Fatigue characteristics of an extruded AZ61 magnesium alloy.

Ductility Improvement of an AZ61 Magnesium Alloy through Two-Pass Submerged Friction Stir Processing

Friction stir processing (FSP) has been considered as a novel technique to refine the grain size and homogenize the microstructure of metallic materials. In this study, two-pass FSP was conducted under water to enhance the cooling rate during processing, and an AZ61 magnesium alloy with fine-grained and homogeneous microstructure was prepared through this method. Compared to the as-cast materia...

Effect of Stress Ratio on Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Magnesium Alloy AZ61 under 3.5 Mass% NaCl Spray Environment*

Fatigue crack growth behavior of AZ61 magnesium alloy was investigated in low humidity (55% relative humidity) and 3.5% NaCl spray environments under various stress ratios. Fatigue crack growth rates became higher with increasing load ratio for both environments. However, the results of fatigue crack growth test under 3.5% NaCl spray environment showed lower fatigue crack propagation rate compa...

Microstructure-sensitive investigation of magnesium alloy fatigue

Numerical Analysis of Az61 Magnesium Alloy Extrusion Process by Modified Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ecae) Method

T. Bajor, M. Krakowiak, P. Szota, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland The paper presents the results of numerical modelling of AZ61 magnesium alloy hot deformation using modified ECAE method. The temperature-velocity conditions were analysed using FEM. The extrusion process was realised using the die with modified angular channel containing horizontal contracting zone in t...

Grain Refinement and Enhancement of Mechanical Properties of Hot Extruded Rare-Earth Containing Magnesium Alloy

The effects of rare earth addition and hot extrusion process on the grain refinement of magnesium alloy were studied. The as-cast Mg-6Al-1Zn (AZ61) alloy had the average grain size of ~ 64 µm and its microstructure consisted of α-Mg and Mg17Al12 phase. By partial substitution of Al with Gd to reach Mg-4.8Gd-1.2Al-1Zn alloy, it was observed that the Mg17Al12 phase disappeared and two new interme...