Grain refinement and age precipitation in aluminum alloys using ARB process

Influence of Process Parameters on Grain Refinement in AA1050 Aluminum During Cold Rolling

The microstructure evolution during cold rolling of commercial purity AA1050 aluminum is investigated through numerical simulations. A finite strain elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model is employed, where the dislocation density and average grain size are taken as variables characterizing the deformed microstructure. Grain size evolution due to dynamic recrystallization is considered and the ...

Manufacture of Aluminum Closed-cell Foam by ARB process using CaCO3 as the blowing agent

Metal porous foams have been eliciting much interest in recent years due to their high capacity of energy absorption. The characteristics of the pores in these materials play an important role on their energy absorption capability and other properties. This study reports the fabrication of aluminum closed-cell foams by accumulative roll-bonding (ARB) technique using calcium carbonate (CaCO3) as...

Mechanical Behavior of Precipitation Hardened Aluminum Alloys Welds

PRECIPITATION PROCESS OF Al-Sc ALLOYS

Precipitation process in an A1-0.25 wt.%Sc alloy aged at 573 K has been investigated by resistivity and hardness measurements, transmission electron microscopy, and atom-probe field ion microscopy. It was found that the equilibrium A13Sc phase particles precipitate homogeneously from the begining. The particles coarsen following the Lifschitz-Wagner rule after the completion of the nucleation-a...

DIFFICULTIES IN GRAIN REFINING ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOYS USING COMMERCIAL Al-Ti AND Al-Ti-Bor MASTER ALLOYS

High strength aluminum alloys, especially those containing zirconium, are historically difficult to grain refine. Early efforts by Alcoa indicated that the addition of lithium to these alloys increases difficulty with grain refinement. Although grain refining of alloys 2090 and 2091 was possible, consistent results were not obtained. Statistically-designed experiments were used to quickly ident...