The ultrafine grained(UFG)1050 aluminum alloy was prepared by equal channel angular pressing at cryogenic temperature,namely cryoECAP process.The tensile behavior and microstructures of UFG 1050 aluminum alloy after a...The ultrafine grained(UFG)1050 aluminum alloy was prepared by equal channel angular pressing at cryogenic temperature,namely cryoECAP process.The tensile behavior and microstructures of UFG 1050 aluminum alloy after annealing at 90-210°C for 4 h without and with high magnetic field of 12 T were investigated by tensile tests,transmission electron microscope,and electron backscattered diffraction analyses.After cryoECAP and annealing treatments,the 1050 aluminum alloy has ultrafine grains with 0.7-1.28μm in size,the ratio of ultimate tensile strength to yield strength is less than 1.24,and the uniform elongation is less than 2.3%.With increasing the annealing temperature from 90°C to 210°C,the yield-drop phenomenon becomes more obvious due to the decrease in mobile dislocations to maintain the applied strain rate during tensile deformation.The uniform elongation decreases from 1.55%to 0.55%,the dislocation density reduces from 5.6×10^(14)m^(−2)to 4.2×10^(13)m^(−2),and the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries(HABs)increases from 63.8%to 70.8%.These phenomena cause the higher annihilation rate of dislocations,thereby leading to the degradation of strain hardening effect.During annealing under high magnetic field at 90-210°C,the low fraction of HABs(61.7%-66.2%)can provide a slower annihilation rate of dislocations,therefore resulting in the higher uniform elongation(0.64%-1.60%)and slower decrease in the flow stress after the yield peak.展开更多
The underlying mechanism of discontinuous yielding behavior in an ultrafine-grained(UFG)Fe-31 Mn-3 Al-3 Si(wt.%)austenitic TWIP steel was investigated by the use of advanced TEM technique with taking the plastic defor...The underlying mechanism of discontinuous yielding behavior in an ultrafine-grained(UFG)Fe-31 Mn-3 Al-3 Si(wt.%)austenitic TWIP steel was investigated by the use of advanced TEM technique with taking the plastic deformation mechanisms and their correlation with grains size near the macroscopic yield point into account.Typical yield drop mechanisms such as the dislocation locking by the Cottrell atmosphere due to the presence of interstitial impurities cannot explain the origin of this phenomenon in the UFG high-Mn austenitic TWIP steel.Here,we experimentally revealed that the plastic deformation mechanisms in the early stage of deformation,around the macroscopic yield point,show an obvious association with grain size.More specifically,the main mechanism shifts from the conventional slip in grain interior to twinning nucleated from grain boundaries with decreasing the grain size down to less than 1μm.Our observation indicates that the grain size dependent deformation mechanisms transition is also deeply associated with the discontinuous yielding behavior as it could govern the changes in the grain interior dislocation density of mobile dislocations around the macroscopic yield point.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(51574076)。
文摘The ultrafine grained(UFG)1050 aluminum alloy was prepared by equal channel angular pressing at cryogenic temperature,namely cryoECAP process.The tensile behavior and microstructures of UFG 1050 aluminum alloy after annealing at 90-210°C for 4 h without and with high magnetic field of 12 T were investigated by tensile tests,transmission electron microscope,and electron backscattered diffraction analyses.After cryoECAP and annealing treatments,the 1050 aluminum alloy has ultrafine grains with 0.7-1.28μm in size,the ratio of ultimate tensile strength to yield strength is less than 1.24,and the uniform elongation is less than 2.3%.With increasing the annealing temperature from 90°C to 210°C,the yield-drop phenomenon becomes more obvious due to the decrease in mobile dislocations to maintain the applied strain rate during tensile deformation.The uniform elongation decreases from 1.55%to 0.55%,the dislocation density reduces from 5.6×10^(14)m^(−2)to 4.2×10^(13)m^(−2),and the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries(HABs)increases from 63.8%to 70.8%.These phenomena cause the higher annihilation rate of dislocations,thereby leading to the degradation of strain hardening effect.During annealing under high magnetic field at 90-210°C,the low fraction of HABs(61.7%-66.2%)can provide a slower annihilation rate of dislocations,therefore resulting in the higher uniform elongation(0.64%-1.60%)and slower decrease in the flow stress after the yield peak.
基金supported by NSF(ECCS 1542100,2025151)financial support by the JST CREST(JPMJCR1994)+2 种基金financial support by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers(19H02029,20H02479)financial support by Elements Strategy Initiative for Structural Materials(ESISM,No.JPMXP0112101000)the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S)(No.15H05767),the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A)(No.20H00306)。
文摘The underlying mechanism of discontinuous yielding behavior in an ultrafine-grained(UFG)Fe-31 Mn-3 Al-3 Si(wt.%)austenitic TWIP steel was investigated by the use of advanced TEM technique with taking the plastic deformation mechanisms and their correlation with grains size near the macroscopic yield point into account.Typical yield drop mechanisms such as the dislocation locking by the Cottrell atmosphere due to the presence of interstitial impurities cannot explain the origin of this phenomenon in the UFG high-Mn austenitic TWIP steel.Here,we experimentally revealed that the plastic deformation mechanisms in the early stage of deformation,around the macroscopic yield point,show an obvious association with grain size.More specifically,the main mechanism shifts from the conventional slip in grain interior to twinning nucleated from grain boundaries with decreasing the grain size down to less than 1μm.Our observation indicates that the grain size dependent deformation mechanisms transition is also deeply associated with the discontinuous yielding behavior as it could govern the changes in the grain interior dislocation density of mobile dislocations around the macroscopic yield point.
