Cunsheng Zhang

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of the As-Cast and As-Homogenized Mg-Zn-Sn-Mn-Ca Alloy Fabricated by Semicontinuous Casting

In this paper, a new type of low-cost Mg-3.36Zn-1.06Sn-0.33Mn-0.27Ca (wt %) alloy ingot with a diameter of 130 mm and a length of 4800 mm was fabricated by semicontinuous casting. The microstructure and mechanical properties at different areas of the ingot were investigated. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloy under different one-step and two-step homogenization conditions were studied. For the as-cast alloy, the average grain size and the second phase size decrease from the center to the surface of the ingot, while the area fraction of the second phase increases gradually. At one-half of the radius of the ingot, the alloy presents the optimum comprehensive mechanical properties along the axial direction, which is attributed to the combined effect of relatively small grain size, low second-phase fraction, and uniform microstructure. For the as-homogenized alloy, the optimum two-step homogenization process parameters were determined as 340 °C × 10 h + 520 °C × 16 h. After the optimum homogenization, the proper size and morphology of CaMgSn phase are conducive to improve the microstructure uniformity and the mechanical properties of the alloy. Besides, the yield strength of the alloy is reduced by 20.7% and the elongation is increased by 56.3%, which is more favorable for the subsequent hot deformation processing.

A Comparative Study of Different Necking Criteria for Numerical and Experimental Prediction of FLCs (vol 20, pg 1036, 2011)

Cunsheng Zhang and Guoqun Zhao, Key Laboratory for LiquidSolid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, 73 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250061, Shandong Province, People s Republic of China; and Lionel Leotoing, Dominique Guines, and Eric Ragneau, Université Européenne de Bretagne, INSA-LGCGM—EA 3913, 20, Avenue des Buttes de Coësmes, 35043 Rennes Cédex, France. Contact e-mails: zhangcs@ sdu.edu.cn and zhaogq@sdu.edu.cn. JMEPEG (2012) 21:120 ASM International DOI: 10.1007/s11665-010-9784-