Effect of Processing Conditions on the Microstructure Development during Constrained Groove Pressing of Aluminium

2014 ◽  
Vol 783-786 ◽  
pp. 331-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Zrník ◽  
Libor Kraus ◽  
Miroslav Cieslar ◽  
Peter Sláma

In this study, the relationship between the structure and properties of commercial purityaluminium (AW-1199) was investigated by applying constrained groove pressing (CGP) method.The refinement of the coarse grain aluminium microstructure to submicrocrystalline size by largeplastic strain at room temperature defined. The impact of various strains upon microstructurechanges is investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron back scatterdiffraction (EBSD). A mixture of subgrains produced by grains subdivision and polygonizedsubgrains formed locally due to dynamic recovery was found in the deformed aluminium. Thetensile properties and resulting hardness are related to microstructural evolution induced by CGP. Asubstantial impact of straining upon the increasing in tensile strength was observed after the firstpass. Further strain increase had an insignificant effect on tensile strength but was accompanied byductility loss. The post deformation annealing effect was then explored with aim to increase theductility. The results indicate that changes in strength and ductility may be related to formation of abimodal structure.

2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 535-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Zrník ◽  
Tomas Kovarik ◽  
Miroslav Cieslar

In this study, the relationship between the structure and properties of commercial purity aluminium (AW-1199) was investigated by applying constrained groove pressing (CGP) method. The refinement of the coarse grain aluminium microstructure to submicrocrystalline size by large plastic strain at room temperature defined. The impact of various strains upon microstructure changes is investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD). A mixture of subgrains produced by grains subdivision and polygonized subgrains formed locally due to dynamic recovery was found in the deformed aluminium. The tensile properties and resulting hardness are related to microstructural evolution induced by CGP. A substantial impact of straining upon the increasing in tensile strength was observed after the first pass. Further strain increase had an insignificant effect on tensile strength but was accompanied by ductility loss. The post deformation annealing effect was then explored with aim to increase the ductility. The results indicate that changes in strength and ductility may be related to formation of a bimodal structure.


2007 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Radu L. Orban ◽  
Mariana Lucaci

This paper investigates the effect of Fe, Cr and B additions, in small proportions, as alloying elements in Ni3Al with the purpose to reduce its intrinsic fragility and extrinsic embrittlement and to enhance, in the same time, its mechanical properties. It represents a development of some previous research works of the authors, proving that Ni3Al-Fe-Cr-B alloys obtained by reactive synthesis (SHS) starting from Mechanically Alloyed powder mixtures have superior both room temperature tensile strength and ductility, and compression ones at temperatures up to 800 °C, than pure Ni3Al. These create premises for their using as superalloys substitutes.


2011 ◽  
Vol 306-307 ◽  
pp. 679-683
Author(s):  
Li Bo Sun ◽  
Yuan Chang Shi ◽  
Lin Ya Chu ◽  
Bing Chang Zhang ◽  
Jiu Rong Liu

The straight and orderly microrods of polypyrrole(PPy) was synthesized in a microemulsion system consisted of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB), n-pentanol, water and pyrrole by chemical oxidative polymerization, in which CTAB was used as soft templates and APS was used as the oxidant. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to characterize the structure of the PPy microrods. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was used to characterize the morphology of the samples. We discussed the impact of temperature, the adding way of the oxidant, the amount of cosurfactant n-pentanol to the morphology of PPy microrods. The results showed that straight and orderly PPy microrods with a diameter about 300nm and a length up to 20μm were synthesized when the temperature was kept at room temperature (25°C), the dropping time of APS was more than 1.5h, the ratio of CTAB to n-pentanol was 0.6:1, and the polymerization time was about 24h. We studied the growth process of PPy microrods by HTEM analysis. HTEM images revealed that the growth process of PPy changed from hollow microrods, semi-hollow microrods, and finally solid microrods.


1986 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.M. Schulson ◽  
I. Baker ◽  
H.J. Frost

Since writing on this subject two years ago [1], a number of developments have occurred, particularly in relation to the mechanical properties of the L12 nickel aluminide Ni3Al. Some elucidate the nature of the yield strength and the extraordinarily beneficial effect of boron on low-temperature ductility. Some others expose, at least in part, the nature of the marked reduction in ductility at elevated temperatures. Another considers the mechanisms dominating creep deformation. Also during this period, contradictions have appeared: the relationship between the yield strength and the grain size, d, at room temperature has been contested, and opposing views of grain refinement on ductility have been reported.This paper reviews these developments. Although broadly directed at intermetallic compounds, the discussion is specific to Ni3Al. The hope is that the knowledge and understanding gained about this compound will benefit the class as a whole.


2016 ◽  
Vol 877 ◽  
pp. 188-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Wei Quan ◽  
Wen Ning Mu ◽  
Lei Kang ◽  
Xiao Ma ◽  
Peng Han ◽  
...  

A precipitation hardenable Al-Cu-Mg alloy was cryorolled with liquid nitrogen followed solution treatment and then aged at 170 ̊C for different time. The microstructure was characterized by optical microscopy (OM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Hardness and tensile strength were also tested. The dislocation loops in the cryorolled alloy are more than the room temperature rolled alloy. Meanwhile the hardness, yield strength and tensile strength are larger than the room temperature rolled alloy.


1973 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Adams ◽  
M. A. O. Fox

Cast irons were produced with variations in the quantity and shape of the free graphite inclusions and in the matrix structure to investigate the relationship between the shear, compressive and tensile mechanical properties. Differences were observed which may have a significant effect on design criteria for cast irons. For example, the ratio of shear to tensile strengths decreased from about 1·25 to 0·577 and the ratio of 0·1 per cent proof stress in compression to that in tension decreased from approximately 2 to 11 as the tensile strength (and ductility) were increased.


1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1156-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. McKamey ◽  
J. A. Horton ◽  
C. T. Liu

The effects of the addition of chromium on several properties of Fe3Al, including tensile strength and ductility, fracture behavior, and slip and dislocation characteristics, were studied. Alloying with up to 6 at. % chromium results in an increase in room temperature ductility from approximately 4% to 8–10%. Along with this increase in ductility, the addition of chromium produces a change in fracture mode from transgranular cleavage to a mixed mode of intergranular-transgranular cleavage, and a change in slip behavior from coarse straight slip to fine wavy slip. These phenomena are discussed in terms of the effect of chromium on the antiphase boundary energies and dislocation characteristics.


2010 ◽  
Vol 93-94 ◽  
pp. 165-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jintamai Suwanprateeb ◽  
Kitiya Wasoontararat ◽  
Waraporn Suvannapruk

In this study, a combination of powder printing technique and two-stepped heat treatment was utilized as a mean to prepare porous high density polyethylene structure. Physical and mechanical properties of the resulting structure were then characterized by porosity measurement and monotonic tensile test. It was found that the relationship between structure and properties was strongly influenced by processing conditions including compositions, treatment times and treatment temperatures. This process could increase the properties of porous high density polyethylene significantly over the single-stepped heat treatment without destroying porous structure. Porous high density polyethylene bodies having a porosity ranging from 46-58 percents with tensile strength up to approximately 4 MPa could be successfully prepared in this study.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7383
Author(s):  
Linxiang Liu ◽  
Zhijun Wang ◽  
Qingfeng Wu ◽  
Zhongsheng Yang ◽  
Kexuan Zhou ◽  
...  

The category and morphology of precipitates are essential factors in determining the mechanical behaviors of aluminum alloys. It is a great challenge to synthetically modulate multiple precipitates to simultaneously improve strength and ductility. In the present work, by optimizing the precipitations of the GP zone, θ’-approximant and θ’ phase for an Al-Cu-Mn alloy, a high tensile strength of 585 MPa with large elongation of 12.35% was achieved through pre-deformation and aging. The microstructure evolution pattern was revealed by detailed characterizations of scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. It was found that such high tensile strength of the samples was due to a combination of strengthening by the high density of dispersive fine precipitates and dislocations, and the high elongation to failure was primarily attributed to the multimodal precipitates and elimination of precipitation-free zones along the grain boundaries. The strategy proposed here is a promising way of preparing ultra-strong Al-Cu-Mn alloys.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1016 ◽  
pp. 917-921
Author(s):  
Haruka Miyano ◽  
Keisuke Takemoto ◽  
Hiromoto Kitahara ◽  
Shinji Ando

In this study, tensile tests of rolled Mg-Li alloy and Mg-Ce alloy sheets were carried out at room temperature to investigate effects of alloying additions on the relationship between mechanical properties and activities of slip systems in magnesium polycrystals. In Mg-Li alloy, ductility increased while strength decreased by lithium addition. Frequency of non-basal slips increased with increasing lithium content. In Mg-Ce alloy, strength and ductility were similar pure magnesium, and non-basal slips were hardly activated. Since critical resolved shear stress of non-basal slips were decreased by lithium addition, ductility of magnesium was increased while its strength was decreased.


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