Tensile Fracture Behavior of Friction Stir Processed Al-7Si-0.3Mg Cast Alloy

Abstract:

Elimination of porosity and refinement of the normally coarse cast microstructure ofaluminium cast alloys by the intensive plastic deformation during friction stir processing (FSP) iswell known. However less is known about the mechanical behavior of the FS processed regionwhich contains zone/pass boundaries and macro/microstructure segregations. In the present study ofFS processed cast Al-7Si-0.3Mg alloy, microstructures featuring the deformed α-Al, fragmented Siparticles and their distribution in the processed region were related to the fracture paths duringtensile testing. It has been found that under the condition of a high rotation speed and minimum pinoverlap there is a strong upward flow of deformed cast material in thermomechanial affected zone.The arrays of Si particles in that flow have provided favorable paths for crack propagation duringtensile testing. As a result, tensile elongation and thus UTS values are low. The mechanism of thatupward flow and FSP conditions for reducing the flow and thus for improving properties of theprocessed region are discussed.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 706-709)
• Pages: 971-976
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.971
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Zhanwen Chen, Francis Abraham, Joshua Walker
• Keywords: Fracture Path, Material Flow, Segregation, Si Particle

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