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Computer Simulation of Grain Boundary Character in a Superplastic Aluminum Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

T.R. McNelley  and
M.T. Peréz-Prado
T.R. McNelley
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, 700 Dyer Road, Monterey, CA 93943-5146; [email protected]
M.T. Peréz-Prado
Affiliation:
Materials Science Group, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411; [email protected]
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Abstract

High-angle grain boundaries are generally deemed necessary for superplasticity in metals. In polycrystalline materials the grain boundary character must be described in terms of a probability distribution rather than by a single parameter, and little has been reported on the relationship between this distribution and fine-grain superplasticity. For aluminum alloys that exhibit continuous recrystallization the results of computer-aided electron backscatter diffraction analysis have shown that bimodal grain boundary disorientation distributions are present in as-processed material and persist during subsequent annealing. Such distributions may be simulated by computer methods based on a model of the microstructure which assumes that deformation banding occurs during deformation processing. High-angle boundaries (≥30°) develop in association with deformation banding while boundaries of lower disorientation (<30°) develop by dislocation reaction within the bands. Improved understanding of the grain boundary types associated with various microstructural transformation mechanisms will aid the design of processes to produce superplastic microstructures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 601: Symposium HH – Superplasticity-Current Status & Future Potential , 1999 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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