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Achieving superplasticity at high strain rates using equal channel angular pressing

Achieving superplasticity at high strain rates using equal channel angular pressing
Achieving superplasticity at high strain rates using equal channel angular pressing
Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is a processing procedure in which a sample is pressed through a die containing a channel bent into an L shaped configuration. This procedure introduces a high strain into the sample without any change in the cross-sectional area and it may be used to attain an ultrafine grain size with dimensions lying typically within the submicrometer range. This paper describes a series of experiments where ECAP was applied to a commercial Al–Mg–Li–Zr alloy having an initial grain size of ~400 µm. The results demonstrate a refinement in the grain size of this alloy to ~1 µm and it is shown that these small grains are stable up to temperatures >600 K because of the presence of betaprime-Al3Zr particles. The stability of these ultrafine grains at elevated temperatures provides an opportunity to achieve superplastic ductilities in this alloy at very high strain rates: for example, the measured elongations to failure under optimum pressing conditions exceed 1000% at a strain rate of 10-1 s-1 when testing at temperatures above 600 K.
0267-0836
1330-1333
Furukawa, M.
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Horita, Z.
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Nemoto, M.
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Langdon, T.G.
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Furukawa, M.
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Horita, Z.
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Nemoto, M.
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Langdon, T.G.
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Furukawa, M., Horita, Z., Nemoto, M. and Langdon, T.G. (2000) Achieving superplasticity at high strain rates using equal channel angular pressing. Materials Science and Technology, 16 (11-12), 1330-1333.

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Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is a processing procedure in which a sample is pressed through a die containing a channel bent into an L shaped configuration. This procedure introduces a high strain into the sample without any change in the cross-sectional area and it may be used to attain an ultrafine grain size with dimensions lying typically within the submicrometer range. This paper describes a series of experiments where ECAP was applied to a commercial Al–Mg–Li–Zr alloy having an initial grain size of ~400 µm. The results demonstrate a refinement in the grain size of this alloy to ~1 µm and it is shown that these small grains are stable up to temperatures >600 K because of the presence of betaprime-Al3Zr particles. The stability of these ultrafine grains at elevated temperatures provides an opportunity to achieve superplastic ductilities in this alloy at very high strain rates: for example, the measured elongations to failure under optimum pressing conditions exceed 1000% at a strain rate of 10-1 s-1 when testing at temperatures above 600 K.

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Published date: November 2000
Organisations: Engineering Mats & Surface Engineerg Gp

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Local EPrints ID: 48652
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/48652
ISSN: 0267-0836
PURE UUID: 49299c1c-176c-4309-9d00-787f4b41a1c5
ORCID for T.G. Langdon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-9250

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Date deposited: 08 Nov 2007
Last modified: 09 Jan 2022 03:09

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Author: M. Furukawa
Author: Z. Horita
Author: M. Nemoto
Author: T.G. Langdon ORCID iD

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