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Title: Synchrotron X-ray microbeam diffraction measurements of full elastic long range internal strain and stress tensors in commercial-purity aluminum processed by multiple passes of equal-channel angular pressing

Journal Article · · Acta Materialia
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  2. National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  3. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  5. Univ. of Southampton, Southampton (United Kingdom)
  6. Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Univ. of Southampton, Southampton (United Kingdom)

Synchrotron X-ray microbeam diffraction was used to measure the full elastic long range internal strain and stress tensors of low dislocation density regions within the submicrometer grain/subgrain structure of equal-channel angular pressed (ECAP) aluminum alloy AA1050 after 1, 2, and 8 passes using route BC. This is the first time that full tensors were measured in plastically deformed metals at this length scale. The maximum (most tensile or least compressive) principal elastic strain directions for the unloaded 1 pass sample for the grain/subgrain interiors align well with the pressing direction, and are more random for the 2 and 8 pass samples. The measurements reported here indicate that the local stresses and strains become increasingly isotropic (homogenized) with increasing ECAP passes using route BC. The average maximum (in magnitude) LRISs are -0.43 σa for 1 pass, -0.44 σa for 2 pass, and 0.14 σa for the 8 pass sample. Furthermore, these LRISs are larger than those reported previously because those earlier measurements were unable to measure the full stress tensor. Significantly, the measured stresses are inconsistent with the two-component composite model.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); European Research Council (ERC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1416147
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1351010
Journal Information:
Acta Materialia, Vol. 112, Issue C; ISSN 1359-6454
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 14 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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