Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2000, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 233-241.

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DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GENERATION THERMOMECHANICAL SIMULATOR-MULTI-AXIS RESTRAINT COMPRESSION(MARC - STRAIN~(TM)) SYSTEM

D. Ferguon; W. N. Chen and H. Ferguson (Dynamic Systems Inc. Poestenkill, NY 12140, USA)   

  • Received:2000-02-25 Revised:2000-02-25 Online:2000-02-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: Ultrafine grain size is often achieved by severe plastic deformation. A few techniques have been devel- oped to achieve severe plastic deformation,such as equal channel angular (ECA ) processing, torsion, and accumulative roll bonding (ARB) techmpues. This paper will introduce a moftiaxis deformation technique which can achieve essentially unlimited strain with constant deformation volume. The mul- tiaxis deformation can be fully restrained or unrestrained.The bulk volume of a multiaxis restraint compression specimen can be easily machined into mechanical testing specimens for mechanical property measurement and other studies.

Key words: ultrafine grain, thermomechanical simulator, multi-axis restraint compression