Abstract
Grain refinement is one of the possible ways to enhance the strength of magnesium without losing the ductility and/or toughness. In this study, severe plastic working by caliber rolling has been demonstrated to refine the grain structure of a commercial AZ31 Mg-Al-Zn alloy at a commercial processing speed. As a result, ultra-fine-grain structure with sub-grains in a sub-micro-meter scale was obtained. A simultaneous operation of oblique shear strain weakened the basal texture compared to that of the initial as-extruded alloy, and resulted in tensile ductility comparable to that of the commercially extruded alloy, and showed a higher asymmetry ratio of yield stress in compression/tension than that of the as-extruded alloy.
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Mukai, T., Somekawa, H., Singh, A., Inoue, T. (2011). Strengthening Mg-Al-Zn Alloy by Repetitive Oblique Shear Strain. In: Sillekens, W.H., Agnew, S.R., Neelameggham, N.R., Mathaudhu, S.N. (eds) Magnesium Technology 2011. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48223-1_40
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