Strain Rate Sensitivity of Ultrafine Grained Aluminium Alloy AA6061

2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 741-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aferdita Vevecka-Priftaj ◽  
Andreas Böhner ◽  
Johannes May ◽  
Heinz Werner Höppel ◽  
Matthias Göken
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Strain Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Increasing Temperature

The strain rate sensitivity of the aluminium alloy AA6061 has been investigated in a conventional grain sized (CG) state and in two different ultrafine grained (UFG) conditions processed by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) for 2 and 6 passes at 100o C. Strain rate jump tests in compression were performed at different temperatures and the strain-rate sensitivity exponent m was determined. The tests were accomplished by microstructural investigations before and after compression testing in CG and UFG conditions. It is shown that all UFG microstructures exhibit strongly increased strain-rate sensitivity (SRS) compared to the CG state. The SRS increases with increasing temperature and is more pronounced for the UFG material processed using 6 ECAP passes. The microstructural investigations show a rather high stability of the grain structure for the UFG conditions up to 250o C. The results are discussed with respect to the relevant deformation mechanisms.

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 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.

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.

Superplastic Behavior of Friction-Stir Welded Joints of an Al-Mg-Sc Alloy with Ultrafine-Grained Microstructure

2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Malopheyev ◽  
Sergey Mironov ◽  
Igor Vysotskiy ◽  
Rustam Kaibyshev
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
True Strain ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Initial Strain Rate ◽  
Sensitivity Coefficient ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Elongation To Failure ◽  
Superplastic Properties

The commercial Al-5.4Mg-0.2Sc-0.1Zr alloy was subjected to equal-channel angular pressing at 300°C to a true strain ~12 followed by cold rolling to a total thickness reduction of 80%. The ultrafine-grained sheets were joined by friction stir welding (FSW). To evaluate superplastic properties of the weldments, the tensile samples including all of the characteristic FSW microstructural zones were machined perpendicular to the welding direction and pulled up to failure in the temperature range of 400 to 500°C and at strain rates of 2.8×10-4 s-1 to 5.6×10-1 s-1. The friction-stir welded material exhibited excellent superplastic properties. The highest elongation-to-failure of ~1370% was recorded at a temperature of ~450°C and an initial strain rate of 5.6×10-2 s-1, where the strain rate sensitivity coefficient was about 0.64. The relationship between superplastic ductility and microstructure is discussed.

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