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Using an Al-Cu binary alloy to compare processing by multi-axial compression and high-pressure torsion

Using an Al-Cu binary alloy to compare processing by multi-axial compression and high-pressure torsion
Using an Al-Cu binary alloy to compare processing by multi-axial compression and high-pressure torsion
An Al-4% Cu alloy was selected as a model material in order to compare two different procedures for imposing severe plastic deformation: multi-axial compression (MAC) and high-pressure torsion (HPT). In MAC a compressive strain is applied to prismatic samples in a sequential order along three orthogonal directions and the process is repeated to large numbers of passes in order to attain high strains. In HPT a thin disk is held between anvils and subjected to a high applied pressure and concurrent torsional straining. The results show that HPT is the optimum procedure for producing a homogeneous ultrafine-grained material. Specifically, HPT is preferable because it produces materials having a larger degree of homogeneity and the equilibrium grain sizes are smaller and the Vickers microhardness values are higher than when processing by MAC.
al-cu alloy, high-pressure torsion, homogeneity, multi-axial compression, ultrafine grains
0921-5093
280-287
Xu, Xiaochang
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Zhang, Qi
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Hu, Nan
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Huang, Yi
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Langdon, Terence G.
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Huang, Yi
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Xu, Xiaochang, Zhang, Qi, Hu, Nan, Huang, Yi and Langdon, Terence G. (2013) Using an Al-Cu binary alloy to compare processing by multi-axial compression and high-pressure torsion. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 588, 280-287. (doi:10.1016/j.msea.2013.09.001).

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An Al-4% Cu alloy was selected as a model material in order to compare two different procedures for imposing severe plastic deformation: multi-axial compression (MAC) and high-pressure torsion (HPT). In MAC a compressive strain is applied to prismatic samples in a sequential order along three orthogonal directions and the process is repeated to large numbers of passes in order to attain high strains. In HPT a thin disk is held between anvils and subjected to a high applied pressure and concurrent torsional straining. The results show that HPT is the optimum procedure for producing a homogeneous ultrafine-grained material. Specifically, HPT is preferable because it produces materials having a larger degree of homogeneity and the equilibrium grain sizes are smaller and the Vickers microhardness values are higher than when processing by MAC.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2 September 2013
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 September 2013
Published date: 20 December 2013
Keywords: al-cu alloy, high-pressure torsion, homogeneity, multi-axial compression, ultrafine grains
Organisations: Engineering Mats & Surface Engineerg Gp

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Local EPrints ID: 356274
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356274
ISSN: 0921-5093
PURE UUID: 8f4f9e97-08a5-4249-99a7-ba0e78f7c31d
ORCID for Yi Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-8123
ORCID for Terence G. Langdon: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-9250

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Date deposited: 17 Sep 2013 12:09
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:39

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Author: Xiaochang Xu
Author: Qi Zhang
Author: Nan Hu
Author: Yi Huang ORCID iD

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