1 Strength and Ductility

2 Determining Tensile Strength from the stress-strain curve is easy. Just locate the highest point on the curve. TS = 82 ksi

3 Yield strength  y is defined as the stress needed to permanently stretch a tensile specimen so that the permanent strains is (0.2%)

4 Example: Determine the 0.2% yield strength of this material

5 Start by drawing a line from.002 parallel to the elastic portion of the stress-strain curve

6 This gives the yield strength – about 78 ksi in this case

7 When a part is stressed plastically, part of the strain is elastic and temporary, part is plastic and permanent. Permanent strain is.002 Total strain under load is about.0046

8 Example: Determine the true stress and strain just before necking occurs Answer:  = 82 ksi just before necking occurs At this point  =  T = (1+) = 82ksi (1.014) = 83 ksi  T = ln(1+) = ln(1.014) =.0139

9 An edge dislocation appears as an extra half-plane of atoms inserted into the crystal

10 Edge dislocations appears as black lines in a high magnification micrograph 51,540X Dislocation

11 A screw dislocation is like a tear in the material Shear force It is called a screw dislocation because the dislocation causes planes in the lattice to take a helical shape much like the screw thread Maximum strain energy is concentrated along this line

12 Movement of Dislocations Both edge and screw dislocations can move when a shear stress is applied. The “extra plane” of atoms moves gradually through the crystal, much as a caterpillar moves.

13 The Burgers vector b is a vector with the length and direction that the dislocation line will move during slip edge dislocation screw dislocation

14 Slip system Burger’s vector Slip plane Dislocation line The Burger’s vector and the dislocation line together form a slip plane The Burger’s vector defines the slip direction The slip direction and the slip plane together form a slip system

15 Slip occurs preferentially in close- packed directions on close-packed planes Example: FCC has 4 close packed planes. There are 3 close-packed directions in each plane. 4 planes x 3 directions/plane = 12 possible slip systems in FCC

16 Slip occurs preferentially in close-packed directions on close-packed planes BCC has 6 “kind of” close packed planes (the {110} family). There are 2 close-packed directions in each plane. 6 planes x 2 directions/plane = 12 possible slip systems in BCC Because the planes are not close-packed, slip is not as easy in BCC as in FCC.

17 Slip occurs preferentially in close- packed directions on close-packed planes Example: HCP has only 1 set of close-packed planes. There are 3 close-packed directions in this plane. 1 plane x 3 directions/plane = 3 possible slip systems in HCP. Consequently slip is not easy in HCP materials.

18 Specimens in tension deform most readily when the slip system is at a 45°angle to the direction of pull Example: Hexagonal Close-packed crystals have one close-packed plane (0001 plane)

19 Grains boundaries are zones of atomic disorder between regions of well-ordered atoms Well-ordered atoms Zone of disorder Grain boundary

20 Slip lines are oriented differently within each grain of this plastically deformed copper sample Even within crystals, different slip systems can be seen

21 Plastic deformation alters the grain structure of polycrystalline materials Before deformation After deformation

22 The term microstructure refers to the shape and size of grains 1.Polish the surface of the metal 2.Attack it with an acid to preferentially remove material between grains 3.Observe under a microscope, and photograph it. Microstructure is best observed using a photomicrograph

23 Linear Grain Size Determination A B C 90X Each line is 50 mm long in a 90X micrograph 1.Count # of boundaries each line crosses 2.Divide by 50 to get grains/mm in the photo 3.Multiply by 90 to get true # of grains/mm

24 Area-based Grain Size Determination Grain size 6 N = 2 n-1 Where: N = number of grains per square inch at 100X n = grain size Grain size 5 Grain size 4 Grain size 3 The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) provides a standard set of hexagonal grids to be used with 100X photomicrographs Grains per square inch is given by:

25 Example: Are the grains in the photo grain size 6? 100X Grain size 6 N = 2 n-1 Where: N = number of grains per square inch at 100X n = grain size Try to match the hexagon size to the grain size in the micrograph

26 Are the grains in the photo grain size 5? 100X Grain size 5 N = 2 n-1 Where: N = number of grains per square inch at 100X n = grain size

27 Are the grains in the photo grain size 4? 100X Grain size 4 N = 2 n-1 Where: N = number of grains per square inch at 100X n = grain size

28 Are the grains in the photo grain size 3? 100X Grain size 3 N = 2 n-1 Where: N = number of grains per square inch at 100X n = grain size

29 Are the grains in the photo grain size 2? 100X Grain size 2 N = 2 n-1 Where: N = number of grains per square inch at 100X n = grain size

30 A Frank-Read source can generate dislocations (a) A dislocation is pinned at two ends by lattice defects. (b) As the dislocation continues to move, it bends. (c) Dislocation loops back on itself. (d) A new dislocation is created.

31 Coldworking increases dislocation density to the point that they start to interfere with each other

32 Yield Strength, Tensile Strength, and Ductility as Functions of % Cold Work Yield StrengthTensile StrengthDuctility % Cold Work MPa %EL ksi

33 Recrystallization of cold-worked brass a)33% cold-worked brass before annealing b) 3 s at 580°C – onset of recrystallization c) 4 s at 580°C d) 8 s at 580°C – recrystallization is complete

34 RecoveryGrain growth Annealing Temperature (deg C) Effect of annealing on a cold-worked brass Recrystallization ductility TS Grain size