Enhanced Formability of Magnesium Alloy Rolled Plates by 101¯2 Tensile Twinning and Recrystallization
Jia-fei Deng, Jing Tian, Yancai Zhou, Yuanying Chang, Wei Liang, Jinyao Ma
Abstract
To solve the problem of poor formability of magnesium alloys, the bending and straightening process was used to successfully introduce large-volume 101¯2 tensile twins and dynamic recrystallization into the plates, and the comprehensive mechanical properties of the plates were improved, in which the anisotropy index (Lankford value: r¯) decreased by 77%, and the corresponding Erishen value (IE) increased by 88%. The research shows that most of the continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX) inherit the grain orientation of the parent grains, and a few have deviations from the parent grains. The twinning-assisted dynamic recrystallization (TDRX) can effectively inherit the grain orientation of the parent grain and retain the orientation relationship of the 101¯2 tensile twin. The cooperation of the pre-set tensile twinning and various dynamic recrystallization processes leads to the deflection of the basal plane, which effectively weakens the basal texture and promotes the activation of various non-basal slip systems. Combined with grain refinement strengthening and dislocation strengthening, the magnesium alloy plate, after bending and straightening, obtains good comprehensive mechanical properties.