Microstructure and Texture Evolution in Metals and Alloys during Intense Plastic Deformation

2012 ◽  
Vol 715-716 ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre P. Zhilyaev ◽  
Terry R. McNelley ◽  
Oscar A. Ruano
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Pure Aluminum ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen Temperature ◽  
Metals And Alloys ◽  
Work Piece ◽  
Friction Stir

ntense plastic deformation is generally effective in producing grain refinement. IPD methods include equal channel angular pressing/extrusion (ECAP/ECAE), high-pressure torsion (HPT), accumulative roll bonding (ARB), and friction stir processing (FSP), among others. In this work, we summarize the main results on grain refinement by these processing methods and present our own data on microstructure and texture evolution in metals and alloys during ECAP, HPT and FSP. Whereas ECAP and HPT are usually performed with the work piece material initially at room temperature or even at liquid nitrogen temperature to enhance refinement, FSP involves a brief but complex thermomechanical cycle with peak temperatures up to 0.7 0.9 TMelt. Apparently, materials undergo dynamic recrystallization (DRX) during FSP. DRX also occurs also in metals and alloys of low TMeltdue to adiabatic heating during HPT performed at room temperature. The paper is devoted to revisiting of previous as well as new results and a comparative analysis of microstructure and texture evolution in commercially pure aluminum and selected pure metals and alloys during ECAP, HPT and FSP in order to illustrate the limits of grain refinement.

GRAIN REFINEMENT AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION IN ALUMINUM A2618 ALLOY BY HIGH-PRESSURE TORSION

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (6-9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Intan Fadhlina Mohamed ◽  
Seungwon Lee ◽  
Kaveh Edalati ◽  
Zenji Horita ◽  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rotation Speed ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Applied Pressure ◽  
Saturation Level ◽  
Microstructural Refinement ◽  
Average Grain Size

This work presents a study related to the grain refinement of an aluminum A2618 alloy achieved by High-Pressure Torsion (HPT) known as a process of Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD). The HPT is conducted on disks of the alloy under an applied pressure of 6 GPa for 1 and 5 turns with a rotation speed of 1 rpm at room temperature. The HPT processing leads to microstructural refinement with an average grain size of ~250 nm at a saturation level after 5 turns. Gradual increases in hardness are observed from the beginning of straining up to a saturation level. This study thus suggests that hardening due to grain refinement is attained by the HPT processing of the A2618 alloy at room temperature.

Influence of Process Parameters on Microstructure of Friction Stir Processed Mg AZ31 Alloy

2017 ◽  
pp. 1293-1305
Author(s):  
G. Venkateswarlu ◽  
M.J. Davidson ◽  
G.R.N. Tagore ◽  
P. Sammaiah
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Friction Stir Processing ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Homogeneous Microstructure ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Tool Tilt Angle

Friction stir processing (FSP) has been developed on the principles of friction stir welding (FSW) as an effective and efficien new method for grain refinement and microstructural modification, providing intense plastic deformation as well as higher strain rates than other conventional severe plastic deformation methods. FSP produces an equiaxed homogeneous microstructure consisting of fine grains, resulting in the enhancement of the properties of the material at room temperature. The objective of the present paper is to examine the influence of friction stir processing (FSP) parameters namely tool rotational speed (RS), tool traverse speed (TS) and tool tilt angle (TA) on the microstructures of friction stir processed AZ31B-O magnesium alloy. This investigation has focused on the microstructural changes occurred in the dynamically recrystallised nugget zone/ stir zone and the thermo mechanically affected zone during FSP. The results presented in this work indicate that all the three FSP process parameters have a significant effect on the resulting microstructure and also found that the rotational speed has greatly influenced the homogenization of the material. The grain refinement is higher at intermediate rotational speed (1150 rpm), traverse speed (32 mm / min and tilt angle (10). It is established that FSP can be a good grain refinement method for improving the properties of the material.

Role of Strain Gradient and Dynamic Transformation on the Formation of Nanocrystalline Structure Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation

2007 ◽  
Vol 539-543 ◽  
pp. 2787-2792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Umemoto ◽  
Yoshikazu Todaka ◽  
Jin Guo Li ◽  
Koichi Tsuchiya
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Strain Gradient ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Large Strain ◽  
Nanocrystalline Structure ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Dynamic Transformation ◽  
Fine Grained Structure

Formation of nanocrystalline structure by severe plastic deformation has studied extensively. Although ultra fine grained structure (grain size larger than 100 nm) had been obtained in many processes such as heavy cold rolling, equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) or accumulative roll bonding (ARB), the formation of nano grained structure (< 100 nm) is limited to processes such as ball milling, shot peening or drilling. In the present study, high pressure torsion (HPT) deformation and drilling were carried out to understand the conditions necessary to obtain nano grained structure in steels. The results of HPT experiments in pure Fe showed that HPT has superior ability of strengthening and grain refinement probably due to a strain gradient but the saturation of grain refinement occurs before reaching nano grained structure. Drilling experiments in high carbon martensitic steel revelaed that nano grained ferrite forms at the drilled hole surface only when the transformation from ferrite to austenite takes place during drilling. Considering various other processes by which nano grained ferrite was produced, it is proposed that heavy strains with large strain gradients together with dynamic transformation are necessary to reach nano grained ferrite structure.

Effect of HPT on Age-Hardening Behavior in Cu-Added Excess Mg-Type Al-Mg-Si Alloys

2014 ◽  
Vol 922 ◽  
pp. 487-490
Author(s):  
Shun Maruno ◽  
Seiji Saikawa ◽  
Shoichi Hirosawa ◽  
T. Hamaoka ◽  
Z. Horita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Hardness Test ◽  
Age Hardening ◽  
Work Piece ◽  
Aging Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Dimension ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Excess Mg

Severe plastic deformation (SPD) techniques such as high pressure torsion (HPT) have been extensively researched to achieve. SPD process makes use of the plastic deformation where no change in the cross-sectional dimension of a work piece occurs during straining.In this work, the effect of HPT on aging behavior and microstructure in excess Mg-type Al-Mg-Si alloys including Cu. These alloys were investigated by hardness test and TEM observation. The results show that processing by HPT leads to significant grain refinement with a grain size of ~250nm. Age-hardening phenomenon is observed at 343K and 373K for the Al-Mg-Si alloys with HPT. A few density of dislocation in the crystal grain was observed. The typical needle-shaped precipitates of Al-Mg-Si alloys were not observed in the matrix.

Processing Different Magnesium Alloys through HPT

2014 ◽  
Vol 783-786 ◽  
pp. 2617-2622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Livia Raquel C. Malheiros ◽  
Roberto B. Figueiredo ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Magnesium Alloys ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Structure Refinement ◽  
Hardness Distribution ◽  
Metallic Materials ◽  
Processing Conditions ◽  
Significant Structure

High-Pressure Torsion (HPT) is widely used to refine the structure of metallic materials through the use of severe plastic deformation. This technique is used in this report to process different magnesium alloys using various processing conditions. The high hydrostatic pressure allows processing of these materials at room temperature without cracking. The structure was characterized and hardness distribution was determined at different areas of the processed samples. The results show significant structure refinement and increased hardness. The evolution of the structure and hardness depends on the alloying and HPT processing conditions.

Upgrading Property of A-Fe Alloys through the Microstructure Refinement by Compressive Torsion Processing

2014 ◽  
Vol 794-796 ◽  
pp. 802-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Kume ◽  
Shinichiro Ota ◽  
Makoto Kobashi ◽  
Naoyuki Kanetake
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Deformation Process ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Plastic Deformation Process ◽  
Deformation Processes ◽  
Alloy Microstructure ◽  
Fe Alloys

Cast AlFe alloys containing several percent iron have low ductility because of their brittle precipitates. Therefore, precipitate refinement is very important for improving their mechanical properties. In recent decades, severe plastic deformation processes have been developed to achieve this grain refinement. For example, our previously proposed severe plastic deformation process, called compressive torsion, is quite effective for not only grain refinement but also precipitate refinement even in brittle materials. In the present work, precipitate refinement of cast Al—Fe alloys by compressive torsion and the resulting improvements in their tensile properties were investigated. Compressive torsion with various numbers of revolutions was applied to Al—Fe alloys at 373 K. Then, the alloys were subjected to tensile testing at room temperature, 473 K, and 573 K. The obtained experimental results indicated that the initial eutectic microstructure of the alloys disappeared after the compressive torsion processing. All large precipitates with sizes of more than 200 μm were refined, and their sizes were reduced to several tens of micrometers. Furthermore, these refined precipitates were dispersed homogenously in the alloy microstructure. In result, the tensile properties of the alloys, namely, their strength and elongation, were improved remarkably. In particular, the elongation reached more than 30% at room temperature.

Characterizing the Shear Deformation during Asymmetric Rolling

2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Long Chen ◽  
Ai Dang Shan ◽  
Jian Hua Jiang ◽  
Yi Ding
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Shear Deformation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Pure Aluminum ◽  
Asymmetric Rolling ◽  
Metallic Material ◽  
Side Face ◽  
High Reduction ◽  
Very High

Asymmetric rolling has been considered as a possible way to obtain severe plastic deformation (SPD) since it will give an extra shear deformation to the processed materials during rolling. Previous researches have confirmed such a shear deformation. Very recently, the method of inserting-block is used to characterize the shear deformation through direct observation, but when the reduction is more than 70%, the lineation scratched on the side face of internal mark becomes vague and illegible. In order to directly observe the shear deformation of metallic material with large reduction, the internal mark method is employed in this research and asymmetric rolling was performed with pure aluminum and iron at room temperature. In severe plastic deformation, the shear deformation caused by asymmetric rolling was clearly observed and measured through employing internal mark method. Remarkable extra shear deformation during asymmetric rolling was confirmed. Very high equivalent strains were achieved when sheet samples were asymmetrically rolled to high reduction ratio. These strain values fall into the range of SPD.

Influence of Process Parameters on Microstructure of Friction Stir Processed Mg AZ31 Alloy

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
G. Venkateswarlu ◽  
M.J. Davidson ◽  
G.R.N. Tagore ◽  
P. Sammaiah
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Friction Stir Processing ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Homogeneous Microstructure ◽  
Influence Of Process Parameters ◽  
Friction Stir

Friction stir processing (FSP) has been developed on the principles of friction stir welding (FSW) as an effective and efficien new method for grain refinement and microstructural modification, providing intense plastic deformation as well as higher strain rates than other conventional severe plastic deformation methods. FSP produces an equiaxed homogeneous microstructure consisting of fine grains, resulting in the enhancement of the properties of the material at room temperature. The objective of the present paper is to examine the influence of friction stir processing (FSP) parameters namely tool rotational speed (RS), tool traverse speed (TS) and tool tilt angle (TA) on the microstructures of friction stir processed AZ31B-O magnesium alloy. This investigation has focused on the microstructural changes occurred in the dynamically recrystallised nugget zone/ stir zone and the thermo mechanically affected zone during FSP. The results presented in this work indicate that all the three FSP process parameters have a significant effect on the resulting microstructure and also found that the rotational speed has greatly influenced the homogenization of the material. The grain refinement is higher at intermediate rotational speed (1150 rpm), traverse speed (32 mm / min and tilt angle (10). It is established that FSP can be a good grain refinement method for improving the properties of the material.

scholarly journals Dynamic High Pressure Torsion (DHPT)—A Novel Method for High Strain Rate Severe Plastic Deformation

Proceedings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harishchandra Lanjewar ◽  
Leo Kestens ◽  
Patricia Verleysen
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Strain Rate ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
High Strain ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Pure Aluminum ◽  
High Deformation ◽  
Fine Grained

Metals with a fine-grained microstructure have exceptional mechanical properties. Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is one of the most successful ways to fabricate ultrafine-grained (UFG) and nanostructured (NC) materials. Most of the SPD techniques employ very low processing speeds. However, the lowest steady-state grain size which can be obtained by SPD is considered to be inversely proportional with the strain rate at which the severe deformation is imposed. In order to overcome this limitation, methods operating at higher rates have been envisaged and used to study the fragmentation process and the properties of the obtained materials. However, almost none of these methods, employ hydrostatic pressures which are needed to prevent the material from failing at high deformation strains. As such, their applicability is limited to materials with a high intrinsic ductility. Additionally, in some methods the microstructural changes are limited to the surface layers of the material. To circumvent these restrictions, a novel facility has been designed and developed which deforms the material at high strain rate under high hydrostatic pressures. Using the facility, commercially pure aluminum was processed and analysis of the deformed material was performed. The microstructure evolution in this material was compared with that observed in static high pressure torsion (HPT) processed material.

Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Behavior of a Metal Matrix Composite Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques

MRS Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (58) ◽  
pp. 3865-3870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shima Sabbaghianrad ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Metal Matrix Composite ◽  
Matrix Composite ◽  
Metal Matrix ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Al 7075 ◽  
7075 Alloy

ABSTRACTA severe plastic deformation (SPD) technique was applied to an Al-7075 alloy reinforced with 10 vol.% Al2O3. This processing method of high-pressure torsion (HPT) was performed at room temperature under a pressure of 6.0 GPa through a total number of up to 20 turns. The metal matrix composite (MMC) showed a significant grain refinement from an initial average grain size of ∼8 μm to ∼300 nm after processing by HPT through 20 turns which led to an increase in the average values of Vickers microhardness at room temperature.

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