Superplasticity in Al–33Cu eutectic alloy in as extruded condition |
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Abstract: | AbstractExperiments were carried out to determine the superplastic properties of the Al–33Cu eutectic alloy in an as extruded condition. It is shown that the stress–strain curves do not attain a steady state condition and, except at high strain rates greater than ~10?2 s?1, the curves show strain hardening due to concurrent grain growth. There is a sigmoidal relationship between stress and strain rate, with a maximum strain rate sensitivity of ~ 0·5 at intermediate strain rates in region 2 and a decrease in the strain rate sensitivity to ~ 0·3 at low strain rates in region 1. The maximum elongation to failure in these experiments is ~1400% at an initial strain rate of 6·7 × 10?5 s?1 and there is a decrease in the elongations to failure at both lower and higher strain rates. From detailed experimental measurements of grain growth, it is demonstrated by calculation that there is a genuine region 1 at low strain rates in this alloy in the as extruded condition.MST/911 |
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