Abstract
The stress-strain behavior of cast 319-T6 aluminum-copper alloys with three different secondary dendrite arm spacings (SDASs) was studied at high temperatures and under thermomechanical deformation, exposing marked cyclic softening. A two state-variable unified inelastic constitutive model proposed earlier was modified to describe the stress-strain responses of these alloys by considering the variation of hardening and recovery functions of back-stress and drag stress. The SDAS was incorporated in the model as a length-scale parameter, and the material constants were determined systematically from experiments on a cast 319-T6 aluminum with small and large SDASs. The capabilities of the constitutive model were checked by the comparisons of simulations to experiments in the small-strain regime (<0.005). The results show that the model provides successful simulations for material response after thermal exposure at high temperature and cyclic transient stress-strain behavior. The causes of mechanical behaviors at the macro scale are discussed based on microstructural changes during thermal exposure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-151 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Metals and Alloys