Resolving the Strength-Ductility Paradox through Severe Plastic Deformation of a Cast Al-7% Si Alloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 1043-1048
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Megumi Kawasaki ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Grain Boundary Sliding ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Strength And Ductility

Ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials produced by severe plastic deformation (SPD) may show both enhanced ductility and strength and hence resolve the so-called strength-ductility paradox. To gain mechanistic insights into such resolution, the effect of high-pressure torsion (HPT) on the microstructure and mechanical behavior was studied using a cast Al-7 wt. % Si alloy. As expected, the grain size decreased while the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries and microhardness increased due to HPT processing. However, tensile testing at room temperature revealed a simultaneous increase in strength and ductility compared to the as-cast sample. The samples showing simultaneous increase in strength and ductility also showed an increased contribution from grain boundary sliding (GBS), even at room temperature, which is attributed to the existence of a high fraction of high-angle and high-energy grain boundaries. It is proposed that the occurrence of moderate GBS, providing ductility, in very small size grains provides Hall-Petch strengthening and this suggests a potential combination for simultaneously achieving high strength and high ductility in SPD-processed UFG materials.

scholarly journals The Effect of Predeformation on Creep Strength of 9% Cr Steel

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 5330
Author(s):  
Petr Král ◽  
Jiří Dvořák ◽  
Wolfgang Blum ◽  
Václav Sklenička ◽  
Zenji Horita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Tensile Creep ◽  
Initial Stresses ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
P92 Steel

Martensitic creep-resistant P92 steel was deformed by different methods of severe plastic deformation such as rotation swaging, high-pressure sliding, and high-pressure torsion at room temperature. These methods imposed significantly different equivalent plastic strains of about 1–30. It was found that rotation swaging led to formation of heterogeneous microstructures with elongated grains where low-angle grain boundaries predominated. Other methods led to formation of ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructures with high frequency of high-angle grain boundaries. Constant load tensile creep tests at 873 K and initial stresses in the range of 50 to 300 MPa revealed that the specimens processed by rotation swaging exhibited one order of magnitude lower minimum creep rate compared to standard P92 steel. By contrast, UFG P92 steel is significantly softer than standard P92 steel, but differences in their strengths decrease with increasing stress. Microstructural results suggest that creep behavior of P92 steel processed by severe plastic deformation is influenced by the frequency of high-angle grain boundaries and grain coarsening during creep.

Superplasticity of Aerospace 7075 (Al-Zn-Mg-Cu) Aluminium Alloy Obtained by Severe Plastic Deformation

2018 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Carreño ◽  
Oscar A. Ruano
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Grain Boundary Sliding ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Boundary Sliding ◽  
Processing Stress

The 7075 (Al-Zn-Mg-Cu) aluminium alloy is the reference alloy for aerospace applications due to its specific mechanical properties at room temperature, showing excellent tensile strength and sufficient ductility. Formability at high temperature can be improved by obtaining superplasticity as a result of fine, equiaxed and highly misoriented grains prone to deform by grain boundary sliding (GBS). Different severe plastic deformation (SPD) processing routes such as ECAP, ARB, HPT and FSP have been considered and their effect on mechanical properties, especially at intermediate to high temperatures, are studied. Refined grains as fine as 100 nm and average misorientations as high as 39o allow attainment of high strain rate superplasticity (HSRSP) at lower than usual temperatures (250-300oC). It is shown that increasing misorientations are obtained with increasing applied strain, and increasing grain refinement is obtained with increasing processing stress. Thus, increasing superplastic strains at higher strain rates, lower stresses and lower temperatures are obtained with increasing processing strain and, specially, processing stress.

Structure and Properties of Grain Boundaries in Submicrocrystalline W Obtained by Severe Plastic Deformation

2009 ◽  
Vol 283-286 ◽  
pp. 629-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Popov ◽  
Ruslan Valiev ◽  
E.N. Popova ◽  
A.V. Sergeev ◽  
A.V. Stolbovsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Submicrocrystalline Structure ◽  
Emission Mössbauer Spectroscopy ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
Initial State

Submicrocrystalline structure of W obtained by severe plastic deformation (SPD) by high pressure torsion (5 revolutions of anvils at 4000C) and its thermal stability have been examined by TEM. Grain boundaries of submicrocrystalline W have been studied by the method of the emission Mössbauer spectroscopy in the initial state and after annealing at 400-6000С.

Effect of Forging Temperature on Microstructure and Tensile Properties in Fe3Al-Based Alloy

1994 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yang ◽  
W. Yan ◽  
J. N. Liu ◽  
S. Hanada
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Yield Strength ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Annealing Treatment ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Local Plastic Deformation ◽  
Strength And Ductility

AbstractForging processes at two different temperatures are performed to examine the relation between the microstructure and room temperature tensile properties in a Ce doped Fe3Al-based alloy. Results show that the microstructure and the ductility are sensitive to the forging temperature before annealing treatment. Higher yield strength and ductility can be obtained through forging at a relatively low temperature of 750°C followed by annealing at 800°C and 500°C. It is suggested that the formation of non-equilibrium grain boundaries and banded subgrains within carbide-free areas along grain boundaries enhances the local plastic deformation and results in the improvement of ductility. During the initial deformation at room temperature <111> slip is predominant for both microstructures.

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.

Submicrocrystalline Austenitic Stainless Steel Processed by Cold or Warm High Pressure Torsion

2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 398-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Tikhonova ◽  
Nariman Enikeev ◽  
Ruslan Z. Valiev ◽  
Andrey Belyakov ◽  
Rustam Kaibyshev
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Austenitic Stainless Steel ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Submicrocrystalline Structure ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Different Temperatures

The formation of submicrocrystalline structure during severe plastic deformation and its effect on mechanical properties of an S304H austenitic stainless steel with chemical composition of Fe – 0.1C – 0.12N – 0.1Si – 0.95Mn – 18.4Cr – 7.85Ni – 3.2Cu – 0.5Nb – 0.01P – 0.006S (all in mass%) were studied. The severe plastic deformation was carried out by high pressure torsion (HPT) at two different temperatures, i.e., room temperature or 400°C. HPT at room temperature or 400°C led to the formation of a fully austenitic submicrocrystalline structure. The grain size and strength of the steels with ultrafine-grained structures produced by cold or warm HPT were almost the same. The ultimate tensile strengths were 1950 MPa and 1828 MPa after HPT at room temperature and 400°C, respectively.

The State of Grain Boundaries and Grain-Boundary Diffusion in Ultrafine-Grained Mo Obtained by Severe Plastic Deformation

2016 ◽  
Vol 367 ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Popov ◽  
A.V. Sergeev
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Boundary Diffusion ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Grain Boundary Diffusion ◽  
Fast Diffusion ◽  
Non Equilibrium

The grain-boundary diffusion of Co in ultra-fine grained Mo processed by high-pressure torsion has been studied by emission Mössbauer spectroscopy and radio-tracer analysis. It is demonstrated that under the severe plastic deformation by high-pressure torsion the non-equilibrium grain boundaries are formed which are the ultra-fast diffusion paths. At annealing in the temperature range of 623-823 K the relaxation of the non-equilibrium boundaries proceeds and their properties approach to those of equilibrium boundaries of recrystallization origin.

Influence of Temperature of Severe Plastic Deformation and Aging on Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Electrical Conductivitiy of the Cu-Cr-Zr Alloy

2018 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 273-277
Author(s):  
Elena Sarkeeva ◽  
Marina M. Abramova ◽  
Igor V. Alexandrov
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Influence Of Temperature ◽  
Annealed Copper ◽  
Thermal Stability Of ◽  
Zr Alloy

The article studies an influence of temperature of severe plastic deformation (SPD) and post-deformation heat treatment on microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stability of the Cu-0.5Cr-0.2Zr alloy. The results demonstrate that strength is considerably increased to 900 MPa by high pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature. Subsequent ageing at 450 °С during 1 hour leads to a decay of solid solution and an allocation of dispersion particles that further incrises strength to 900 MPa, restores electrical conductivity to 70% IACS (International annealed copper standard) and enhances thermal stability of the alloy. When deformation temperature is increased to 300°С, strength is 690 MPa that is lower than in the case of deformation at room temperature that is related to reversion process at deformation. Additional a aging does not lead to an increase of strength characteristics.

Submicrocristalline Structure in Copper after Different Severe Plastic Deformation Schemes

2007 ◽  
Vol 558-559 ◽  
pp. 189-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Dobatkin ◽  
Gennady A. Salishchev ◽  
A.A. Kuznetsov ◽  
T.N. Kon'kova
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Severe Plastic Deformation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
True Strain ◽  
Structure And Properties ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Roll Bonding ◽  
Angular Pressing ◽  
Steady Stage ◽  
Different Types

The structure and properties of oxygen-free copper (99,98%) were studied after different types of severe plastic deformation (SPD): equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP), multiaxial deformation (MD), and accumulative roll bonding (ARB) as a function of the strain at room temperature (to a true strain of 30-40). The SPD facilitates the formation of submicrocrystalline structure with a grain size of 200-250 nm and predominantly high angle boundaries (83-94%). ECA pressing leads to the formation of the most uniform submicrocrystalline structure.The strength characteristics increase with increasing strain and reach the steady stage at ε ≈ 5. At the steady stage, UTS = 460-480 MPa at ARB, and MD, while UTS at ECAP is somewhat lower, 430-440 MPa. The smallest "steady" values EL = 4 - 5% were obtained in the case of ARB, and the maximum EL = 18% was obtained at MD.

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