The effect of pre-straining and pre-ageing on a novel thermomechanical treatment for improving the mechanical properties of AA2139 aerospace aluminium alloys

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作者
Bakare, F. [1 ,2 ]
Alsubhi, Y. [1 ]
Ragkousis, A. [1 ]
Ebomwonyi, O. [2 ]
Damisa, J. [2 ]
Okunzuwa, S. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Sch Mat, Manchester, Lancs, England
[2] Univ Benin, Phys Dept, Benin, Nigeria
来源
MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS | 2017年 / 4卷 / 07期
关键词
aluminium alloys; cold-rolling; mechanical testing; thermomechanical processing; precipitation; STRENGTH; PRECIPITATION; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1088/2053-1591/aa7bc0
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The novel thermomechanical treatment employed by Wang Z et al (2014 Mater. Sci. Eng. A 607 313-7) in enhancing the mechanical and microstructure properties of 6000 series aluminium alloys has been replicated for AA2139 aerospace aluminium alloys. The novel route which involves underageing, cold-rolling reductions and re-ageing at a fixed temperature has been carried out focusing on the effect of pre-straining and pre-ageing on the alloy properties. The influence of varying coldrolling reductions and pre-ageing has been examined by tensile testing, hardness testing, differential scanning calorimetry, thermoelectric power measurements and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Further analyses were conducted with DSC and TEP measurements to check for precipitation sequence and solute retention respectively. On comparing the hardness and strength of the non pre-aged to the pre-aged samples, there is a remarkable increase in the hardness and strength of the aerospace alloy showing the huge influence of both pre-ageing and pre-straining stage of the novel thermomechanical treatment as observed in the 6000 series alloy, albeit at a higher rate. The treatments that exhibited the most promising mechanical properties (hardness, yield and ultimate tensile strength, elongation to failure) were found to be at a pre-ageing temperature of 175 degrees C for 1.5 h, 40% cold-rolling and re-ageing at 150 degrees C. The material was found to have yield strength of 590 MPa and 8.1% uniform elongation, which is well above the 5% acceptable value for structural applications and with strength levels adaptable for aerospace industries. The presence of higher volume fraction of well dispersed precipitates observed in the SEM further shows that intermediate cold-rolling reductions combines well with pre-ageing to give the best mechanical properties in this alloy.
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