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The flow behavior modeling of AZ61 magnesium alloy at elevated temperatures considering the effects of strain rate and grain size

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In this study, the hot deformation behavior of a magnesium alloy was investigated under various process conditions. Tensile testing experiments were performed to determine the effects of temperature, strain, and strain rate on the flow stress of the material. A new constitutive model was established to characterize the dynamic recrystallization of the magnesium alloy at elevated temperatures. The critical strain was evaluated based on the temperature-compensated strain rate to consider the work softening. The amount of high temperature softening due to dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization was formulated as a function of strain, strain rate, and temperature. It was demonstrated that the proposed model is able to predict the flow softening as well as the growing strain hardening of the material very accurately. The failure characteristics were also studied at different temperatures and strain rates. Finally, the grain size effect on the flow behavior of the material was discussed.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-743, Korea

    Ki-Hoon Shin & Hong Seok Kim

  2. Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 139-743, Korea

    Yong-Sung Lee

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Shin, KH., Lee, YS. & Kim, H.S. The flow behavior modeling of AZ61 magnesium alloy at elevated temperatures considering the effects of strain rate and grain size. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 15, 745–751 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-014-0395-9

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