Strengthening mechanisms in an Al-Fe-Cr-Ti nano-quasicrystalline alloy and composites
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Journal Article
Abstract
We report a study of the structure-processing-property relationships in a high strength Al93Fe3Cr2Ti2 nano-quasicrystalline alloy and composites containing 10 and 20 vol% ductilising pure Al fibres. The superimposed contributions of several different strengthening mechanisms have been modelled analytically using data obtained from systematic characterisation of the monolithic alloy bar. An observed yield strength of 544 MPa has been substantiated from a combination of solid solution strengthening, work hardening, precipitation hardening and Hall-Petch grain size dependent effects. These materials have been shown by other authors in previous published work to be highly sensitive to the size distribution of particles in the powder from which they are made, and the subsequent thermomechanical processing conditions. The processing condition employed in this study provided micron-sized grains with a strong [111] preferential orientation along the extrusion direction and a bimodal size distribution of the icosahedral nano-quasicrystalline precipitates. Both were deemed to be a significant contributor to the high yield strength observed. The addition of pure Al fibres was found to decrease the yield strength linearly with increasing Al content, and to augment the ductility of the composites.
Date Issued
2016-08-30
Date Acceptance
2016-07-02
Citation
Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing, 2016, 672, pp.175-183
ISSN
0921-5093
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
175
End Page
183
Journal / Book Title
Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing
Volume
672
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
Aluminium
Quasicrystals
Mechanical properties
Strengthening mechanisms
Fibre composites
DISLOCATION DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
GRAIN-SIZE
STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION
PROCESSING VARIABLES
ALUMINUM-ALLOYS
FLOW-STRESS
METALS
PARTICLES
DEPENDENCE
YIELD
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-07-03