轧制温度对AZ31镁合金轧制板材中的{1011}-{1012}双孪生行为的影响

在150-350℃温区内不同温度下轧制AZ31镁合金板,观察了不同温度下轧制变形量为9%的AZ31镁合金板材的显微组织,研究分析了轧制温度对轧制板材中{1011}-{1012}双孪晶的含量、类型以及高温轧制过程中双孪晶中的动态再结晶行为的影响,讨论了板材中的孪晶对其力学性能的影响.研究结果表明:在150-300℃温区内轧制时,板材组织中均有含量不等的{1011}-{1012}双孪晶,随着轧制温度的升高,孪晶含量下降.250℃以上轧制的板材中单片一次孪晶中出现的双孪晶类型较为单一,仅出现共面型双孪晶.在250℃以上轧制板材中的双孪晶晶界处中可以观察到明显的动态再结晶现象,这些动态再结晶晶粒对孪晶界和孪晶起到消除和吞噬的作用.350℃下轧制的AZ31镁合金板材中未观察到{1011}-{1012}双孪晶.随着轧制温度的升高,镁合金轧制板材的强度减弱而塑性增强.     

轧制工艺对AZ31B镁合金薄板组织与性能的影响

研究了轧制温度和轧制速度对AZ31B镁合金薄板微观组织演变和力学性能的影响。结果表明,轧辊加热有利于镁合金薄板成型;AZ31B镁合金在低温或低速轧制时薄板纵向组织为大量的切变带,切变带区域包含大量孪晶组织,横向组织为含极少量孪晶的等轴晶组织;在轧制温度为400℃和轧制速度为16m/min轧制时,由于动态再结晶,横纵截面组织均为等轴晶。AZ31镁合金薄板的最佳轧制制度为轧辊温度为70℃、轧制温度为400℃、轧制速度为6m/min,此工艺轧制的薄板横向抗拉强度、屈服强度和伸长率分别为350MPa、300MPa和12%,纵向为345MPa、290MPa和11.2%,纵向与横向性能差别明显减小。     

同步和异步轧制AZ31镁合金板材的织构及力学性能

采用同步轧制(NR)和异步轧制(AR)工艺对AZ31镁合金挤压板材进行了轧制,研究了轧制过程中组织和织构的演化,以及总压下量和异步比对轧材组织、织构和力学性能的影响。结果表明,在压下量为3%～15%的范围内,同步轧制与异步轧制板材在晶粒尺寸以及均匀性上有相似的变化趋势。轧制过程中,在变形初期,随压下量的增加,孪晶数量不断增加,孪晶使同步轧制与异步轧制板材中晶粒取向都发生偏转,即C轴趋向于垂直于法向(ND),从而使初始挤压板材的丝织构强度减弱;而当压下量达到24%时,孪晶大量减少或消失。在压下量为3%～24%的范围内,同步轧制对板材力学性能的影响并不明显,峰值应变呈交替变化;异步轧制板材在压下量达到24%左右时,表现出了良好的塑性变形能力,抗拉强度达到309MPa,峰值应变达到0.163。     

Characterization of Microstructure,Mechanical Properties and Formability of Cryorolled AA5083 Alloy Sheets

In this work, microstructure, mechanical properties and formability of cryorolled and annealed AA5083 alloy sheets have been characterized and a comparison has been made with cold rolled and annealed sheets. Five-millimeter-thick sheets of this alloy were cryorolled in multiple passes to a final thickness of 1 mm (80% reduction with a true strain of 1.6). Effect of annealing time and temperature on hardness has been studied, and it has been found that a short annealing at 275 °C for 15 min after cryorolling would yield a good combination of strength and ductility. Microstructural investigations showed that the cryorolled and short annealed samples possess bimodal grain structure which is responsible for better mechanical properties than cold rolled sheets. From the experimentally determined forming limit diagrams, the limit strains of cryorolled sheets have been found to be almost equal to conventional cold rolled and annealed sheets in all modes of deformation. No major differences have been found in strain distribution also. This work clearly demonstrates that cryorolling of AA5083 alloy sheets followed by a short annealing with bimodal grain structure can be used for sheet metal forming applications with higher strength and toughness than conventional sheets without any reduction in formability.     

AZ31镁合金轧制板材退火后的组织与力学性能

采用单向轧制和交叉轧制工艺分别进行了AZ31镁合金板材轧制实验,分析了轧制板材经退火处理后的组织与力学性能。结果表明:采用单向轧制工艺,当板材最终变形量相等时,经退火处理后的板材大压下量比小压下量得到的微观组织更为细小;交叉轧制得到轧制板材可以缓解镁合金轧制板材在室温下的各向异性,其微观组织较单向轧制均匀,具有更好的冲压成形性能;交叉轧制和单向轧制两种工艺得到的板材微观组织细化效果相似。     

脉冲电流轧制对AZ31镁合金微观组织与力学性能的影响

对比研究脉冲电流轧制工艺与温轧工艺对AZ31镁合金板材的力学性能、织构、微观组织与沉淀相等方面的影响。结果表明：脉冲电流具有促进冷轧AZ31镁合金低温再结晶能力的作用。脉冲电流轧制后的镁合金板材组织由细小的等轴再结晶粒与析出相构成,没有发现孪晶组织,并且完全再结晶,原始晶粒均被细小的再结晶晶粒取代,再结晶晶粒内的位错密度低。而温轧镁合金组织则由稍拉长变形孪晶、粗大的再结晶晶粒和析出相构成,再结晶的晶粒内位错密度高。两种轧制方式下的镁合金析出相均为Mg17Al12。脉冲电流轧制后镁合金的织构具有典型基面织构的特征,而脉冲电流轧制镁合金的织构则出现横向偏转;脉冲电流轧制后镁合金的屈服强度与伸长率均比温轧镁合金的大,但抗拉强度正好相反。     

Effect of ageing on microstructure and mechanical properties of bulk, cryorolled, and room temperature rolled Al 7075 alloy

The effect of ageing on mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics of a precipitation hardenable Al 7075 alloy subjected to rolling at liquid nitrogen temperature and room temperature are has been investigated in the present work employing hardness measurements, tensile test, XRD, DSC, and TEM. The solution-treated bulk Al 7075 alloy was subjected to cryorolling and room temperature rolling to refine grain structures and subsequently ageing treatment to simultaneously improve the strength and ductility. The solution treatment combined with cryorolling up to a true rolling strain of 2.3 followed by low temperature ageing at 100 °C for 45 h has been found to be the optimum processing condition to obtain fine grained microstructure with improved tensile strength (642 MPa) and good tensile ductility (9.5%) in the Al 7075 alloy. The combined effect of suppression of dynamic recovery, partial grain refinement, partial recovery, solid solution strengthening, dislocation hardening, and precipitation hardening are responsible for the significant improvement strength-ductility combination in the cryorolled Al 7075 alloy subjected to peak ageing treatment. The cryorolled and room temperature rolled Al 7075 alloy, upon subjecting to peak ageing treatment, have shown higher strength and ductility in the former than the latter. It is due to presence of high density of nanosized precipitates in the peak aged cryorolled sample.     

Influence of rolling route on microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ31 magnesium alloy during asymmetric reduction rolling

Four different routes of asymmetric reduction rolling were conducted on AZ31 magnesium alloy to investigate their effect on the microstructure evolution and mechanical properties. Route A is the forward rolling; while during routes B and C the sheets are rotated 180° in rolling direction and normal direction, respectively; route D is the unidirectional rolling. The strain states of rolled sheets were analyzed by the finite element method, while the microstructure and texture were observed using optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron back-scattered diffraction techniques, and the mechanical properties were measured by tensile test. The results show that route D produced the largest effective strain. Compared with other samples, sample D exhibited a homogeneous microstructure with fine grains as well as a weak and tilted texture, in corresponding, it performed excellent tensile properties, which suggested that route D was an effective way to enhance the strength and plasticity of AZ31 sheet.     

Enhanced Mechanical Properties of AA5083 Matrix Composite via Introducing Al0.5CoCrFeNi Particles and Cryorolling

High-entropy alloy particles (HEAPs) can markedly enhance the mechanical properties of metal matrix composites (MMCs). In this study, AA5083/Al_0.5CoCrFeNi HEAPs MMCs with different HEAPs contents (0, 1, and 3 wt%) were prepared via a stir-casting, and then these MMCs sheets were hot rolled (573 K) and cryorolled (77 K), respectively. The mechanical properties of the MMCs sheets were measured by tensile testing and microhardness test. Additionally, their microstructures were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Results revealed that the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of the as-cast AA5083/Al_0.5CoCrFeNi HEAPs MMCs were improved from 203 to 257 MPa by adding 3 wt% HEAPs. And the mechanical properties of the MMCs sheets were improved after cryorolling. After cryorolling with 50% rolling reduction ratio, the MMCs with 1 wt% HEAPs had an UTS of 382 MPa, which was 1.9 times that of the MMCs before rolling. Finally, the strengthening mechanisms of HEAPs and cryorolling on the AA5083/HEAPs MMCs were discussed.     

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Al−3.6Cu−1Li alloy via cryorolling and aging

An Al−3.6Cu−1Li alloy was subjected to room temperature rolling and cryorolling to investigate their effects on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties. The microstructure and aging characteristics of the room temperature-rolled and the cryorolled alloys with 70% and 90% of thickness reductions were studied by microstructure analysis and mechanical tests. The samples subjected to cryorolling with 90% of thickness reduction have high strength and good toughness. This is mainly due to the inhibition of dynamic recovery and the accumulation of high-density dislocations in cryorolled samples. In addition, the artificial aging reveals that the temperature at which peak hardness is attained is inversely proportional to the deformation amount and directly proportional to the rolling temperature. Moreover, bright field images of cryorolled samples after aging indicate the existence of T1 (Al2CuLi) precipitates. This suggests that the high stored strain energy enhances the aging kinetics of the alloy, which further promotes the nucleation of T1 phases.     

AZ31B变形镁合金压力成形

总结了AZ31B变形镁合金挤压、轧制和热冲压拉深的研究工作。AZ31B挤压板材无裂纹、无烧损,其组织呈晶粒细小的等轴晶;用分流挤压铝合金技术可生产挤压比不大于45,厚度不小于1 5mm的非薄壁镁合金管材;交叉轧制的镁合金薄板的A显著提高,Rp0.2和Rm明显下降;单向轧制时,则出现相反的结果。采用机械冲压法成功地热冲压出60mm×60mm×20mm的方形件,无裂纹现象。     

轧制温度和后处理方式对AZ31镁合金显微组织和力学性能的影响

在不同的轧制温度下,对AZ31镁合金板进行轧制,然后取出轧板立即进行水冷、空冷和退火3种不同的后处理。探究轧制温度和后处理对镁合金显微组织和力学性能的影响。结果表明,轧制温度为250、300℃时,水冷和空冷处理后板材存在着大量的孪晶,350℃时由于轧制温度较高,孪晶的数量很少;水冷处理后的平均晶粒尺寸要小于空冷,空冷处理之后的孪晶数量略少于水冷,当轧制温度为350℃时,退火处理后,晶粒尺寸减小,晶粒趋于等轴状,晶格畸变程度低。在相同的轧制温度下,水冷处理的镁合金板材的屈服强度、抗拉强度和硬度较高;退火处理后可以显著提高板材的伸长率,但屈服强度、抗拉强度略有下降。轧制温度升高时,3种后处理方式之间屈服强度和抗拉强度的最大差值会减小。     

AZ31镁合金差温热轧过程的晶粒细化

实验研究了经不同道次差温热轧AZ31镁合金的金相组织,结合对轧制过程,尤其是轧件温度场的数值模拟结果,分析了AZ31镁合金差温热轧过程晶粒细化机制与主要影响因素,获得了通过轧制过程动态再结晶,使轧材晶粒尺寸随轧制道次增加,而持续细化的工艺参数,并制备出平均晶粒尺寸为5μm左右的细晶AZ31镁合金板材。     

Microstructure and texture evolution of AZ31 magnesium alloy during rolling

The production of magnesium alloy sheets normally involves several processing stages including hot rolling,cold rolling and intermediate annealing.The microstructure and texture evolution of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets in different processing states were investigated by optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction technique.It is found that the microstructure of hot-rolled sheets is dominated by recrystallized equiaxed grains,while that of cold-rolled sheets is dominated by deformation twins.With final annea...     

AZ31镁合金的织构对其力学性能的影响

利用电子背散射衍射(EBSD)取向成像技术,分析AZ31镁合金热挤压棒材和轧制薄板的织构特点;对具有不同初始织构的镁合金棒材和薄板进行力学性能分析,并从织构角度分析棒材的拉压不对称性和薄板的力学各向异性。结果表明:挤压镁合金棒材具有主要以(0001)基面平行于挤压方向的基面纤维织构,存在严重的拉压不对称性,其原因在于压缩时的主要变形方式为{1012}1011孪生;热轧镁合金薄板具有主要以(0001)基面平行于轧面的强板织构,具有显著的力学性能各向异性,其原因在于拉伸时不同方向的基面滑移Schmid因子不同。     

Influence of Extrusion Joint on Microstructural Evolution and Properties of Mg Alloy Sheet

The mechanical behaviour of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet with the extrusion joint(EJ) was evaluated.Extruded joint of AZ31 alloy sheets was obtained by the hot extrusion process. Tensile tests were carried out along the extrusion direction at room temperature, and both the non-uniform plastic deformation and the fracture behaviour were studied. It is found that the samples with EJ present significantly deteriorated mechanical properties compared with the EJfree counterpart. Inhomogeneous microstructure distribution around EJ zone brings in the uncoordinated deformation due to the high density of f10"12g twins which were readily activated during plastic deformation.     

Effect of deformation mode,dynamic recrystallization and twinning on rolling texture evolution of AZ31 magnesium alloys

In order to obtain quantitative relationship between (0002) texture intensity and hot rolling conditions, conventional rolling experiments on AZ31 magnesium alloys were performed with 20%–40% reductions and temperatures within the range of 300–500 °C. Shear strain and equivalent strain distributions along the thickness of the rolled sheets were calculated experimentally using embedded pin in a rolling sheet. Rolling microstructures and textures in the sheet surface and center layers of the AZ31 alloys were measured by optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and electron back scatter diffraction (EBSD). Effects of the rolling strain, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and twinning on the texture evolution of the AZ31 alloys were investigated quantitatively. It is found that the highest (0002) basal texture intensities are obtained at a starting rolling temperature of 400 °C under the same strain. Strain–temperature dependency of the (0002) texture intensity of the AZ31 alloy is derived.     

Microstructure and tensile properties of magnesium alloy modified by Si/Ca based refiner

Microstructure and mechanical properties of pure magnesium and AZ31 alloy with Ca/Si based refiner addition were investigated. The results indicate that addition of Ca/Si based refiners to pure magnesium and AZ31 alloy results in remarkable microstructure refinement. With proper amount of refiner addition, the grain size in as cast ingots can be one order of magnitude lower than that without refiner addition. Small amount of refiner addition to AZ31 alloy increases both ultimate strength and yield strength significantly,while the ductility of the alloy with refiner addition is similar to that without refiner addition. Addition of refiner improves the deformability of AZ31 alloy and extruded or hot rolled specimens （rods or sheets） with refiner addition exhibit higher surface quality and mechanical properties than those without refiner addition.     

稀土Y对AZ31镁合金板材组织和性能的影响

研究不同含量Y及不同轧制温度对AZ31镁合金板材再结晶行为、显微组织以及力学性能的影响;探讨如何优化Y元素含量及轧制工艺来提高变形镁合金板材的组织和性能,从而获得高强韧、高成形性镁合金板材。结果表明:Y元素含量约为1%,轧制温度约为300℃时,变形镁合金的强韧性配合最好,板材具有较好的综合力学性能。研究结果有望为改善镁合金室温塑性与提高可成形性能提供了理论依据和新思路。     

基于3D CA的AZ31镁合金动态再结晶行为研究

本文建立了三维元胞自动机(3D-CA)模型,通过热压缩试验和电子背散射衍表征技术(EBSD),对AZ31镁合金在热变形过程中的微观组织演化规律进行可视化和定量预测。根据试验得出的真应力-应变曲线,确定了3D-CA模型参数在试验条件下的取值,建立了模型参数与变形条件(应变、变形温度和应变速率)之间的关系。利用所建立的3D-CA模型,对AZ31镁合金在热变形过程中的流动行为和微观组织演化进行模拟和讨论。结果表明:再结晶体积分数随着应变的增大而增加,随着变形温度的增大或应变速率降低而增大,提高应变速率或降低温度可以细化再结晶晶粒。模拟结果与实验结果吻合较好,相对误差值在4.5%-16.2%之间,所建立的3D-CA模型能够较准确地预测镁合金AZ31的微观组织演化。