Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7171538 | International Journal of Fatigue | 2018 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
In the present work, ultrafine grained Al 6082 alloy was produced by cryorolling (CR), room temperature rolling (RTR), CRâ¯+â¯annealing (CRâ¯+â¯AN) at 200â¯Â°C and RTRâ¯+â¯annealing (RTNâ¯+â¯AN) at 200â¯Â°C processes to study the effects of metallurgical factors (ultrafine grain structure, precipitates and secondary phase particles) on its low cycle fatigue behavior. Various characterization techniques such as the transmission electron microscopy, electron back scattered diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were used to investigate the low cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of the 6082 Al alloy. It was observed that the sample produced via CRâ¯+â¯AN exhibits the highest LCF life when compared to the other samples investigated. The improvement in the LCF life of the 6082 Al alloy after CRâ¯+â¯AN is attributed to the presence of small sized Si-rich precipitates, secondary phase particles, sub grains formation (200-400â¯nm) and high stored energy (32.16 à 10â4â¯J/mol).
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Authors
N. Kumar, S. Goel, R. Jayaganthan, G.M. Owolabi,