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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Localized Corrosion of FrictionStir Spot Welds in AZ31 Magnesium Alloys

James, Andre 04 July 2013 (has links)
A scanning reference electrode technique (SRET) apparatus has been designed and commissioned to investigate the corrosion of friction stir spot welds (FSSW) made in AZ31 magnesium alloys. The operational parameters of the apparatus have been calibrated to give good spatial resolution. By combining the SRET data with material flow data and immersion test data it was found that the FSSW process caused the formation of distinct noble and active regimes within the weld area. The noble region was aligned with the stir zone (SZ) and was caused by a dynamically recrystallized grain structure which is void of dislocations / twins, and β Mg17Al12. Localized corrosion attack was observed in both SRET and immersion testing along the thermo-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ). The same effect was consistently observed with a flat versus concave shoulder tool, and dwell times of 1s and 4s.
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Localized Corrosion of FrictionStir Spot Welds in AZ31 Magnesium Alloys

James, Andre 04 July 2013 (has links)
A scanning reference electrode technique (SRET) apparatus has been designed and commissioned to investigate the corrosion of friction stir spot welds (FSSW) made in AZ31 magnesium alloys. The operational parameters of the apparatus have been calibrated to give good spatial resolution. By combining the SRET data with material flow data and immersion test data it was found that the FSSW process caused the formation of distinct noble and active regimes within the weld area. The noble region was aligned with the stir zone (SZ) and was caused by a dynamically recrystallized grain structure which is void of dislocations / twins, and β Mg17Al12. Localized corrosion attack was observed in both SRET and immersion testing along the thermo-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ). The same effect was consistently observed with a flat versus concave shoulder tool, and dwell times of 1s and 4s.
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Feasibility of Producing Clad Twin Roll Cast (TRC) AZ31

Jayakrishnan, Vignesh 24 October 2011 (has links)
The need for lighter weight vehicles to improve fuel efficiency is becoming increasingly imperative. Sheet magnesium alloys offer the potential as a light weight material for use in the transportation industry due to their high specific strength and stiffness. In fact, magnesium alloys have the highest strength-to-weight ratio of all the common structural metals. Though the demand for light weight materials is present and sheet magnesium is available, the use of these materials in automotive applications has been rather limited due to high production costs and poor corrosion performance and formability. A promising process to produce wrought magnesium sheet in a more cost effective manner is Twin Roll Casting (TRC). In addition, enhanced corrosion resistance and ductility may be realized in these sheet alloys with the possible introduction of a clad layer during the TRC process thereby producing a laminate sheet where the surface properties are different from the core. The focus of this research was to investigate the potential of cladding magnesium alloy AZ31 material during the TRC process. As part of this research, a thermal fluid mathematical model of the TRC process was developed, which was then further refined to include the addition of a clad layer during the process. The TRC model was validated through experimental work conducted at the Pohang Institute of Science and Technology (POSTECH University), where TRC experiments of AZ31 were conducted under various casting conditions. The as-cast microstructure of the AZ31 sheets were characterized and measurements of the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) made at the mid-region were compared to predicted microstructures from the TRC model based on solidification history. The predicted SDAS matched with the measured values, thus, validating the model. Using the validated TRC model the feasibility of adding a clad layer was assessed and various simulations were conducted to observe the effects of cast speed, cast thickness, and clad material on the thermal history and temperature profile in both the clad and core domains. The material properties and clad thickness did not seem to impact the temperature profiles significantly, while the cast speed and initial temperature dictated whether or not the cast would be successful. Using these operational parameters a process window was created (based on the CANMET facility) to illustrate the feasibility of casting and cladding during TRC. This window is beneficial for future experimentation and understanding the effects of these casting parameters.
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Influence of different extrusion methods on microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ31 alloy /

Dzwonczyk, Joanna. January 2004 (has links)
Techn. University, Diss.--Hamburg-Harburg, 2004. / Zsfassung in dt. Sprache.
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Effect of Li Addition on the Plasticity of AZ31 Mg-Alloy

Govind, * January 2014 (has links) (PDF)
Mg-alloys, despite being the lightest structural metallic materials, find limited applications due to their poor workability, which is due to the hcp structure that does not provide sufficient number of independent slip systems for compatible deformation. Workability improves with the increase in the deformation temperature, when non-basal slip starts playing a larger role in deformation. Efforts were made to improve the workability through control of texture, grain refinement and alloying. Alloying activates non-basal slip by decreasing the critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) on non-basal planes or by promoting cross slip through an increase in the stacking fault energy (SFE) on basal planes. In this thesis, the effect of Li addition to the most widely used wrought Mg-alloy AZ31 on its workability is examined. Plastic deformation behaviour of a series of AZ31-Li alloys with temperature, T, and strain rates, ε , as variables was studied, so as to identify the optimum Li content that results in highly workable alloy. The T and ε combinations that are best suited for hot deformation of these alloys were also identified through processing maps and microstructural analysis. First, deformation behaviour of the base AZ31 is examined in detail. Compression tests were carried out, with T ranging between 150 and 400 °C and at ranging from 10-3 to 102 s-1, covering entire hot working range of the alloy. The results suggest that the deformation behaviour of AZ31 could be partitioned into three temperature regimes. In low T regime, twinning played an important role. It changes the orientation and increases hardening rate, θ (given by dσ/dε where σ and ε are true stress and strain respectively); material exhibits macroscopic flow localization and cracking along twin boundaries. The onset of twinning was examined in detail by examining the local maxima before ϵpeak strain in plot between d2σ/dε2 vs. ε. Twinning was found to occur at all the deformation conditions. Dynamic recrystallization (DRX) was observed at temperatures above 250 °C whereas deformation at low T (< 250 °C) led to extensive twinning at all . ε . At intermediate T of 250-300 °C, plastic strains tend to localize near grain/twin boundaries, confining DRX only to these regions. Increase in T promotes non-basal slip, which, in turn, leads to uniform deformation; DRX too becomes uniform. The dependence of critical stress (σc) for the onset of DRX and peak flow stress (σp) on Zener-Hollomon parameter (Z) indicates that these stresses increase with Z. Activation energy (Q) for the deformation of AZ31 was estimated at peak stress and steady state conditions. High values of Q (150-200 kJ/mol) indicate cross slip as the rate controlling mechanism, at the peak, in the stress-strain responses. For steady state, Q corresponds to lattice/grain boundary diffusion (90-150 kJ/mol). Next, the effect of Li on deformation behaviour of AZ31 was examined. In addition to AZ31 without any Li (0Li), three alloys 1 (1Li), 3 (3Li) and 5 (5Li) wt% Li were prepared with the aid of a specially designed set-up for melting and casting of Li containing alloys. Experimental results on homogenized alloys show that 1Li alloy’s overall response is similar to that of 0Li alloy, but 3Li and 5Li alloys exhibit distinctly different deformation behaviour. Li addition facilitates cross slip by increasing SFE on basal planes, thus leading to change in the deformation mechanism of the alloy. Increased softening due to cross slip decreases θ and also the twin density at low ϵ (<10-2 s-1). During deformation at low ϵ and low T, high Li alloys reveal cavities along the grain boundaries in contrast to cracking along twin boundaries that was observed in AZ31. In the intermediate T range, high Li alloys reveal the presence of a small mantle, which can be attributed to the increased cross slip with increasing Li. In fact, Li addition was found to restrict DRX and promote dynamic recovery (DRY). As ϵ increases in this T regime deformation becomes more homogeneous and twinning occurs extensively in high Li alloys. This results in remarkable increase in dσ/dε (θ) in these alloys and DRX was predominantly seen at twinned regions. At high ϵ -T regime, where non-basal slip and twinning occur uniformly, DRX is observed throughout the samples. On the basis of d2σ/dε2 – ε plots, it was found that twinning occurs at almost all -T combinations examined in present study for 0Li and 1Li alloys. In high Li alloys, twinning activity was found to be insignificant at low ε , resulting in low twin density than low Li alloys. Twinning occurs at very early stages of deformation. In the low T and high ε regime, extensive twinning in high Li alloys is noted. In high T regime, presence of twins was not prominent due to the preferential occurrence of DRX at twin boundaries. Estimated values of Q in high Li alloys were found to be very low and correspond to lattice/grain boundary diffusion of Li in Mg, indicating that cross slip is no longer the rate controlling mechanism. Instead, unpinning of kinks from Li atoms appears to control the deformation. Cross slip is promoted by Li through increase in SFE at basal planes. Onset of the DRX was predicted and it was observed that high Li alloys posses lower σc at low ε , but at high ε , σc was either comparable to or higher than low Li alloys. Processing maps were generated for all the alloys using Prasad's as well as Murty's models. Instability predictions of Prasad’s and Murty’s models are similar, except that isoefficiency contours in the latter are slightly shifted to higher ε . These maps indicate to an increase in the workability with the addition of Li to AZ31. Instability predicted by processing maps in the low ε regime in high Li alloys is attributed to underestimation of stress values due to spline interpolation. High sensitivity observed for high Li alloy at intermediate ε (10-1 – 100 s-1) is attributed to the change in the deformation mode i.e. from slip to twinning. Deformation at high T leads to dissolution of Li containing precipitates, which in turn increases the solid solution strengthening in the alloy. Hence, increase in flow stress is observed with increase in T in high Li alloys. This structural change too causes instability predictions in the high -T regime. The 0 Li alloy exhibits peak efficiency of 45% in T = 250-400 °C and ε = 10-1.25 - 100.25 s-1 regime. DRX is observed in this regime and optimum conditions for deformation predicted for this alloys are T = 350 °C and ε = 10-1 s-1. These alloys can be worked at low ε regime too (T = 250-400 °C and ε = 10-2.5 – 10-1 s-1) where the softening mechanism is DRY. Accordingly, it is concluded that the intrinsic workability of AZ31Mg-alloy increases with the addition of 3% and 5% Li.
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Characterization of Phase Transformation and Twin Formation in Automotive Sheet Metal Alloys to Quantify and Understand Their Impact on Ductility

Chelladurai, Isaac 01 July 2019 (has links)
The motivation to use lightweight materials in the construction of the automotive structure is the resultant increased fuel efficiency. However, these materials possess certain drawbacks that make it challenging to adopt them into current automobile manufacturing processes. In this dissertation the microstructural response observed in a magnesium alloy, AZ31, and an advanced high strength steel alloy, QP1180, to uniaxial deformation is analyzed and the results are presented. In AZ31 the required slip modes are not activated at room temperature leading to its low ductility at room temperature. The resulting activity of these twins in response to uniaxial tension is analyzed and its correlations with the microstructure features is reported. Additionally, a neighborhood viscoplastic self-consistent model is developed that will allow more accurate simulation of twin response to outside deformation. Furthermore, activity of slip modes that are usually observed at high temperatures (>200°C) are also observed at lower temperatures (<125°C) and they are compared to the relative twin activity at these temperatures. It is observed that larger grains, with high schmid factors, longer grain boundaries and have misorientation with its neighboring grain greater than 27° are more favorable for twin formation and transmission in the AZ31 microstructure in response to uniaxial tension. The nature of retained austenite (RA) transformation into martensite that gives QP1180 its enhanced ductility, is not clearly understood primarily because of challenges present in characterization of these metastable RA. Further, a 2 dimensional characterization method does not provide the complete information of the RA grain. These challenges are overcome by characterization of a 3 dimensional volume element using serial sectioning and EBSD followed by reconstruction using DREAM3D. The influence of 3d morphology and orientation direction on RA transformation is studied using as-is and uniaxially deformed samples. A novel shear affinity factor is introduced as a metric to describe the ease of RA transformation under uniaxial tension. The 3d nature of the information collected allows a new classification of disk shape in addition to globular and lamellar shapes for RA. It is found that RA that are low volume laths and have low shear affinity factor transform later compared to disk shaped RA’s. Through these guidelines the preparation of a microstructure that is conducive to RA transformation under uniaxial tension is possible.
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Effect of interlayer configurations on joint formation in TLP bonding of Ti-6Al-4V to Mg-AZ31

Atieh, A.M., Khan, Tahir I. January 2014 (has links)
Yes / In this research work, the transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding process was utilized to fabricate joints using thin (20μm) nickel and copper foils placed between two bonding surfaces to help facilitate joint formation. Two joint configurations were investigated, first, Ti- 6Al-4V/CuNi/Mg-AZ31 and second, Ti-6Al-4V/NiCu/Mg-AZ31. The effect of bonding time on microstructural developments across the joint and the changes in mechanical properties were studied as a function of bonding temperature and pressure. The bonded specimens were examined by metallographic analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). In both cases, intermetallic phase of CuMg2 and Mg3AlNi2 was observed inside the joint region. The results show that joint shear strengths for the Ti-6Al-4V/CuNi/Mg- AZ31 setup produce joints with shear strength of 57 MPa compared to 27MPa for joints made using the Ti-6Al-4V/NiCu/Mg-AZ31 layer arrangement. / NSERC (Canada)
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Fluoridové povlaky hořčíku připravované v taveninách / Fluoride coatings on magnesium prepared in melts

Drábiková, Juliána January 2014 (has links)
This work deals with the corrosion protection of magnesium alloy AZ31, AZ61, AZ91 using fluoride conversion coating prepared from Na[BF4] melt. The theoretical part describes the properties of magnesium alloys, the recent results of fluoride conversion coatings preparation and analysis of the available literature about the properties of salt Na[BF4] and its decomposition products. The experimental part was devided into two main sections. The first deals with the corrosion resistance of the treated magnesium alloys (AZ31, AZ61, AZ91 and AZ91 annealed) in the Na[BF4] melt. Corrosion resistance was tested using potentiodynamic tests and tests in the corrosion chamber. In the second part, the mechanism has been studied for preparing fluoride conversion coating, where it was shown that in air-free atmosphere the oxidizing agent in the process is boron, which is reduced from BIII to B0, and thereby enables the fluoride conversion coating.
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Studium anizotropie tvorby mechanických dvojčat v hořčíkové slitině AZ31 / Study of twinning anisotropy of AZ31 magnesium alloy

Zdražilová, Zuzana January 2011 (has links)
In the present work the deformation behaviour of magnesium-based alloy AZ31 which was produced by horizontal continual casting is investigated. Samples with two different orientations are deformed in tension and compression at strain rate of 10-3 s-1 in temperature range of 20 řC to 300 řC. Simultaneously, the acoustic emission is recorded and studied with focused on mechanical twinning. The mechanisms of plastic deformation of material and anisotropy between tension and compression are discussed. Dependence of deformation behaviour on temperature is analyzed. The microstructure of original and deformed material is also studied by means of optical microscopy.
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Studium nízkocyklových únavových vlastností hořčíkové slitiny AZ31 s 0,5% vápníku. / Study of Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of Magnesium Alloy AZ31 with 0,5% Calcium.

Gejdoš, Pavel January 2009 (has links)
In this work have been identified mechanical and fatigue properties of magnesium alloy AZ31 with 0.5% calcium, which was cast using squeeze casting. In addition, it was observed microstructure of the alloys and made fractographic assessment of fracture surfaces after fatigue loading.

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