Developing Superplastic Ductilities in Ultrafine-Grained Metals |
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Authors: | Megumi Kawasaki Roberto B Figueiredo Cheng Xu Terence G Langdon |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departments of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1453, USA |
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Abstract: | Conventional superplasticity is generally achieved in metals having grain sizes in the range of ∼2 to 5 μm, but processing
by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) provides the opportunity of introducing exceptional grain refinement and producing
materials with ultrafine grain sizes in the submicrometer range. These materials have the potential for exhibiting excellent
superplastic properties when tested in tension at elevated temperatures and examples are presented for representative aluminum
and magnesium alloys. When these ultrafine-grained materials deform in superplasticity, internal cavities develop as in conventional
superplastic alloys. An example is presented for an aluminum-based alloy, and it is shown that the cavity growth processes
are also similar to those in conventional alloys.
This article is based on a presentation made in the symposium entitled “Ultrafine-Grained Materials: From Basics to Application”,
which occurred September 25–27, 2006, in Kloster Irsee, Germany. |
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