Electroplasticity in the Al_(0.6) CoCrFeNiMn high entropy alloy subjected to electrically-assisted uniaxial tension

Electrically assisted deformation(EAD)was adopted in this work to overcome the shortcomings such as poor formability and easy cracking in the processing of dual-phase the Al_(0.6) CoCrFeNiMn high entropy al-loy(HEA)at room temperature.Electroplasticity of the Al_(0.6) CoCrFeNiMn HEA was studied systematically using electrically assisted uniaxial tension.The results showed that pulse current caused the temperature gradient along the tensile direction and the temperatures of the samples increased with the current den-sity.The flow stress decreased,and the elongation increased with increasing current density during the EAD.When the current density was 30 A mm-2,the total elongation of the samples could be increased by 50%compared to that with no pulse.Pulse current can reduce local stress concentration and post-pone microcracks initiation in the body-centered cubic(BCC)phases,and hence can effectively inhibit cracks and ruptures.The dislocation tangles were opened by pulse current,and the dislocation recovery was enhanced at a high current density.Compared with dilute solid solution alloys,the lattice distortion effect,the high fraction of the BCC phases,and the dislocations in HEAs can lead to the enhancement of the local Joule heating,which accelerated dislocation slip and dislocation annihilation.This study con-firms that EAD can effectively im prove the formability of HEAs and provides theoretical guidance and an experimental basis for forming HEAs components.

Investigation on Two Electrically-Assisted Forming Processes of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheets

Two new types of electrically-assisted forming(EAF) processes of AZ31B magnesium alloy sheets,i.e., electrically-assisted blanking(EAB) and electrically-assisted sheet upset-extruding(EASUE), are proposed in this paper. During EAB, pulsed current(PC) decreases blanking load and improves blanked surface quality,and higher frequency has a more effective improvement;when the frequency reaches 600 Hz, the whole punched hole fracture is improved to smooth zone. Moreover, EAB does not influence the microstructure and does not induce obvious annealing, and this process is advantageous to the materials that cannot change microstructure.During EASUE, PC can reduce extrusion load and enhance extrusion height, and higher frequency also has a more effective improvement. Both processes indicate that introducing PC can effectively improve the part quality and have an application prospection.