Description of the Superplastic Flow Process by Deformation Mechanism Maps in Ultrafine-Grained Materials

2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megumi Kawasaki ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Deformation Mechanism ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Superplastic Flow ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Ultrafine Grain ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Wide Range

The synthesis of ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials is very attractive because small grains lead to excellent creep properties including superplastic ductility at elevated temperatures. Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is an attractive processing technique for refining microstructures of metallic materials to have ultrafine grain sizes within the submicrometer to even the nanometer level. Among the SPD techniques, most effective processing is conducted through equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) and high-pressure torsion (HPT) and there are numerous reports demonstrating the improved tensile properties at elevated temperature. This report demonstrates recent results on superplasticity in metals after ECAP and HPT. Moreover, superplastic flow of the UFG materials is evaluated by using flow mechanisms developed earlier for coarse-grained materials and depicted by plotting deformation mechanism maps which provide excellent visual representations of flow properties over a wide range of testing conditions.

Grain Refinement and Deformation Behavior of Ultrafine Grained Pd and Pd-Ag Alloys Produced by HPT

2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 182-187
Author(s):  
Lilia Kurmanaeva ◽  
Yulia Ivanisenko ◽  
J. Markmann ◽  
Ruslan Valiev ◽  
Hans Jorg Fecht
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Uniform Elongation ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Ultrafine Grain ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Ultrafine Grain Structure

Investigations of mechanical properties of nanocrystalline (nc) materials are still in interest of materials science, because they offer wide application as structural materials thanks to their outstanding mechanical properties. NC materials demonstrate superior hardness and strength as compared with their coarse grained counterparts, but very often they possess a limited ductility or show low uniform elongation due to poor strain hardening ability. Here, we present the results of investigation of the microstructure and mechanical properties of nc Pd and Pd-x%Ag (x=20, 60) alloys. The initially coarse grained Pd-x% Ag samples were processed by high pressure torsion, which resulted in formation of homogenous ultrafine grain structure. The increase of Ag contents led to the decrease of the resulted grain size and change in deformation behavior, because of decreasing of stacking fault energy (SFE). The samples with larger Ag contents demonstrated the higher values of hardness, yield stress and ultimate stress. Remarkably the uniform elongation had also increased with increase of strength.

Superplastic Flow and Micro-Mechanical Response of Ultrafine-Grained Materials

2018 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Megumi Kawasaki ◽  
Jae Il Jang ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Superplastic Flow ◽  
Al Alloy ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Superior Mechanical Properties

The bulk ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials usually show superior mechanical properties. Since the occurrence of superplastic flow generally requires a grain size smaller than ~10 μm, it is anticipated that materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) will exhibit superplastic ductilities when pulled in tension at elevated temperatures. Recent advances in the processing of UFG metals have provided an opportunity to extend the understanding of superplastic flow behavior to include UFG materials with submicrometer grain sizes. Recent studies showed the UFG materials demonstrated the development of plasticity in micro-mechanical response at room temperature by the significant changes in microstructure attributed to high-pressure torsion (HPT). Accordingly, this study summarizes recent results on excellent ductility and plasticity in a UFG Zn-22% Al alloy. Specifically, the alloy demonstrated the occurrence of exceptional superplastic flow at high temperature after equal-channel angular pressing and HPT and excellent room temperature plasticity of the alloy after HPT where the plasticity was evaluated by the nanoindentation technique. The significance of purity of the alloy is also considered for enhancing the ductility at room temperature.

scholarly journals Heterogeneous lamella structure unites ultrafine-grain strength with coarse-grain ductility

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (47) ◽  
pp. 14501-14505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Wu ◽  
Muxin Yang ◽  
Fuping Yuan ◽  
Guilin Wu ◽  
Yujie Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Back Stress ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Ultrafine Grain ◽  
Asymmetric Rolling ◽  
Dislocation Hardening ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Lamella Structure

Grain refinement can make conventional metals several times stronger, but this comes at dramatic loss of ductility. Here we report a heterogeneous lamella structure in Ti produced by asymmetric rolling and partial recrystallization that can produce an unprecedented property combination: as strong as ultrafine-grained metal and at the same time as ductile as conventional coarse-grained metal. It also has higher strain hardening than coarse-grained Ti, which was hitherto believed impossible. The heterogeneous lamella structure is characterized with soft micrograined lamellae embedded in hard ultrafine-grained lamella matrix. The unusual high strength is obtained with the assistance of high back stress developed from heterogeneous yielding, whereas the high ductility is attributed to back-stress hardening and dislocation hardening. The process discovered here is amenable to large-scale industrial production at low cost, and might be applicable to other metal systems.

The Processing of Ultrafine-Grained Materials Using High-Pressure Torsion

2007 ◽  
Vol 558-559 ◽  
pp. 1283-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Xu ◽  
Z. Horita ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Metallic Materials ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ultrafine Grained Materials ◽  
Thin Disks

It is now well-established that processing through the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD) leads to a significant reduction in the grain size of a wide range of metallic materials. This paper examines the fabrication of ultrafine-grained materials using high-pressure torsion (HPT) where this process is attractive because it leads to exceptional grain refinement with grain sizes that often lie in the nanometer or submicrometer ranges. Two aspects of HPT are examined. First, processing by HPT is usually confined to samples in the form of very thin disks but recent experiments demonstrate the potential for extending HPT also to bulk samples. Second, since the strains imposed in HPT vary with the distance from the center of the disk, it is important to examine the development of inhomogeneities in disk samples processed by HPT.

Processing of Aluminium Alloys by Severe Plastic Deformation

2006 ◽  
Vol 519-521 ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Simple Procedure ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Ultrafine Grain ◽  
Grain Sizes

Processing through the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD) has become important over the last decade because it is now recognized that it provides a simple procedure for producing fully-dense bulk metals with grain sizes lying typically in the submicrometer range. There are two major procedures for SPD processing. First, equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) refers to the repetitive pressing of a metal bar or rod through a die where the sample is constrained within a channel bent through an abrupt angle at, or close to, 90 degrees. Second, high-pressure torsion (HPT) refers to the procedure in which the sample, generally in the form of a thin disk, is subjected to a very high pressure and concurrent torsional straining. Both of these processes are capable of producing metallic alloys with ultrafine grain sizes and with a reasonable degree of homogeneity. Furthermore, the samples produced in this way may exhibit exceptional mechanical properties including high strength at ambient temperature through the Hall-Petch relationship and a potential superplastic forming capability at elevated temperatures. This paper reviews these two procedures and gives examples of the properties of aluminum alloys after SPD processing.

THE PROPERTIES OF BULK ULTRAFINE-GRAINED METALS PROCESSED THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION

2012 ◽  
Vol 05 ◽  
pp. 299-306
Author(s):  
TERENCE G. LANGDON
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Processing Techniques

Processing through the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD) provides a very attractive tool for the production of bulk ultrafine-grained materials. These materials typically have grain sizes in the submicrometer or nanometer ranges and they exhibit high strength at ambient temperature and, if the ultrafine grains are reasonably stable at elevated temperatures, they have a potential for use in superplastic forming operations. Several procedures are now available for applying SPD to metal samples but the most promising are Equal-Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) and High-Pressure Torsion (HPT). This paper examines the basic principles of ECAP and HPT and describes some of the properties that may be achieved using these processing techniques.

Enhanced Thermal Stability and Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Aluminum Alloy

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 331-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinat K. Islamgaliev ◽  
Marina A. Nikitina ◽  
Aidar F. Kamalov
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Dynamic Precipitation ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Fatigue Endurance ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

The paper reports on microstructure, strength and fatigue of ultrafine-grained (UFG) samples of the Al-Cu-Mg-Si aluminum alloy processed by high pressure torsion (HPT) at various temperatures. Application of the HPT treatment led to strong grain refinement, as well as to a raise of the mean-root square strains and dynamic precipitation. In case of optimal HPT treatment the UFG samples have demonstrated the enhanced thermal stability, an increase in ultimate tensile strength in 2.5 times and enhancement in fatigue endurance limit by 20 % in comparison with coarse-grained alloy subjected to standard treatment. It is shown that the regime of the HPT treatment governs the volume fraction of precipitates and segregations, thereby affecting a grain size and thermal stability of ultrafine-grained structure.

scholarly journals Giant Young’S Modulus Variations in Ultrafine-Grained Copper Caused by Texture Changes at Post-Spd Heat Treatment / Gigantyczne Zmiany Modułu Younga W Ultra Drobnoziarnistej Miedzi Spowodowane Przez Zmiany Tekstury W Trakcie Obróbki Cieplnej Po SPD

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 3073-3076 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pal-Val ◽  
L. Pal-Val ◽  
V. Natsik ◽  
A. Davydenko ◽  
A. Rybalko
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Young’S Modulus ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Young's Modulus ◽  
Sharp Decrease ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Total Change ◽  
Unusual Behavior ◽  
Axial Texture ◽  
Ultrafine Grained

The effect of annealing on dynamic Young’s modulus, E, of ultrafine-grained (UFG) copper obtained by combined severe plastic deformation (SPD) is investigated. It is established that Young’s modulus in the SPD-prepared samples exceeds that in the coarse-grained fully annealed (CGFA) samples by 10 to 20 %. Isothermal annealing at elevated temperatures between 90 and 630°С leads to a sharp decrease of Young’s modulus for annealing temperatures above 210°С. After annealing at 410°С, the value of E reaches its minimal value that is 35 % lower than E in CGFA samples (total change in E is about 47 % of the initial value). Further annealing at higher temperatures leads to an increase in Young’s modulus. It is shown, that the unusual behavior of Young’s modulus is caused by formation of the <111> axial texture in the SPD-treated samples which then is replaced by the <001> texture during the post-SPD heat treatment.

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