Non-Schmid behaviour during secondary twinning in a polycrystalline magnesium alloy

MR Barnett, Z Keshavarz, AG Beer, X Ma - Acta materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
The present work combines electron backscattering diffraction and Schmid analysis to
investigate secondary twinning in the magnesium alloy Mg–3Al–1Zn. Inspection of the …

Crack initiation mechanism of extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy in the very high cycle fatigue regime

F Yang, SM Yin, SX Li, ZF Zhang - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2008 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic fatigue testing as well as conventional fatigue testing has been conducted on
commercial extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy. The S–N curve for this alloy appears to have a …

The role of twinning–detwinning on fatigue fracture morphology of Mg–3% Al–1% Zn alloy

SM Yin, F Yang, XM Yang, SD Wu, SX Li… - Materials Science and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Typical fracture morphology of Mg–3% Al–1% Zn (AZ31) alloy after low cycle fatigue was
investigated using SEM and optical microscope. It is shown that prolific lamellar structure in …

Strain controlled cyclic deformation behavior of an extruded magnesium alloy

XZ Lin, DL Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2008 - Elsevier
Fatigue properties of an extruded AZ31B magnesium alloy were evaluated using strain-
controlled push–pull cyclic tests at different total strain amplitudes at room temperature. The …

Cyclic deformation behavior of as-extruded Mg–3% Al–1% Zn

SM Yin, HJ Yang, SX Li, SD Wu, F Yang - Scripta Materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
The cyclic deformation behavior of extruded magnesium alloy Mg–3% Al–1% Zn (AZ31) was
studied under plastic strain amplitude and stress amplitude-control at room temperature. A …

Strain-controlled low-cycle fatigue properties of a newly developed extruded magnesium alloy

S Begum, DL Chen, S Xu, AA Luo - Metallurgical and Materials …, 2008 - Springer
To reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, magnesium alloys are being
considered for automotive and aerospace applications due to their low density, high specific …

Origin of the anomalous {10\\bar12} twinning during tensile deformation of Mg alloy sheet

J Koike, Y Sato, D Ando - Materials transactions, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Deformation twinning in Mg alloys is known to be an important deformation mechanism.
Frequently observed twins are single twins of f10" 12g, f10" 11g, f10" 13g and double twins …

Strain hardening due to {10 1 2} twinning in pure magnesium

CH Cáceres, P Lukáč, A Blake - Philosophical Magazine, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of grain segmentation by mechanical twinning on the strain-hardening behaviour
of textured and random polycrystals is assessed using the Kocks-Mecking method of …

Strain hardening and strain-rate sensitivity of an extruded magnesium alloy

XZ Lin, DL Chen - Journal of materials engineering and performance, 2008 - Springer
The strain-hardening behavior and strain-rate sensitivity of an extruded AZ31B magnesium
alloy were determined at different strain rates between 10− 2 and 10− 5 s− 1 in relation to …

[PDF][PDF] EBSD study on deformation twinning in AZ31 magnesium alloy during quasi‐in‐situ compression

HJ Yang, SM Yin, CX Huang, ZF Zhang… - Advanced Engineering …, 2008 - academia.edu
Magnesium alloys are attractive materials due to their excellent mechanical properties such
as high specific strength and stiffness, which make them potential candidates for structural …