Improving the fracture toughness of multi-layered commercial pure aluminum via warm accumulative roll bonding
2021 (English)In: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, ISSN 0268-3768, E-ISSN 1433-3015, Vol. 116, p. 3603-3617Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this study, the fracture toughness of the multi-layered commercial pure aluminum samples (AA1050) prepared by warm accumulative roll bonding (WARB) was investigated for the first time. Based on the ASTM E561 standard, the R-curve method was utilized to measure the plane stress fracture toughness. Compact tension (CT) samples were prepared from the sheets that were processed by different ARB cycles. Mechanical properties, microstructure, and fracture surfaces of the CT samples were studied by uniaxial tensile test, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively. By increasing the number of WARB cycles, fracture toughness increased; after five cycles, 78% enhancement was observed compared to the pre-processed state. A correlation was seen between the fracture toughness variations and ultimate tensile strength (UTS). WARB enhanced UTS up to 95%, while the grain size showed a reduction from 35 to 1.8 μm. Measured fracture toughness values were compared with the room temperature ARB outcomes, and the effective parameters were analyzed. Fractography results indicated that the presence of tiny cliffs and furrows and hollow under fatigue loading zones and shear ductile rupture in the Quasi-static tensile loading zone.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2021. Vol. 116, p. 3603-3617
Keywords [en]
AA1050, Fracture toughness, SEM fractography, Tensile strength, Warm ARB, Aluminum, Aluminum alloys, Computerized tomography, Fracture mechanics, Roll bonding, Scanning electron microscopy, Tensile testing, Accumulative roll bonding, Commercial pure aluminum, Effective parameters, Electron back scatter diffraction, Fracture toughness values, Toughness variations, Ultimate tensile strength, Uniaxial tensile test
National Category
Materials Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54209DOI: 10.1007/s00170-021-07687-yISI: 000675340600004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85110700772Local ID: ;intsam;757170OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-54209DiVA, id: diva2:1584623
2021-08-122021-08-122022-01-10Bibliographically approved