Strain-rate fluctuations during macroscopically uniform deformation of a solution-strengthened alloy

Rebecca N. Mudrock, Mikhail A. Lebyodkin, Peter Kurath, Armand J. Beaudoin, Tatiana A. Lebedkina

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Abstract

Using a work-hardened aluminum alloy that exhibits dynamic strain aging, oscillations in strain rate transitioning into intermittent local plastic activity are observed through an extended elastoplastic transition, before onset of the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect. Fourier analysis confirms this intermittency spans multiple scales. Wavelet analysis provides a method of quantifying transitions in the deformation behavior in both the time and frequency domains, and reveals a period doubling transition in both the local strain rate and global load signals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1093-1096
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume65
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

Keywords

  • Aluminum alloys
  • Dynamic phenomena
  • Dynamic strain aging
  • Image analysis
  • Plasticity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys

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