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The Dynamic Flow and Failure Behavior of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys

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We review the dynamic behavior of magnesium alloys through a survey of the literature and a comparison with our own high-strain-rate experiments. We describe high-strain-rate experiments (at typical strain rates of 103 s−1) on polycrystalline pure magnesium as well as two magnesium alloys, AZ31B and ZK60. Both deformation and failure are considered. The observed behaviors are discussed in terms of the fundamental deformation and failure mechanisms in magnesium, considering the effects of grain size, strain rate, and crystallographic texture. A comparison of current results with the literature studies on these and other Mg alloys reveals that the crystallographic texture, grain size, and alloying elements continue to have a profound influence on the high-strain-rate deformation behavior. The available data set suggests that those materials loaded so as to initiate extension twinning have relatively rate-insensitive strengths up to strain rates of several thousand per second. In contrast, some rate dependence of the flow stress is observed for loading orientations in which the plastic flow is dominated by dislocation mechanisms.

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Acknowledgements

This research was performed within the Center for Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments (CMEDE) under the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University. The work was funded by the Army Research Laboratory under the MEDE Collaborative Research Alliance, through Grant W911NF-12-2-0022. Professors Ibrahim Karaman and K. Ted Hartwig of Texas A&M University are also thanked for providing processing expertise and providing the ECAE processed AZ31B samples used in this study.

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    K. Eswar Prasad, M. Shaffer & K. T. Ramesh

  2. Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA

    B. Li

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA

    N. Dixit & K. T. Ramesh

  4. Materials Science Division, U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA

    S. N. Mathaudhu

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Eswar Prasad, K., Li, B., Dixit, N. et al. The Dynamic Flow and Failure Behavior of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys. JOM 66, 291–304 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0850-6

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