The microstructure, tensile, and shear deformation behavior of an AZ31 magnesium alloy after extrusion and equal channel angular pressing

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3512-3517

  Masoudpanah, S M ^a   Mahmudi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZ31 MAGNESIUM ALLOY; BASAL PLANES; EQUAL-CHANNEL; GRAIN STRUCTURES; NORMAL DIRECTION; SHEAR PUNCH; STRENGTHENING EFFECT; TEXTURE SOFTENING; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

ALLOYS; DUCTILITY; EXTRUSION; GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSING (FORMING); SHEAR STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING; YIELD STRESS;

EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING;

EID: 77952745710     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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