Hot deformation behavior and dynamic recrystallization kinetics of AZ61 and AZ61+Sr magnesium alloys

In this study,the effect of strontium addition on hot deformation of AZ61 alloy was investigated by hot compression tests.A reference alloy(AZ61)and an Sr-containing alloy(AZ61+Sr)was cast while their average initial grain size were supposed to be about 140 and 40μm,respectively.In AZ61+Sr alloy,the Sr-containing precipitations were stable at homogenization temperature.Analysing the hot compression curves,it was revealed that dynamic recrystallization phenomenon had occurred and controlled the thermomechanical behaviour of the alloys.The derived constitutive equations showed that the hot deformation parameters(n and Q)in AZ61+Sr alloy is smaller than those of AZ61 alloy;this can be related to the small initial grain size and the lower amounts of solute aluminium atoms.The analysis of DRX kinetics along with the micrographs of the deformed microstructures showed that at the same condition the development of DRXed microstructure in AZ61+Sr alloy was faster than AZ61 alloy.The increased recrystallized microstructure was interpretated to be attributed to(1)the more grain boundaries present and(2)the existance of the Al-Mg-Sr precipitations assisted the PSN mechanism.Also,the attenuated intensity of the basal texture of AZ61+Sr was related to the DRX fraction of microstructure.

Dynamic recrystallization behavior and kinetics of high strength steel

The dynamic recrystallization behavior of high strength steel during hot deformation was investigated.The hot compression test was conducted in the temperature range of 950-1150 °C under strain rates of 0.1,1 and 5 s-1.It is observed that dynamic recrystallization(DRX) is the main flow softening mechanism and the flow stress increases with decreasing temperature and increasing strain rate.The relationship between material constants(Q,n,α and ln A) and strain is identified by the sixth order polynomial fit.The constitutive model is developed to predict the flow stress of the material incorporating the strain softening effect and verified.Moreover,the critical characteristics of DRX are extracted from the stress-strain curves under different deformation conditions by linear regression.The dynamic recrystallization volume fraction decreases with increasing strain rate at a constant temperature or decreasing deformation temperature under a constant strain rate.The kinetics of DRX increases with increasing deformation temperature or strain rate.

Hot-deformation kinetics analysis and extrusion parameter optimization of a dilute rare-earth free magnesium alloy

The fundamental research on thermo-mechanical conditions provides an experimental basis for high-performance Mg-Al-Ca-Mn alloys.However, there is a lack of systematical investigation for this series alloys on the hot-deformation kinetics and extrusion parameter optimization. Here, the flow behavior, constitutive model, dynamic recrystallization(DRX) kinetic model and processing map of a dilute rare-earth free Mg-1.3Al-0.4Ca-0.4Mn(AXM100, wt.%) alloy were studied under different hot-compressive conditions. In addition, the extrusion parameter optimization of this alloy was performed based on the hot-processing map. The results showed that the conventional Arrhenius-type strain-related constitutive model only worked well for the flow curves at high temperatures and low strain rates. In comparison, using the machine learning assisted model(support vector regression, SVR) could effectively improve the accuracy between the predicted and experimental values. The DRX kinetic model was established, and a typical necklace-shaped structure preferentially occurred at the original grain boundaries and the second phases. The DRX nucleation weakened the texture intensity, and the further growth caused the more scattered basal texture. The hot-processing maps at different strains were also measured and the optimal hot-processing range could be confirmed at the deformation temperatures of 600~723 K and the strain rates of 0.018~0.563 s^(-1). Based on the optimum hot-processing range, a suitable extrusion parameter was considered as 603 K and 0.1 mm/s and the as-extruded alloy in this parameter exhibited a good strength-ductility synergy(yield strength of ~ 232.1 MPa, ultimate strength of ~ 278.2 MPa and elongation-to-failure of ~ 20.1%). Finally, the strengthening-plasticizing mechanisms and the relationships between the DRXed grain size, yield strength and extrusion parameters were analyzed.

Microstructural evolution of a superaustenitic stainless steel during a two-step deformation process

Single-and two-step hot compression experiments were carried out on 16Cr25Ni6Mo superaustenitic stainless steel in the temperature range from 950 to 1150°C and at a strain rate of 0.1 s^（-1）. In the two-step tests, the first pass was interrupted at a strain of 0.2; after an interpass time of 5, 20, 40, 60, or 80 s, the test was resumed. The progress of dynamic recrystallization at the interruption strain was less than 10%. The static softening in the interpass period increased with increasing deformation temperature and increasing interpass time. The static recrystallization was found to be responsible for fast static softening in the temperature range from 950 to 1050°C. However, the gentle static softening at 1100 and 1150°C was attributed to the combination of static and metadynamic recrystallizations. The correlation between calculated fractional softening and microstructural observations showed that approximately 30% of interpass softening could be attributed to the static recovery. The microstructural observations illustrated the formation of fine recrystallized grains at the grain boundaries at longer interpass time. The Avrami kinetics equation was used to establish a relationship between the fractional softening and the interpass period. The activation energy for static softening was determined as 276 kJ/mol.