Strain-controlled low cycle fatigue properties of a rare-earth containing ME20 magnesium alloy
Strain-controlled low cycle fatigue properties of a rare-earth containing ME20 magnesium alloy
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含稀土 ME20 镁合金的应变控制低周疲劳性能
DOI:
10.1016/j.msea.2016.03.024
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发表时间:
2016-04-20
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影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Ma, Z. Y.
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作者:
Mirza, F. A.;Wang, K.;Ma, Z. Y.
The present study was aimed to evaluate the strain-controlled cyclic deformation characteristics and low cycle fatigue (LCF) life of a low (similar to 0.3 wt%) Ce-containing, ME20-H112 magnesium alloy. The alloy contained equiaxed grains with ellipsoidal particles containing Mg and Ce (Mg12Ce), and exhibited a relatively weak basal texture. Unlike the high rare earth (RE)-containing magnesium alloy, the ME20M-H112 alloy exhibited asymmetrical hysteresis loops somewhat similar to the RE-free extruded Mg alloys due to the presence of twinning-detwinning activities during cyclic deformation. While cyclic stabilization was barely achieved even at the lower strain amplitudes, cyclic softening was the predominant characteristics at most strain amplitudes. The ME20M-H112 alloy showed basically an equivalent fatigue life to that of the RE-free extruded Mg alloys, which could be described by the Coffin-Manson law and Basquin's equation. Fatigue crack was observed to initiate from the near-surface imperfections, and in contrast to the typical fatigue striations, the present alloy showed some shallow dimples along with some fractions of quasi-cleavage features in the crack propagation area. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.