Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 202, Issue -, Pages 350-365Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.10.059
Keywords
Dynamic fracture initiation; Rolled Mg alloy; Texture; Tensile twinning; Crack tip constraint; Fracture toughness
Funding
- Science and Engineering Research Board (Government of India)
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Static and dynamic fracture experiments on rolled AZ31 Mg alloy revealed different fracture mechanisms under different loading conditions, with an increase in twin density and associated texture under dynamic loading, leading to a significant increase in fracture toughness at high loading rates.
Static and dynamic fracture experiments are performed using fatigue pre-cracked three-point bend specimens of a rolled AZ31 Mg alloy on a servo-hydraulic universal testing machine and a Hopkinson bar setup, respectively. The results are interpreted using in-situ optical imaging along with digital image correlation analysis. Microstructural analysis reveals that the fracture mechanism changes from twin-induced quasi-brittle cracking for static loading to micro-void growth and coalescence under dynamic loading accompanied by decrease in tensile twinning near the tip with loading rate. By contrast, the density of twins near the far-edge of the ligament and associated texture change enhance strongly with loading rate. The fracture toughness increases dramatically at high loading rates which is attributed to enhanced work of separation and dissipation in the background plastic zone. (c) 2020 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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