The room temperature mechanical properties of a thermo-mechanically processed Thixocast A356 aluminum alloy

Evaluating the mechanical properties of a thermomechanically processed unmodified A356 Al alloy employing shear punch testing method

“…The load-displacement data were converted to shear stressdisplacement data using the following equation. The related data acquisition and result analyses have been thoroughly explained elsewhere [20,[26][27][28][29].…”

“…where P is the applied load, F is the friction load, t is the specimen thickness, r is the average of punch and receiving-hole radii and C is the correlation coefficient (C = 0.67 for Al-Mg-Si alloys [20]). Hardness measurements were also performed using a Brinell hardness tester under the load of 10 kg.…”

“…Taking the disadvantages of the above-mentioned approaches into consideration, thermomechanical processing (TMP) has been put into practice by researchers as an alternative efficient method to control the morphology of the Si particles in the microstructure of the Al-Si alloys [19][20][21][22][23]. In this context, Zarei-Hanzaki et al [20] studied the room temperature mechanical characteristics of a Srmodified thixocast A356 Al alloy after hot compression.…”

“…In this context, Zarei-Hanzaki et al [20] studied the room temperature mechanical characteristics of a Srmodified thixocast A356 Al alloy after hot compression. They showed that the simultaneous presence of deformation and heat influences the morphology of the Si particles, thereby resulting in higher strength without sacrificing the ductility.…”

An investigation into the room temperature mechanical properties of nanocrystalline austenitic stainless steels

“…This eventually ends to separation of the punched out piece. The strength and ductility parameters obtained by analyzing the SPT curve may well be correlated with the corresponding conventional tensile properties [13].…”