Journal
ACTA MATERIALIA
Volume 58, Issue 8, Pages 3103-3116Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.01.049
Keywords
Dynamic plastic deformation; Shear bands; Nano-scale twins; Nano-grained structure; Dislocation structure
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50971122, 50431010, 50621091, 50890171, 50911130230]
- Shenyang Science & Technology Project [1071107-1-00]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2005CB623604]
- Danish National Research Foundation
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Microstructural evolution associated with the shear banding in nano-scale twin/matrix (T/M) lamellae of a Cu-Al alloy processed by means of dynamic plastic deformation was investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution TEM The development of a shear band was found to be a two-stage process, namely a nucleation stage resulting in a narrow band composed of nano-sized (sub)grams intersecting the T/M lamellae, followed by a thickening stage of the narrow band into adjacent T/M lamellae regions The nucleation stage occurred within a narrow region of an almost constant thickness (100-200 nm thick, referred to as core region) and consisted of three steps (I) initiation of localized deformation (bending, necking, and detwinning) against the T/M lamellae, (2) evolution of a dislocation structure within the detwinned band, and (3) transformation of the detwinned dislocation structure (DDS) into a nano-sized (sub)grain structure (NGS) On the two sides of a core region, two transition layers (TRLs) exist where the T/M lamellae experienced much less shear strain The interface boundaries separating the core region and the TRLs are characterized by very large shear strain gradients accommodated by high density of dislocations Increasing shear strains leads to thickening of shear bands at the expense of the adjoining T/M lamellae, which is composed of thickening of the core region by transforming the TR Ls into the core region with DDS and NOS, analogous to steps (2) and (3) of the nucleation process, and outward movement of the Tins by deforming the adjoining T/M lamellae Grain sizes in the well-developed shear bands are obviously larger than the lamellar thickness of original T/M lamellae (C) 2010 Acta Materialia Inc Published by Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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