Hot Workability Analysis of Extruded Mg-Zn-Mn-Y Magnesium Alloys with Different Phases

Abstract:

Workability, an important parameter in magnesium alloys forming process, can be evaluated by means of processing maps on the basis of dynamic materials model, constructed from experimentally generated flow stress variation with respect to strain, strain rate and temperature. To obtain the processing maps of extruded Mg-Zn-Mn-Y magnesium alloy with different secondary phases (I-phase and W-phase), hot compression tests were performed over a range of temperatures 523–673 K and strain rates 0.001~10s-1. The response of strain-rate sensitivity (m-value), power dissipation efficiency (ζ-value) and instability parameter (n-value) to temperature and strain rate were evaluated. By the superimposition of the power dissipation and the instability maps, the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and instability zones were identified and validated through micrographs. The observations were performed in order to describe the behavior of the material under hot forming operation in terms of material damage and micro-structural modification.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 184-185)
• Pages: 1010-1016
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.184-185.1010
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Wei Wei He, Kun Zhang, Min Huang, Sheng Long Dai
• Keywords: Dynamic Recrystallization (DRX), Hot Deformation, Magnesium Alloy, Processing Map

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