Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 1317-1335.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-023-01538-3

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Deformation Behavior and Microstructure Evolution of AZ31 Mg Alloy by Forging-Bending Repeated Deformation with Multi-pass Lowered Temperature

Minhao Li1, Liwei Lu1,2,3,4(), Yuhui Wei1, Min Ma2,3, Weiying Huang2,5   

  1. 1School of Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
    2Hunan Jinfeng Mechanical Technology Co., Ltd., Loudi, 417700, China
    3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
    4Jiangsu Dayang Precision Forging Co., Ltd., Yancheng, 224000, China
    5Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, 410114, China
  • Received:2022-12-06 Revised:2023-01-06 Accepted:2023-01-09 Online:2023-08-10 Published:2023-02-25
  • Contact: Liwei Lu cqullw@163.com.

Abstract:

In this study, AZ31 Mg alloy was processed by a new severe plasticity deformation methodology with multi-pass lowered temperature, and the deformation behavior and microstructure evolution were investigated by finite element method and electron back-scattered diffraction technique and hardness. The results show that with the increase of deformation pass, the strain gradually springs, and its interval distribution tends to homogenize. Meanwhile, the effective strain increases dramatically with the shear force sudden upgrade in the deformation process. Moreover, the new deformation technique can refine grain size remarkably. With the passes on, {10-12} tensile twins behavior and the pyramidal < c + a > slip are triggered more frequently, leading to the completeness of dynamic recrystallization (DRX) gradually, which weaken and disperse the basal texture obviously. Besides, the standard deviation of hardness is getting smaller, and the maximum can reach 78.40 HV on average, which can be attributed to the even large strain distribution, complete DRX, and the high geometrically necessary dislocation.

Key words: AZ31 magnesium alloy sheet, Forging-bending repeated deformation, Characterization, Microstructure evolution, Deformation behavior