Home High frequency cycling behaviour of three AZ magnesium alloys – microstructural characterisation
Article
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

High frequency cycling behaviour of three AZ magnesium alloys – microstructural characterisation

  • Zuzanka Trojanová , Peter Palček , Mária Chalupová , Pavel Lukáč and Ivana Hlaváčová
Published/Copyright: September 29, 2016
Become an author with De Gruyter Brill
Author Information
International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 107 Issue 10

Abstract

Three Mg–Al–Zn alloys, namely AZ31, AZ63 and AZ91, were subjected to high frequency cyclic loading with the aim of revealing their fatigue behaviour. AZ63 and AZ91 alloys contained discontinuous and continuous precipitates and also the intermetallic compound Mg17Al12. Samples were loaded step by step at increasing stress amplitudes at room temperature. Three characteristics of the cycled samples were investigated: the sample surface, the fatigue fracture surface and the fracture surface after the static fracture of samples. Details of the fatigue and fracture behaviour were examined using scanning electron microscopy. The significant roles of twinning and dislocation movement during the high frequency cycling are discussed. The limited plasticity of alloys estimated during the high frequency cycling is due to a decrease in the moving dislocation density entering into the thermally activated process.

Keywords: Magnesium alloys; High frequency cycling; Fatigue; Fracture; Twinning
*Correspondence address, Prof. RNDr. Zuzanka Trojanová, DrSc., Department of Physics of Materials Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Praha 2, Czech Republic, Tel.: +420951551658, Fax: +420951551490, E-mail:

References

[1] I.J.Polmear: Mater. Sci. Technol.10 (1994) 1. 10.1179/mst.1994.10.1.1Search in Google Scholar

[2] G.Murugan, K.Raghukandan, U.T.S.Pillai, B.C.Pai, K.Mahadevan: Mater. Des.30 (2009) 2636. 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.10.032Search in Google Scholar

[3] G.Eisenmeier, B.Holzwarth, H.W.Höppel, H.Mughrabi: Mater. Sci. Eng. A319 (2001) 578. 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01105-4Search in Google Scholar

[4] T.S.Shih, W.S.Liu, Y.J.Chen: Mater. Sci. Eng. A325 (2002) 152. 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01411-3Search in Google Scholar

[5] M.Matsuzuki, S.Horibe: Mater. Sci. Eng. A504 (2009)169. 10.1016/j.msea.2008.10.034Search in Google Scholar

[6] S.Ishihara, Z.Nan, T.Goshima: Mater. Sci. Eng. A468–470 (2007) 214. 10.1016/j.msea.2006.09.124Search in Google Scholar

[7] M.F.Horstemeyer, N.Yang, K.Gall, D.L.McDowell, J.Fan, P.M.Gullett: Acta Mater.52 (2004) 1327. 10.1016/j.actamat.2003.11.018Search in Google Scholar

[8] S.Fintová, L.Kunz: J. Mech. Behav. Biomed.42 (2015) 219. 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.11.019Search in Google Scholar PubMed

[9] M.Horynová, J.Zapletal, P.Doležal, P.Gejdoš: Mater. Des.45 (2013) 253. 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.08.079Search in Google Scholar

[10] Z.M.Li, Q.G.Wang, A.A.Luo, L.M.Peng, P.H.Fu, Y.X.Wang: Mater. Sci. Eng. A582 (2013) 170. 10.1016/j.msea.2013.06.001Search in Google Scholar

[11] Z.Trojanová, T.Podrábský, P.Lukáč, R.W.Armstrong, J.Pešička, M.Forejt: Int. J. Mater. Res.104 (2013) 762. 10.3139/146.110922Search in Google Scholar

[12] R.W.Armstrong, S.M.Walley: Int. Mater. Rev.53 (2008) 105. 10.1179/174328008X277795Search in Google Scholar

[13] J.Porubčan, P.Palček, D.Blažek, Z.Trojanová: Solid State Phenomena184 (2012) 197. 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.184.197Search in Google Scholar

[14] F.Nový, M.Janeček, V.Škorík, J.Müller, L.Wagner: Int. J. Mater. Res.100 (2009) 288. 10.3139/146.110043Search in Google Scholar

[15] Z.Trojanová, P.Palček, M.Chalupová, I.Hlaváčová, P.Lukáč: Arch. Mater. Sci. Eng.71 (2015) 27.Search in Google Scholar

[16] A.Mielczarek, W.Riehemann, Z.Trojanová, P.Lukáč: Mater. Sci. Eng. A462 (2007) 230. 10.1016/j.msea.2005.11.087Search in Google Scholar

[17] M.Kufová, O.Bokůvka, F.Nový, M.Chalupová: Proc. 20th Danubia – Adria Symposium on Experimental Metods in Solid Mechanics, Györ, Hungary (2003)140.Search in Google Scholar

[18] R.Armstrong, I.Codd, R.M.Douthwaite, N.J.Petch: Philos. Mag.7 (1962) 45. 10.1080/14786436208201857Search in Google Scholar

[19] C.H.Cáceres, G.E.Mann, J.R.Griffiths: Metal. Mater. Trans.42A (2011) 1950. 10.1007/s11661-010-0599-2Search in Google Scholar

[20] R.B.Figueiredo, Z.Száraz, Z.Trojanová, P.Lukáč, T.G.Langdon: Scr. Mater.63 (2010) 504. 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.05.016Search in Google Scholar

[21] P.Klimanek, A.Pötzsch: Mater. Sci. Eng. A324 (2002) 145. 10.1016/S0921-5093(01)01297-7Search in Google Scholar

[22] U.F.Kocks, A.S.Argon, M.F.Ashby, in: B.Chalmers, J.W.Chistian, T.B.Massalski (Eds.), Prog. Mater. Sci.19, Pergamon, Oxford (1975) 1077.Search in Google Scholar

[23] K.Ono: J. Appl. Phys.39 (1968) 1803. 10.1063/1.1656434Search in Google Scholar

[24] Z.Trojanová, P.Lukáč, K.U.Kainer: Adv. Eng. Mater.9 (2007) 370. 10.1002/adem.200700018Search in Google Scholar

[25] Z.Trojanová, P.Lukáč: Int. J. Mater. Res.100 (2009) 270. 10.3139/146.110048Search in Google Scholar

[26] Z.Trojanová, K.Máthis, P.Lukáč, G.Németh, F.Chmelík: Mater. Chem. Phys.130 (2011) 1146. 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.08.045Search in Google Scholar

[27] V.I.Startsev, in: F.R.N.Nabarro (Ed.), Dislocations in Solids, Vol. 6, North Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam (1983) 145. ISBN: 978-0-444-53443-9.Search in Google Scholar

[28] G.Regazzoni, U.F.Kocks, P.S.Follansbee: Acta Metall.35 (1987) 2865. 10.1016/0001-6160(87)90285-9Search in Google Scholar

[29] R.Labusch: Acta Metall.20 (1972) 917. 10.1016/0001-6160(72)90085-5Search in Google Scholar

Received: 2016-03-23
Accepted: 2016-06-17
Published Online: 2016-09-29
Published in Print: 2016-10-14

© 2016, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Original Contributions
  4. A metastable phase diagram for the dynamic transformation of austenite at temperatures above the Ae3
  5. Experimental investigation of phase equilibria in the Co–Ni–Zr ternary system
  6. Phase equilibria of the Ni–Sb–Zn system at 600 °C
  7. High frequency cycling behaviour of three AZ magnesium alloys – microstructural characterisation
  8. Influence of auxetic foam in quasi-static axial crushing
  9. Electrochemical behaviour of iron and AISI 304 stainless steel in simulated acid rain solution
  10. Mechanochemical synthesis of CaMoO4 nanoparticles: kinetics and characterization
  11. Synthesis and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles prepared hydrothermally at different reaction temperatures and pH
  12. Influence of SPS parameters on the density and hardness of zinc selenide
  13. Investigation into the kinetic behavior of molten aluminum pressureless infiltration into SiC preforms
  14. Review
  15. Centrifugal casting technique baseline knowledge, applications, and processing parameters: overview
  16. People
  17. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Hirsch on the occasion of his 65th birthday
  18. DGM News
  19. DGM News
https://doi.org/10.3139/146.111414
Keywords for this article
Magnesium alloys; High frequency cycling; Fatigue; Fracture; Twinning

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Original Contributions
  4. A metastable phase diagram for the dynamic transformation of austenite at temperatures above the Ae3
  5. Experimental investigation of phase equilibria in the Co–Ni–Zr ternary system
  6. Phase equilibria of the Ni–Sb–Zn system at 600 °C
  7. High frequency cycling behaviour of three AZ magnesium alloys – microstructural characterisation
  8. Influence of auxetic foam in quasi-static axial crushing
  9. Electrochemical behaviour of iron and AISI 304 stainless steel in simulated acid rain solution
  10. Mechanochemical synthesis of CaMoO4 nanoparticles: kinetics and characterization
  11. Synthesis and characterization of iron oxide nanoparticles prepared hydrothermally at different reaction temperatures and pH
  12. Influence of SPS parameters on the density and hardness of zinc selenide
  13. Investigation into the kinetic behavior of molten aluminum pressureless infiltration into SiC preforms
  14. Review
  15. Centrifugal casting technique baseline knowledge, applications, and processing parameters: overview
  16. People
  17. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Hirsch on the occasion of his 65th birthday
  18. DGM News
  19. DGM News
Sign up now to receive a 20% welcome discount
Institutional Access
How does access work?
Have an idea on how to improve our website?
Please write us.
© 2025 De Gruyter Brill
Downloaded on 17.11.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.3139/146.111414/html
Scroll to top button