Microstructure history effect during sequential thermomechanical processing
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-25-2008
Abstract
The key to modeling the material processing behavior is the linking of the microstructure evolution to its processing history. This paper quantifies various microstructural features of an aluminum automotive alloy that undergoes sequential thermomechanical processing which is comprised hot rolling of a 150-mm billet to a 75-mm billet, rolling to 3 mm, annealing, and then cold rolling to a 0.8-mm thickness sheet. The microstructural content was characterized by means of electron backscatter diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The results clearly demonstrate the evolution of precipitate morphologies, dislocation structures, and grain orientation distributions. These data can be used to improve material models that claim to capture the history effects of the processing materials. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Materials Science and Engineering A
Recommended Citation
Yassar, R.,
Murphy, J.,
Burton, C.,
Horstemeyer, M.,
El kadiri, H.,
&
Shokuhfar, T.
(2008).
Microstructure history effect during sequential thermomechanical processing.
Materials Science and Engineering A,
494(1-2), 52-60.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2007.11.087
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