In this study, mechanical tests were conducted oil a face-centered cubic FeCoNiCrMn high-entropy alloy, both in tension and compression, in a wide range of strain rates (10^-4-10^4 s^-1) to systematically investigat...In this study, mechanical tests were conducted oil a face-centered cubic FeCoNiCrMn high-entropy alloy, both in tension and compression, in a wide range of strain rates (10^-4-10^4 s^-1) to systematically investigate its dynamic response and underlying deformation mechanism. Materials with different grain sizes were tested to understand the effect of grain size, thus grain boundary volume, on the mechanical prop-erties. Microstructures of various samples both before and after deformation were examined using elec-tron backscatter diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The dislocation structure as well as deformation-induced twins were analyzed and correlated with the measured mechanical properties. Plastic stability during tension of the current high-entropy alloy (HEA), in particular, at dynamic strain rates, was discussed in lights of strain-rate sensitivity and work hardening rate. It was found that, under dynamic conditions, the strength and uniform ductility increased simultaneously as a result of the mas-sive formation of deformation twins. Specifically, an ultimate tensile strength of 734 MPa and uniform elongation of-63% are obtained at 2.3×10^3 s^-1, indicating that the alloy has great potential for energy absorption upon impact loading.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51671018,51531001,51422101,51371003,and 51671021)111 Project(B07003)+5 种基金International S&T Cooperation Program of China(2015DFG52600)Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China(IRT_14R05)the Projects of SKL-AMM-USTB(2016Z-04,2016-09,2016Z-16)the financial support from the Top-Notch Young Talents Programthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe financial support by US-NSF under contract DMR-1408722
文摘In this study, mechanical tests were conducted oil a face-centered cubic FeCoNiCrMn high-entropy alloy, both in tension and compression, in a wide range of strain rates (10^-4-10^4 s^-1) to systematically investigate its dynamic response and underlying deformation mechanism. Materials with different grain sizes were tested to understand the effect of grain size, thus grain boundary volume, on the mechanical prop-erties. Microstructures of various samples both before and after deformation were examined using elec-tron backscatter diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The dislocation structure as well as deformation-induced twins were analyzed and correlated with the measured mechanical properties. Plastic stability during tension of the current high-entropy alloy (HEA), in particular, at dynamic strain rates, was discussed in lights of strain-rate sensitivity and work hardening rate. It was found that, under dynamic conditions, the strength and uniform ductility increased simultaneously as a result of the mas-sive formation of deformation twins. Specifically, an ultimate tensile strength of 734 MPa and uniform elongation of-63% are obtained at 2.3×10^3 s^-1, indicating that the alloy has great potential for energy absorption upon impact loading.