To explore the hot compression behavior and microstructural evolution,fine-grained Al−1.88Mg−0.18Sc−0.084Er(wt.%)aluminum alloy wires were fabricated with Castex(continuous casting−extrusion)and ECAP-Conform,and their...To explore the hot compression behavior and microstructural evolution,fine-grained Al−1.88Mg−0.18Sc−0.084Er(wt.%)aluminum alloy wires were fabricated with Castex(continuous casting−extrusion)and ECAP-Conform,and their hot compression behavior was investigated at temperatures of 673−793 K and strain rates of 0.001−10 s−1;the microstructures were characterized by optical microscope,X-ray diffractometer,transmission electron microscope,and electron backscattered diffractometer,and the flow stresses were obtained by thermal compression simulator.Microstructural evolution and flow curves reveal that dynamic recovery is the dominant softening mechanism.Continuous dynamic recrystallization followed by dynamic grain growth takes place at a temperature of 773 K and a strain rate of 0.001 s−1;the yielding drop phenomenon was discovered.Hyperbolic sine constitutive equation incorporating dislocation variables was presented,and a power law constitutive equation was established.The stress exponent is 3.262,and the activation energy for deformation is 154.465 kJ/mol,indicating that dislocation viscous glide is the dominant deformation mechanism.展开更多
基金The authors are grateful for the financial support from the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51334006).
文摘To explore the hot compression behavior and microstructural evolution,fine-grained Al−1.88Mg−0.18Sc−0.084Er(wt.%)aluminum alloy wires were fabricated with Castex(continuous casting−extrusion)and ECAP-Conform,and their hot compression behavior was investigated at temperatures of 673−793 K and strain rates of 0.001−10 s−1;the microstructures were characterized by optical microscope,X-ray diffractometer,transmission electron microscope,and electron backscattered diffractometer,and the flow stresses were obtained by thermal compression simulator.Microstructural evolution and flow curves reveal that dynamic recovery is the dominant softening mechanism.Continuous dynamic recrystallization followed by dynamic grain growth takes place at a temperature of 773 K and a strain rate of 0.001 s−1;the yielding drop phenomenon was discovered.Hyperbolic sine constitutive equation incorporating dislocation variables was presented,and a power law constitutive equation was established.The stress exponent is 3.262,and the activation energy for deformation is 154.465 kJ/mol,indicating that dislocation viscous glide is the dominant deformation mechanism.
