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Microstructure and Deformation Mechanism of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Under Dynamic Strain Rate

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A hot-rolled AZ31Mg alloy sheet was subjected to dynamic plastic deformation parallel to the rolling direction, and microstructural evolutions and mechanical properties of the deformed samples were examined. It has been found that dynamic strain rate could facilitate {10-12} twin nucleation and growth and leads to a lower yield stress of about 20 MPa and an early end to twinning characteristic (happening at a strain point of about 6%) shown in the stress–strain curve. {10-12} twinning mechanism dominates the early plastic deformation; but when plastic strain exceeds ~ 9%, dislocation–slip mechanism instead of {10-12} twinning dominates the later plastic deformation. And this premature transformation of the dominant deformation mechanisms from {10-12} twinning to dislocation slip is caused by dynamic strain rate. The effect of dynamic strain rate on the number of twin nucleations remains unclear, and the more systematic researches are needed in the future.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51601025), Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology (Nos. cstc2016jcyjA0553 and cstc2017jcyjA1019) and Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (Nos. KJ1705117 and KJ1601302).

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  1. National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Traffic Civil Engineering Materials, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, China

    Chao Lou, Yi Ren & Zhengyuan Gao

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, China

    Chao Lou, Qi Sun & Xiyan Zhang

  3. School of Metallurgy and Material Engineering, Chongqing University of Science and Technology, Chongqing, 401331, China

    Qingshan Yang

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Lou, C., Sun, Q., Yang, Q. et al. Microstructure and Deformation Mechanism of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Under Dynamic Strain Rate. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 6189–6195 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3627-9

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