Determination of Mechanical Properties on Aluminium with 5% Copper Powder Metallurgy Route Compacts through Equal Channel Angular Pressing

Abstract:

The need for super-plasticity and high strength leads to the development of Severe Plastic Deformation technique. The strength of the material is directly dependent upon the grain size of the material. So, there is a need for producing Ultra-Fine Grain microstructure (UFG). UFG material is the material with very small grain size in the range of sub-micrometre. Application of severe plastic deformation, imparts extremely high strain. Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is a severe plastic deformation process in which the metal specimen is pressed through an angular channel of equal cross section. The material is subjected to shear deformation and strain is imparted in the specimen. Geometric parameters such as channel angle and corner angle play a major role in grain refinement. Aluminium (Al) specimens are subjected to undergo severe plastic deformation. Since, the strength of Al is not high, other materials are added in order to enhance its mechanical properties by matrix work hardening. Copper (Cu) along with Al shows increase in its strength and also in hardness. An attempt is made with Aluminium and copper, blended in the ratio 95:5 by weight with the main objective to study the Tensile strength, Hardness and Percentage Elongation properties of the specimen.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 813-814)
• Pages: 161-165
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.813-814.161
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: M. Sadhasivam*, T. Pravin, S. Raghuraman
• Keywords: Aluminium, Channel Angle, Copper, Corner Angle, Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP), Severe Plastic Deformation, Ultra-Fine Grain

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