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Strain Rate Sensitivity, Work Hardening, and Fracture Behavior of an Al-Mg TiO2 Nanocomposite Prepared by Friction Stir Processing

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Annealed and wrought AA5052 aluminum alloy was subjected to friction stir processing (FSP) without and with 3 vol pct TiO2 nanoparticles. Microstructural studies by electron backscattered diffraction and transmission electron microscopy showed the formation of an ultra-fine-grained structure with fine distribution of TiO2 nanoparticles in the metal matrix. Nanometric Al3Ti and MgO particles were also observed, revealing in-situ solid-state reactions between Al and Mg with TiO2. Tensile testing at different strain rates determined that FSP decreased the strain rate sensitivity and work hardening of annealed Al-Mg alloy without and with TiO2 nanoparticles, while opposite results were obtained for the wrought alloy. Fractographic studies exhibited that the presence of hard reinforcement particles changed the fracture mode from ductile rupture to ductile-brittle fracture. Notably, the failure mechanism was also altered from shear to tensile rupture as the strain rate increased. Consequently, the fracture surface contained hemispherical equiaxed dimples instead of parabolic ones.

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The authors thank Dr. Frantisek Simančík, Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, for useful discussions and help in performing the experiments.

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    Farzad Khodabakhshi (Ph.D. Student) & Amirhossein Kokabi (Professor)

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11365-9466, 14588, Tehran, Iran

    Abdolreza Simchi (Professor)

  3. Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Račianska 75, 83102, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    Martin Nosko (Assistant Professor)

  4. Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 11, Bratislava 45, Slovak Republic

    Peter Švec (Professor)

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Khodabakhshi, F., Simchi, A., Kokabi, A. et al. Strain Rate Sensitivity, Work Hardening, and Fracture Behavior of an Al-Mg TiO2 Nanocomposite Prepared by Friction Stir Processing. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 4073–4088 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2330-1

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