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Superplastic Deformation of an Al-Li-Cu-Zr Alloy under Uniaxial and Biaxial Tension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

Ho-Sung Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical & Materials Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA. 95616, U.S.A.
Amiya K. Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical & Materials Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA. 95616, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The superplasticity of an Al-Li-Cu-Zr alloy has been studied under uniaxial tension and biaxial bulging conditions using hydrostatic pressure. An optimum tensile elongation of 850% at a strain rate of 3×10−4 /sec was obtained at 758 K. The maximum true thickness strain was 1.22 for a biaxially deformed specimen under the same conditions. It was shown that strain rate dependent flow hardening was related to necking profile. It was observed that cavity growth during superplastic deformation depended on the type of loading. Under biaxial bulging conditions, the cavities grew by forming cavity fissure networks along the grain boundaries. It was found that, by the superimposition of hydrostatic pressure, cavitation was retarded and the superplastic ductility was increased in both tensile and biaxial deformation.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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