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Structural and Mechanical Changes of AlMgSi0.5 Alloy during Extrusion by ECAP Method

HARNIČÁROVÁ, Marta, Jan VALÍČEK, Milena KUŠNEROVÁ, Ivan KOPAL, Miloslav LUPTÁK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Structural and Mechanical Changes of AlMgSi0.5 Alloy during Extrusion by ECAP Method

Authors

HARNIČÁROVÁ, Marta (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan VALÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Milena KUŠNEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivan KOPAL, Miloslav LUPTÁK, Rastislav MIKUŠ, Zdeněk PAVELEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin FABIÁN and Vladimír ŠEPEĽÁK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Materials, Basel, Switzerland, MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2022, 1996-1944

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

20501 Materials engineering

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/75081431:_____/22:00002340

Organization unit

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

UT WoS

000775135500001

Keywords in English

aluminium alloy; intensive plastic deformation method; microstructure; mechanical properties

Tags

Změněno: 20/3/2023 17:28, Mgr. Nikola Petříková

Abstract

V originále

SPD (several plastic deformations) methods make it possible to obtain an ultrafine-grained structure (UFG) in larger volumes of material and thus improve its mechanical properties. The presented work focuses on the structural and mechanical changes of aluminium alloy AlMgSi0.5 (EN AW 6060) during processing by repeated extrusion through the ECAP rectangular channel. After a four-pass extrusion, the samples’ microstructures were observed using an optical microscope, where refinement of the material grains was confirmed. Tensile tests determined the extrusion forces and allowed interpretation of the changes in the mechanical properties of the stressed alloy. The grain size was refined from 28.90 μm to 4.63 μm. A significant improvement in the strength of the material (by 45%) and a significant deterioration in ductility (to 60%) immediately after the first extrusion was confirmed. The third pass through the die appeared to be optimal for the chosen deformation path, while after the fourth pass, micro-cracks appeared, significantly reducing the strength of the material. Based on the measurement results, new analytical equations were formulated to predict the magnitude or intensity of the volumetric and shape deformations of the structural grain size and, in particular, the adequate increase in the strength and yield point of the material.