Papers by Author: S. Minamiguchi

Abstract: The pseudoelastic behavior of Fe3Al single crystals doped with an extra element (e.g. Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Si, Ga, Ge) was investigated. In binary Fe-23.0at.%Al crystals with the D03 structure, 1/4[111] superpartial dislocations moved independently dragging the nearest-neighbor anti-phase boundaries (NNAPB) during loading. During unloading, the NNAPB pulled back the superpartials decreasing its energy resulting in a giant pseudoelasticity of which the recoverable strain is about 5 %. Addition of a third element significantly affected the pseudoelastic behavior of Fe3Al single crystals. Mn- or Ga-doped crystal demonstrated a giant pseudoelasticity. In particular, Ga-doping was found to be effective in the enhancement of the pseudoelasticity. On the other hand, the amount of strain recovery decreased upon doping of the other elements. The frictional stress of the superpartials, the back stress of the NNAPB and ordered domain structure in the crystals changed upon doping, which was closely related to the pseudoelastic behavior.

Abstract: Magnesium alloy sheets had to be rolled at elevated temperature to avoid cracking. The poor workability of magnesium alloy is ascribed to its hcp crystallography and insufficient activation of independent slip systems. Present authors have succeeded in 1-pass heavy rolling of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet below 473K by raising rolling speed above 1000m/min. Heavy reduction larger than 60% can be applied by 1-pass high speed rolling even at room temperature. The improvement of workability at lower rolling temperature is due to temperature rise by plastic working. The texture of heavily rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet is investigated in the present study. The texture of sheets rolled 60% at room temperature was <0001>//ND basal texture. At the rolling temperature above 373K, the peak of (0001) pole tilted ±10-15 deg toward RD direction around TD axis
to form a double peak texture. The texture varied through thickness. At the surface, the (0001) peak tilted ±10-15 deg toward TD direction around RD axis to form a TD-split double peak texture. The direction of (0001) peak splitting rotated 90 deg from the surface to the center of thickness. Heavily rolled magnesium alloy sheets have non-basal texture. The sheets having non-basal texture are expected to show better ductility than sheets with basal texture.