O desenvolvimento de ligas de alumínio de propriedades mecânicas intermediárias possibilitou a extrusão de alumínio a participar de grandes mercados como a construção civil, transportes, automobilística, estruturas, entre outras. O conhecimento do processo de extrusão propicia o aumento de produtividade com melhor desempenho e precisão dimensional do produto acabado. Neste trabalho, procurou-se analisar as características de conformação de perfis sólidos das ligas de alumínio AA6063 e AA6082 com razão de extrusão (RE) variando de 2,0 a 27,8 e tubular com RE de 8,7. A partir da extrusão realizada em uma prensa industrial de 3300 toneladas de força, compararam-se os resultados obtidos da tensão média de escoamento (\"sigma\") em função da temperatura de deformação e do parâmetro de Zener-Hollomon (Z) e este último em função do tamanho de subgrão observado no produto extrudado. Foram obtidos, em condições industriais, para estas ligas os valores da constante \"alpha\" que relaciona a RE com a pressão de fim de extrusão. Foram realizadas observações metalográficas e constatadas regiões de recristalização e de não recristalização diferentes para as ligas estudadas, bem como as relações do parâmetro Z e o tamanho do subgrão do produto sólido e tubular na liga AA6082. Em termos de textura foi possível obter as figuras de pólo e do tipo FDO no perfil extrudado ilustrando a presença de fibras do tipo \"beta\" (característica de produto conformado) e cubo (característica de produto recristalizado/recuperado). Os resultados confirmam valores próximos àqueles encontrados na literatura. / The development of medium strength aluminum alloys enabled aluminum extrusions to take part of the large world markets, associated with the building, transport and automotive industries, amongst several applications. The knowledge of the extrusion process details enables the productivity increase with better performance and higher dimensional accuracy of the finished extrusion product. In the present study the deformation characteristics of solid extrusion profiles in the AA6063 and AA6082 alloys with extrusion ratios (ER) in the range of 2.0 to 27.8 and for solid and tubular of 8.7 sections were studied. Extrusions were carried out in an industrial 3300 ton press. Results are compared in terms of average flow stress as a function of extrusion temperature and of the Zener-Hollomon (Z) parameter; the latter one also as a function of the observed subgrain size in the final product. Under industrial conditions, for the studies alloys, the values of the \"alpha\"-constant (which relates the end pressure to the extrusion ratio), has been evaluated. Metallographic observations have been conducted to study the recrystallised and unrecrystallised regions in the studied alloys, as well as the relationship between the Z parameter and the subgrain size of the end extrusion, both for the solid and tubular products, mainly for the AA6082 alloy. In terms of texture components it has been observed that the pole figures and the ODF´s of the extruded product presented the \"beta\" (characteristic of rolled/worked products) and cube (characteristic of recrystallised/recovered products). The results obtained confirmed those reported in the literature.

O desenvolvimento de ligas de alumínio de propriedades mecânicas intermediárias possibilitou a extrusão de alumínio a participar de grandes mercados como a construção civil, transportes, automobilística, estruturas, entre outras. O conhecimento do processo de extrusão propicia o aumento de produtividade com melhor desempenho e precisão dimensional do produto acabado. Neste trabalho, procurou-se analisar as características de conformação de perfis sólidos das ligas de alumínio AA6063 e AA6082 com razão de extrusão (RE) variando de 2,0 a 27,8 e tubular com RE de 8,7. A partir da extrusão realizada em uma prensa industrial de 3300 toneladas de força, compararam-se os resultados obtidos da tensão média de escoamento (\"sigma\") em função da temperatura de deformação e do parâmetro de Zener-Hollomon (Z) e este último em função do tamanho de subgrão observado no produto extrudado. Foram obtidos, em condições industriais, para estas ligas os valores da constante \"alpha\" que relaciona a RE com a pressão de fim de extrusão. Foram realizadas observações metalográficas e constatadas regiões de recristalização e de não recristalização diferentes para as ligas estudadas, bem como as relações do parâmetro Z e o tamanho do subgrão do produto sólido e tubular na liga AA6082. Em termos de textura foi possível obter as figuras de pólo e do tipo FDO no perfil extrudado ilustrando a presença de fibras do tipo \"beta\" (característica de produto conformado) e cubo (característica de produto recristalizado/recuperado). Os resultados confirmam valores próximos àqueles encontrados na literatura. / The development of medium strength aluminum alloys enabled aluminum extrusions to take part of the large world markets, associated with the building, transport and automotive industries, amongst several applications. The knowledge of the extrusion process details enables the productivity increase with better performance and higher dimensional accuracy of the finished extrusion product. In the present study the deformation characteristics of solid extrusion profiles in the AA6063 and AA6082 alloys with extrusion ratios (ER) in the range of 2.0 to 27.8 and for solid and tubular of 8.7 sections were studied. Extrusions were carried out in an industrial 3300 ton press. Results are compared in terms of average flow stress as a function of extrusion temperature and of the Zener-Hollomon (Z) parameter; the latter one also as a function of the observed subgrain size in the final product. Under industrial conditions, for the studies alloys, the values of the \"alpha\"-constant (which relates the end pressure to the extrusion ratio), has been evaluated. Metallographic observations have been conducted to study the recrystallised and unrecrystallised regions in the studied alloys, as well as the relationship between the Z parameter and the subgrain size of the end extrusion, both for the solid and tubular products, mainly for the AA6082 alloy. In terms of texture components it has been observed that the pole figures and the ODF´s of the extruded product presented the \"beta\" (characteristic of rolled/worked products) and cube (characteristic of recrystallised/recovered products). The results obtained confirmed those reported in the literature.

"The CHTE surface hardening simulation tools, CarboNitrideTool© and CarbTool© have been enhanced to improve the accuracy of the simulation and to predict the microstructure and microhardness profiles after the heat treatment process. These tools can be used for the prediction of both gas and low pressure carburizing processes. The steel alloys in the data base include 10XX, 48XX, 51XX, 86XX, 93XX and Pyrowear 53. They have been used by CHTE members to design efficient carburizing cycles to maximum the profit by controlling the cost and time. In the current software, the model has successfully predicted the carbon concentration profiles for gas carburizing process and many low pressure carburizing processes. In some case, the simulation toll may not work well with the low pressure carburizing process, especially with AISI 9310 alloy. In the previous simulation, a constant carbon flux boundary condition was used. However, it has been experimentally proven that the flux is a function of time. The high carbon potential may cause soot and carbides at the outer edge. The soot and carbides will impede the diffusion of carbon during the low pressure carburizing process. The constant carbon flux cannot be appropriately used as the boundary condition. An improved model for the process is proposed. In the modeling, carbon potential and mass transfer coefficient are calculated and used as the boundary condition. CarbonitrideToolⒸ has been developed for the prediction of both carbon and nitrogen profiles for carbonitriding process. The microstructure and hardness profile is also needed by the industry. The nitrogen is an austenite stabilizer which result in high amount of retained austenite (RA). RA plays important role in the hardness. The model has been developed to predict the Martensite start temperature (Ms) which can be used for RA prediction. Mixture rule is used then to predict the hardness profiles. Experiments has been conducted to verify the simulation. The hardness profile is also predicted for tempered carburized alloys. Hollomon-Jaffe equation was used. A matrix of tempering experiments are conducted to study the Hollomon Jaffe parameter for AISI 8620 and AISI 9310 alloy. Constant C value is calculated with a new mathematical method. With the calculation result, the hardness profile can be predicted with input of tempering time and temperature. Case depth and surface hardness are important properties for carburized steel that must be well controlled. The traditional testing is usually destructive. Samples are sectioned and measured by either OES or microhardness tester. It is time consuming and can only be applied on sampled parts. The heat treating industry needs a physics based, verified simulation tool for surface hardening processes to accurately predict concentration profiles, microstructure and microhardness profiles. There is also a need for non-destructive measurement tool to accurately determine the surface hardness and case depth. Magnetic Barkhausen Noise (MBN) is one of the promising way to test the case depth and hardness. MBN measures the pulses generating by the interaction between magnetic domain walls in the ferromagnetic material and the pinning sites such as carbides, impurities and dislocation. These signals are analyzed to evaluate the properties of the carburized steel. "

The implementation of technologies such as aluminum powder metallurgy (P/M) can be used in the automobile industry to have potential economic and environmental advantages. This technology to produce vehicle components can offer the combination of weight savings due to the low density of aluminum and material and machining savings via near net shape processing attributes. In an effort to expand the scope of application for aluminum P/M, considerable research has emphasized the development of new alloys and composites. One such alloy is P/M 2324, an aluminum-copper-magnesium alloy developed to have increased mechanical properties over the standard aluminum P/M alloys of the AC2014 type. The objective of this work was to undertake a comprehensive study on the effects of hot deformation on the emerging alloy P/M 2324 as well as the alloy with a SiC addition. Here, a forgeability study of these alloys and its wrought counterpart AA2024 was completed. To

The hot working behavior of AISI 1018 steel was studied by hot-compression deformation tests on the Gleeble 1500 thermo-mechanical simulator at true strain values of -0.143 and -0.405, true strain rate values of 0.01 and 0.1, and working temperatures of 900°C and 1000°C. The tests show that a lower working temperature and lower true strain value results in a greater maximum compressive force. The apparent activation energy Qapp was calculated by using the Zener-Hollomon parameter combined with the low stress law. Qapp ­was calculated to be 311 kJ mol-1 K-1.

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In this paper we present novel analytic and finite element solutions to 1-D straight rods made of Ramberg-Osgood and Hollomon type materials. These material models are studied because they are a more accurate representation of the material properties of certain metals used often in manufacturing than the simpler composite linear types of stress/strain models. Here, various types of loads are considered and solutions are compared against some linear models. It is shown that the nonlinear models do have manageable solutions, which produce important differences in the results - attributes which suggest that these models should take a more prominent place in engineering analysis.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar o comportamento elasto-plástico em baixas deformações do fio máquina laminado em aço AISI 1045 destinado a trefilação e processos subsequentes de beneficiamento. Inicialmente, foi obtido material de quatro diferentes lotes de fabricação, sendo todas as amostras retiradas após a etapa de pré-endireitamento do processo de trefilação. O material foi caracterizado através de análise da composição química, metalográfica, determinação de tamanho de grão e segregação. Além disso, o comportamento elasto-plástico do material em ciclos de tração e compressão foi investigado, identificando-se o efeito Bauschinger para três diferentes temperaturas. Os modelos numéricos de Ramberg-Osgood e Ludwig-Hollomon foram utilizados para a definição de uma modelo numérico da curva para utilização em trabalhos futuros de simulação computacional. O modelo de Ludwig-Hollomon foi avaliado como mais satisfatório para baixas deformações e foi então utilizado para o cálculo da curva média de quatro lotes. A partir de curvas de escoamento de aço similar obtidas da literatura, foi possível obter-se uma extrapolação da curva para diferentes taxas de deformação, além da taxa de 0.05s-1, original dos ensaios: 1.6 s-1, 8 s-1, e 40 s-1. / The purpose of this work is to investigate the elastic-plastic behavior at low strains of steel rolled coil AISI 1045 intended for cold-drawing and subsequent processes. First, the material was withdrawn from four different manufacturing batches and all samples were taken from the pre-straightening process step. The material was characterized by means of chemical and metallography analysis, grain size and segregation. Furthermore, the elastic-plastic behavior in tension and compression cycles was investigated and the Bauschinger effect was identified for three different temperatures. The numerical models Ramberg-Osgood and Ludwig-Hollomon were the models used in this work to define the flow curve which can be used in future computer simulation works. The analysis showed that the Ludwig-Hollomon model is more adequate for low strains ranges. Ludwig-Hollomin was used to calculate the average flow curve based on the curves of the four batches. By using literature flow curves of similar steels, it was possible to make an extrapolation and to obtain flow curves at different strain rates beyond the experimental one: 1.6 s-1, 8 s-1, e 40 s-1.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar o comportamento elasto-plástico em baixas deformações do fio máquina laminado em aço AISI 1045 destinado a trefilação e processos subsequentes de beneficiamento. Inicialmente, foi obtido material de quatro diferentes lotes de fabricação, sendo todas as amostras retiradas após a etapa de pré-endireitamento do processo de trefilação. O material foi caracterizado através de análise da composição química, metalográfica, determinação de tamanho de grão e segregação. Além disso, o comportamento elasto-plástico do material em ciclos de tração e compressão foi investigado, identificando-se o efeito Bauschinger para três diferentes temperaturas. Os modelos numéricos de Ramberg-Osgood e Ludwig-Hollomon foram utilizados para a definição de uma modelo numérico da curva para utilização em trabalhos futuros de simulação computacional. O modelo de Ludwig-Hollomon foi avaliado como mais satisfatório para baixas deformações e foi então utilizado para o cálculo da curva média de quatro lotes. A partir de curvas de escoamento de aço similar obtidas da literatura, foi possível obter-se uma extrapolação da curva para diferentes taxas de deformação, além da taxa de 0.05s-1, original dos ensaios: 1.6 s-1, 8 s-1, e 40 s-1. / The purpose of this work is to investigate the elastic-plastic behavior at low strains of steel rolled coil AISI 1045 intended for cold-drawing and subsequent processes. First, the material was withdrawn from four different manufacturing batches and all samples were taken from the pre-straightening process step. The material was characterized by means of chemical and metallography analysis, grain size and segregation. Furthermore, the elastic-plastic behavior in tension and compression cycles was investigated and the Bauschinger effect was identified for three different temperatures. The numerical models Ramberg-Osgood and Ludwig-Hollomon were the models used in this work to define the flow curve which can be used in future computer simulation works. The analysis showed that the Ludwig-Hollomon model is more adequate for low strains ranges. Ludwig-Hollomin was used to calculate the average flow curve based on the curves of the four batches. By using literature flow curves of similar steels, it was possible to make an extrapolation and to obtain flow curves at different strain rates beyond the experimental one: 1.6 s-1, 8 s-1, e 40 s-1.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar o comportamento elasto-plástico em baixas deformações do fio máquina laminado em aço AISI 1045 destinado a trefilação e processos subsequentes de beneficiamento. Inicialmente, foi obtido material de quatro diferentes lotes de fabricação, sendo todas as amostras retiradas após a etapa de pré-endireitamento do processo de trefilação. O material foi caracterizado através de análise da composição química, metalográfica, determinação de tamanho de grão e segregação. Além disso, o comportamento elasto-plástico do material em ciclos de tração e compressão foi investigado, identificando-se o efeito Bauschinger para três diferentes temperaturas. Os modelos numéricos de Ramberg-Osgood e Ludwig-Hollomon foram utilizados para a definição de uma modelo numérico da curva para utilização em trabalhos futuros de simulação computacional. O modelo de Ludwig-Hollomon foi avaliado como mais satisfatório para baixas deformações e foi então utilizado para o cálculo da curva média de quatro lotes. A partir de curvas de escoamento de aço similar obtidas da literatura, foi possível obter-se uma extrapolação da curva para diferentes taxas de deformação, além da taxa de 0.05s-1, original dos ensaios: 1.6 s-1, 8 s-1, e 40 s-1. / The purpose of this work is to investigate the elastic-plastic behavior at low strains of steel rolled coil AISI 1045 intended for cold-drawing and subsequent processes. First, the material was withdrawn from four different manufacturing batches and all samples were taken from the pre-straightening process step. The material was characterized by means of chemical and metallography analysis, grain size and segregation. Furthermore, the elastic-plastic behavior in tension and compression cycles was investigated and the Bauschinger effect was identified for three different temperatures. The numerical models Ramberg-Osgood and Ludwig-Hollomon were the models used in this work to define the flow curve which can be used in future computer simulation works. The analysis showed that the Ludwig-Hollomon model is more adequate for low strains ranges. Ludwig-Hollomin was used to calculate the average flow curve based on the curves of the four batches. By using literature flow curves of similar steels, it was possible to make an extrapolation and to obtain flow curves at different strain rates beyond the experimental one: 1.6 s-1, 8 s-1, e 40 s-1.