Effect of Thermo-Mechanical Treatment (TMT) on Hardness of Heat-Treated Al-Mg-Si (6082) Alloys: Experimental Correlation Using (DOE) Method

Abstract:

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of Thermo-mechanical Treatment (TMT) on aging and hardness of Al-Mg-Si (6082) alloys. The effect of cold work after solution treatment, aging time and temperature on the microstructure and hardness were studied. Hardness measurements were carried out on specimens prepared from 6082 alloys in the as solution treated specimens and heat-treated conditions, using different cold work percentage before aging treatment. Aging treatments were carried out for the as solution treated specimens (after quenching in water) as well as for the as cold worked specimens (after solution treatment and quenching in water). The specimens were aged at different conditions; Natural aging was carried out at room temperature for different periods of time. Artificial aging was performed at 100 °C, 150 °C, and 200 °C for various times. It is noticed that cold work, following solution treatment, accelerates the precipitation rate leading to a rise in strength.A statistical design of experiments (DOE) approach using fractional factorial design was applied to determine the influence of controlling variables of cold work and heat treatment parameters and any interactions between them on the hardness of 6082 alloys. A mathematical model is developed to relate the alloy hardness with the different metallurgical parameters i.e. Cold work prior solution heat treatment (CWBSHT), Cold work after solution heat treatment (CWASHT), Pre-aging Temperature (PA T0C), Pre-aging time (PA t h), Aging temperature (AT0C), Aging time (At h), Cold work after aging treatment (CWAAT), Annealing temperature (An.T0C) and Annealing time (An.t min) to acquire an understanding of the effects of these variables and their interactions on the hardness of Al-Mg-Si 6082 alloys.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 376)
• Pages: 163-172
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.376.163
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Mahmoud M. Tash, S. Alkahtani
• Keywords: Experimental Correlation, Hardness Properties, Heat-Treated Al-Mg-Si (6082) Alloys, Mechanical Property, Thermo-Mechanical Treatment (TMT)

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