An investigation to the hot deformation characteristics of AZ31 alloy through continuous cooling compression testing method
- 30 April 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Materials & Design (1980-2015)
- Vol. 36, 470-476
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.10.050
Abstract
The design and control of thermomechanical processing (TMP) schedule are substantially facilitated by a thorough understanding of the dominant deformation mechanisms and phase transformations which occur in the alloy system under consideration. In this regards due to the effects of deformation history, the results of conventional methods such as dilatometry and thermal analysis are insufficient. In the present work, the hot deformation characteristics of AZ31 magnesium alloy has been studied through applying a series of continuous cooling compression (CCC) tests. The compression tests were conducted as the temperature was continuously reduced from 500 °C to 100 °C. The variations of true stress with true strain (or temperature) were extracted and the critical temperatures were determined. The derived true stress-true strain curves revealed five deviations at 440 ± 5 °C, 350 ± 5 °C, 300 ± 5 °C, 215 ± 5 °C and 150 ± 5 °C, which were properly addressed considering the related microstructural evolutions.Keywords
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