TY - JOUR
T1 - Damage and strengthening mechanisms in severely deformed commercially pure aluminum
T2 - Experiments and modeling
AU - Lanjewar, Harishchandra
AU - Kestens, Leo A.I.
AU - Verleysen, Patricia
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The current investigation presents a breakdown analysis of the elastoplastic behavior of commercially pure aluminum pre-strained via severe plastic deformation (SPD) and tested in tension. The tensile samples selected, owing to their prior SPD, had the gradient microstructure from the fragmentation stage as well as a homogeneous equiaxed structure from the steady-state regime. Except for the regions of low deformation and steady-state of SPD, the microstructures of pre-strained material were largely dominated by the presence of geometrically necessary boundaries. During tensile straining, dislocation strengthening contributed more to the overall material strength in fragmentation stage samples, while grain boundary strengthening played a major role in the steady-state stage samples. The dislocation density evolution rate-based approach predicted a more active role for the dynamic annihilation/recovery events in the SPD material when compared to the fully recrystallized condition. This could explain the drastic drop in tensile elongation of the pre-strained material as well as the enhancement in uniform and post-necking elongation with the gradual increase in the amount of pre-strain. A plastic instability condition based on the dislocation density evolution approach successfully accounted for the observed stable deformation limits in the coarse- and fine-grained material.
AB - The current investigation presents a breakdown analysis of the elastoplastic behavior of commercially pure aluminum pre-strained via severe plastic deformation (SPD) and tested in tension. The tensile samples selected, owing to their prior SPD, had the gradient microstructure from the fragmentation stage as well as a homogeneous equiaxed structure from the steady-state regime. Except for the regions of low deformation and steady-state of SPD, the microstructures of pre-strained material were largely dominated by the presence of geometrically necessary boundaries. During tensile straining, dislocation strengthening contributed more to the overall material strength in fragmentation stage samples, while grain boundary strengthening played a major role in the steady-state stage samples. The dislocation density evolution rate-based approach predicted a more active role for the dynamic annihilation/recovery events in the SPD material when compared to the fully recrystallized condition. This could explain the drastic drop in tensile elongation of the pre-strained material as well as the enhancement in uniform and post-necking elongation with the gradual increase in the amount of pre-strain. A plastic instability condition based on the dislocation density evolution approach successfully accounted for the observed stable deformation limits in the coarse- and fine-grained material.
KW - Commercially pure aluminum
KW - Digital image correlation
KW - Dislocation density evolution approach
KW - High pressure torsion
KW - Plastic instability
KW - Uniaxial tension
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091945379&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.msea.2020.140224
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2020.140224
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091945379
SN - 0921-5093
VL - 800
JO - Materials Science and Engineering A
JF - Materials Science and Engineering A
M1 - 140224
ER -