Chengpeng Wang

Severe Plastic Deformation Techniques for Bulk Ultrafine-grained Materials

Ultrafine-grained (UFG) metal materials processed by severe plastic deformation (SPD) have attracted the great interest. This overview introduces some attractive SPD techniques. Special attention is paid to two new deformation techniques named Elliptical Cross-section Spiral Channel Extrusion with Equal-area (ECSEE) and Elliptical Cross-section Spiral Channel Drawing with Equal-area (ECSDE). The mechanism and microstructure transformation characteristics of materials in SPD, current problems and ongoing research are also discussed in detail.

Deformation Analysis of Elliptical Cross-Section Spiral Equal Channel Extrusion Technique

Abstract The simplified slice-plain-strain method and the incorporating incremental superposition theory were adopted for the cumulative effective strain (CES) of elliptical cross-section spiral equal-channel extrusion (ECSEE) process. The ECSEE deformation was divided into two basic deformation modes: round-ellipse/ellipse-round cross-section transitional channel deformation and elliptical cross-section torsion transitional channel deformation, through tracking a particle of the cross section. The change laws for the combined CES of the particle with the channel length and the combined effective strain (ES) distribution were obtained by MATLAB software programming, and the results were compared with these via Deform-3D finite element method (FEM). The results show that the ECSEE accumulation torsion strain is greater than that of other forms, and the shear deformation is dominant. The blank cross-section ES presents the gradient decreasing trend from the periphery to the center. The FEM results also verify the accuracy of analytical solution.

Micro-structural Evolution in Metals Subjected to Simple Shear by a Particular Severe Plastic Deformation Method

Simple shear (SS) has been considered an optimal deformation method of severe plastic deformation (SPD). To achieve SS, a particular SPD method known as mutative channel torsion extrusion (MCTE) was designed based on the geometric equivalence of SS, and the cavity parameters of a die were calculated according to strain equivalence. To investigate the characteristics of micro-structural evolution subjected to MCTE, simulated and experimental investigations were conducted. The simulated results indicate that equivalent strain distribution on the cross section is relatively uniform, and the metallographic observations confirm the simulated phenomenon. Transmission electron microscopy investigations show that the process of grain refinement undergoes the formation of shear bands, dislocation cells, dislocation forests, large-angle grain boundaries, and recrystallization nuclei. Two types of mechanisms are proposed in view of the different effects of SS on grain refinement. Eventually, MCTE is ensured as an effective method for grain refinement.

Micro-plasticity Constitutive Model Taking Account of Size Effects for Pure Aluminum by Microindentation

The macro-plasticity power function constitutive model (MPFCM), the modified macroplasticity power function constitutive model (MMPFCM) and the micro-plasticity constitutive model (MCM) taking the material intrinsic length were established to characterize the microindentation size effects of pure aluminum, respectively. The experimental results indicated MPFCM only determined precisely in the great indentation load. While a modified one named MMPFCM was subsequently established taking account of the parameters variation with the increase of indentation depth. The conventional dimensional analysis method was employed to determine the strength coefficient K and the strain hardening exponent n of this modified model. And then MCM taking account of size effects was proposed based on the Taylor dislocation model. The firstorder steepest gradient descent method was adopted to obtain the material intrinsic length for the geometrically necessary dislocations. The parameters of MCM were identified by using the UMAT subroutine of ABAQUS software. The average absolute relative error of MCM is relatively lower than that of the macro-one. Although the precision of the modified one is also high, the applied scope is limited, only for the microindentation material. In addition, the intrinsic length 5.09 μm of pure aluminum is also obtained based on the strain gradient theory.