Affiliation:
1. General Research Institute for Non-Ferrous Metals
Abstract
The hot workability and hot pack-rolling process of B4CP/AA6061 composite were studied. The results showed that the addition of B4C particles could effectively promote the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) process of the composite. DRX and DRX grains growth were dominant deformation mechanism during hot deformation of B4CP/AA6061composite. Typical instability defects included micro voids and particle aggregation. The optimum processing parameters for good workability were obtained in the temperature range of 450°C-500°C and strain rate range of 0.01s-1-0.1s-1. According to the flow stress curves and processing maps, a temperature of 500°C and a rolling velocity of 40 mm/s were chosen for pack-rolling experiments. The pack-rolled composite sheets in the RD and TD showed more homogeneous DRX grains than as-HIPed microstructures, which might indicate that hot pack-rolling could lead to more homogeneous microstructures without any edge cracking and surface cracking.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science