Strain Rate Sensitivity and Adiabatic Shear Deformation of an Advanced Al-Mg Alloy

Abstract

In order to develop new Al alloy, the quasi-static and dynamic compression deformation behavior of an advanced Al-Mg alloy, which contained Zn and rare earth, were investigated. Deformed microstructures in the shear bands of this alloy were characterized by optical microscope. Results show that the compressive strengths increase with strain and strain rates being increased, and microstructures of deformed Al-Mg alloy along compression directions are sensitive to strain rates. The distorted deformation twins near the deformed band can be formed under low strain rate of 5.6×10-3 s-1, while multiple shear bands slipping can be induced by dynamic deformation under high strain rates from 1.9×103 s-1 to 5×103 s-1. Therefore, compressive strength and fracture strain of dynamic deformation are higher than that of the quasi-static deformation, which is attributed to the strain hardening and grain refining in the multiple shear bands.