE.

scholarly journals Investigation on Sub-Solvus Recrystallization Mechanisms in an Advanced γ-γ’ Nickel-Based Superalloy GH4151

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 4553
Author(s):  
Shaomin Lv ◽  
Jinbin Chen ◽  
Xinbo He ◽  
Chonglin Jia ◽  
Kang Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Energy Surface ◽  
Electron Backscatter Diffraction ◽  
True Strain ◽  
Continuous Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Nickel Based Superalloy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Continuous Dynamic ◽  
Backscatter Diffraction

Sub-solvus dynamic recrystallization (DRX) mechanisms in an advanced γ-γ’ nickel-based superalloy GH4151 were investigated by isothermal compression experiments at 1040 °C with a strain rate of 0.1 s−1 and various true strain of 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7, respectively. This has not been reported in literature before. The electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) technology were used for the observation of microstructure evolution and the confirmation of DRX mechanisms. The results indicate that a new dynamic recrystallization mechanism occurs during hot deformation of the hot-extruded GH4151 alloy. The nucleation mechanism can be described as such a feature, that is a primary γ’ (Ni3(Al, Ti, Nb)) precipitate embedded in a recrystallized grain existed the same crystallographic orientation, which is defined as heteroepitaxial dynamic recrystallization (HDRX). Meanwhile, the conventional DRX mechanisms, such as the discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX) characterized by bulging grain boundary and continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) operated through progressive sub-grain merging and rotation, also take place during the hot deformation of the hot-extruded GH4151 alloy. In addition, the step-shaped structures can be observed at grain boundaries, which ensure the low-energy surface state during the DRX process.

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