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Engineering grain boundary sliding and cavitation effects in superplastic alloys employing thermodynamics

Engineering grain boundary sliding and cavitation effects in superplastic alloys employing thermodynamics
Engineering grain boundary sliding and cavitation effects in superplastic alloys employing thermodynamics

Plastic deformation by grain boundary sliding in superplastic alloys is described by a novel thermostatistical approach. The Gibbs free energy for cavity formation at moving grain boundaries is obtained. It equals the competition between the stored energy at the boundaries and the energy dissipated by grain boundary sliding. The latter is approximated by an entropy term induced by moving dislocations to facilitate boundary displacement. Strength loss evolution is estimated from the cavity evolution rate. The theory describes superplastic behaviour of Zn22Al, Zn21Al2Cu and Mg3Al1Zn for various temperatures, strain rates, grain sizes, and specimen geometries. Transition maps are defined for finding the optimal conditions for achieving superplastic behaviour in terms of composition, temperature, geometry and strain rate.

Alloy design, Cavitation, Dislocations, Grain boundary sliding, Superplasticity, Themostatistics
0267-0836
677-687
Galindo-Nava, E.I.
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Torres-Villaseñor, G.
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Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo, P.E.J.
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Galindo-Nava, E.I.
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Torres-Villaseñor, G.
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Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo, P.E.J.
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Galindo-Nava, E.I., Torres-Villaseñor, G. and Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo, P.E.J. (2015) Engineering grain boundary sliding and cavitation effects in superplastic alloys employing thermodynamics. Materials Science and Technology (United Kingdom), 31 (6), 677-687. (doi:10.1179/1743284714Y.0000000643).

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Abstract

Plastic deformation by grain boundary sliding in superplastic alloys is described by a novel thermostatistical approach. The Gibbs free energy for cavity formation at moving grain boundaries is obtained. It equals the competition between the stored energy at the boundaries and the energy dissipated by grain boundary sliding. The latter is approximated by an entropy term induced by moving dislocations to facilitate boundary displacement. Strength loss evolution is estimated from the cavity evolution rate. The theory describes superplastic behaviour of Zn22Al, Zn21Al2Cu and Mg3Al1Zn for various temperatures, strain rates, grain sizes, and specimen geometries. Transition maps are defined for finding the optimal conditions for achieving superplastic behaviour in terms of composition, temperature, geometry and strain rate.

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 August 2014
Published date: 1 April 2015
Keywords: Alloy design, Cavitation, Dislocations, Grain boundary sliding, Superplasticity, Themostatistics

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Local EPrints ID: 492432
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/492432
ISSN: 0267-0836
PURE UUID: 52092f29-ce45-4fa5-91c3-fc4041f4c946
ORCID for P.E.J. Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-8347

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Last modified: 27 Jul 2024 02:08

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Author: E.I. Galindo-Nava
Author: G. Torres-Villaseñor
Author: P.E.J. Rivera-Díaz-Del-Castillo ORCID iD

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