High Temperature Deformation and Associated 3D Characterisation of Damage in Magnesium Alloys

Abstract:

A way to overcome the low deformability of magnesium alloys at room temperature is toincrease the temperature of forming operations. The stress exponent n, which is known to be a keyparameter in the control of plastic stability, generally decreases when temperature increases.Nevertheless, low n-values are not enough to ensure large capacity of deformation since fracturecan also result from strain induced cavitation. In the present investigation, both the mechanisms ofhigh temperature deformation and damage were studied in selected Mg alloys. Since damage datacan also give information on the deformation mechanisms, the strain induce cavitation behaviourwas mainly studied thanks to X-ray micro tomography which provides 3D information like thecavity shapes or the variation with strain of the number of cavities. Moreover, additionally toconventional post mortem analyses, it was attempted to perform the 3D damage characterisation inin situ conditions, namely directly during high temperature deformation tests.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 706-709)
• Pages: 1128-1133
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.1128
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Pierre Lhuissier, A. Villanueva Fernandez, L. Salvo, Jean Jacques Blandin
• Keywords: Damage Behaviour, Grain Boundary Sliding (GBS), High Temperature Deformation, Magnesium Alloy, Solute Drag, X-Ray Micro-Tomography

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