Effect of Pre-Deformation on Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of AZ31 Mg Alloy Sheet with Bimodal Non-Basal Texture at Room Temperature
WANG Lijia1, HU Li1(), MIAO Tianhu1, ZHOU Tao1, HE Qubo2, LIU Xiangguo3
1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China 2 Chongqing Material Research Institute Co. Ltd., Chongqing 400707, China 3 Chongqing Zhonglei Tech. Co. Ltd., Chongqing 400800, China
Cite this article:
WANG Lijia, HU Li, MIAO Tianhu, ZHOU Tao, HE Qubo, LIU Xiangguo. Effect of Pre-Deformation on Mechanical Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of AZ31 Mg Alloy Sheet with Bimodal Non-Basal Texture at Room Temperature. Acta Metall Sin, 2024, 60(7): 881-889.
An AZ31 Mg alloy sheet with bimodal non-basal texture exhibits good formability at room temperature. However, its initial yield stress (YS) is relatively low during uniaxial tension along the rolling direction (RD) at room temperature, which limits its potential for further application. Recent studies have demonstrated that introducing {102} extension twin (ET) through predeformation can improve the mechanical properties of Mg alloy sheets with a basal texture at room temperature. However, the predeformation process for Mg alloy sheets with non-basal texture has rarely been investigated, along with their subsequent plastic deformation behavior at room temperature. Therefore, to investigate the room temperature deformation behavior and microstructure evolution of an AZ31 Mg alloy sheet with bimodal non-basal texture after predeformation, this work exerted a 5% thickness reduction on the sheet via cryogenic rolling. Then uniaxial tension experiments at room temperature and microstructure characterization experiments were conducted to illuminate the effect of predeformation on the mechanical behavior and microstructure evolution of the fabricated sheet. The findings indicate that when loaded along the RD, the YS and fracture elongation (FE) of the predeformed sample are 212.5% larger and 56.9% smaller than those of the non-predeformed sample. When loaded along the transverse direction (TD), the YS and FE of the predeformed sample are 6.7% smaller and 37.9% larger than those of the non-predeformed sample. The difference in YS in the predeformed samples is primarily attributed to easier activation of basal <a> slip in grains with a TD texture component in the TD sample than in grains with a bimodal non-basal texture component in the RD sample. The difference in FE in the predeformed samples is due to the inhibition of the expansion of preexsiting {102} ETs in the RD sample, resulting in the early occurrence of {101} compression twins (CTs). In comparison, the expansion of preexsiting {102} ETs can be effectively performed in the TD sample. Additionally, some {101}-{102} double twins (DTs) would be activated at the later stage of tensile deformation to sustain and/or accommodate local plastic strain.
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52274374);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M703592);Special Funded Project of Chongqing Postdoctoral Research Program(2021XM1022);Qingnian Project of Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Education Commission of China(KJQN202101141);Postgraduate Innovation Project of Chongqing University of Technology(gzlcx20222004)
Corresponding Authors:
HU Li, associate professor, Tel: 17358428920, E-mail: huli@cqut.edu.cn
Fig.1 Schematics of experiment procedure (a), and the sampling method and the corresponding dimension of manufactured tensile sample (b) (TD—transverse direction, RD—rolling direction. unit: mm)
Fig.2 Initial microstructure and texture of AZ31 Mg alloy sheet after 5% cryogenic rolling (a) OM image (b) inverse pole figure (IPF) (c) statistic analysis of grain size (d) (0002) pole figure (PF) (The black dotted ellipses represent the non-basal bimodal texture with the basal poles tilting about ±24° away from normal direction (ND) to RD, and the red dotted ellipses represent the TD texture components)
Fig.3 True stress-strain curves (a) and strain hardening rate curves (b) of RD and TD samples
Fig.4 EBSD analyses of RD samples deformed to the deformation 3% (a-c) and 6% (d-f) (HAGB—high angle grain boundary, LAGB—low angle grain boundary) (a, d) IPFs (b, e) grain boundary (GB) maps (c, f) kernel average misorientation (KAM) maps
Fig.5 EBSD analyses of TD samples deformed to the deformation 6% (a-c) and 12% (d-f) (a, d) IPFs (b, e) GB maps (c, f) KAM maps
Fig.6 Schmid factor (SF) distributions of basal <a> slip in chosen grains with non-basal bimodal (a, c) and TD (b, d) texture characteristics (The inserted (0002) pole figures show the corresponding texture characteristics of selected regions) (a, b) loading along RD (c, d) loading along TD
Fig.7 Schematics of involved deformation mechanisms of RD (a) and TD (b) samples during uniaxial tension deformation at room temperature (ET—extension twin, CT—compression twin, DT—double twin)
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