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Effects of Different Deformation Modes on Texture Evolution and Mechanical Behavior of As-Extruded AZ31 Alloy under Compression along Different Directions

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The effects of different deformation modes on texture evolutions and mechanical behavior of as-extruded AZ31 alloy during compression in different directions at room temperature (RT) have been investigated by experiments and visco-plastic self-consistent (VPSC) modeling. According to the results, the relative activities of different deformation modes can fully demonstrate the general characteristics of flow curves and texture evolution. Despite a similar pattern between the relative activity of basal <a> slip and \(\{10\overline{1}2\}\) extension twinning during compression along 45° to the extrusion direction (45ED) and perpendicular to the extrusion direction (PED), pyramidal <c + a> slip has a more pronounced activity in PED, resulting in higher flow stress in PED than 45ED. Grains whose c-axis is perpendicular to loading direction (LD) cannot be reoriented, when the CRSS value was set high enough to prevent \(\{10\overline{1}2\}\) extension twinning. The \(\{10\overline{1}2\}\) extension twinning has a great influence on texture evolution and mechanical behavior. On the contrary, the \(\{10\overline{1}1\}\) contraction twinning has a negligible influence on texture evolution.

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This work was supported by The Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (201901D11126), The “TSTAP” of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (2020CG046), The “CSREP” of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (2019KJ027), The National Nature Science Foundation of China (51574171), The Graduate Education Innovation Project in Shanxi (2021Y707), and The Graduate Education Innovation Project in Shanxi (2021Y668).

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    Weipeng Mu

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Weijie Ren

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Zhou, C., Lin, J., Mu, W. et al. Effects of Different Deformation Modes on Texture Evolution and Mechanical Behavior of As-Extruded AZ31 Alloy under Compression along Different Directions. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 32, 1737–1746 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07236-y

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