The Role of Second Phase Hard Particles on Hole Stretchability of Two AA6xxx Alloys

Xiaohua Hu, Xin Sun, Sergey Golovashchenko

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Abstract

The hole stretchability of two Aluminum Alloys (AA6111 and AA6022) are studied by using a two stages integrated finite element framework where the edge geometry and edge damages from the hole piercing processes were considered in the subsequent hole expansion processes. Experimentally it has been found that AA6022 has higher hole expansion ratios than those of AA6111. This observation has been nicely captured by finite element simulations. The main cause of differences have been identified to the volume fractions of the random distributed second phase hard particles which play a critical role in determining the fracture strains of the materials.

Original languageEnglish
JournalSAE Technical Papers
Volume2017-March
Issue numberMarch
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 28 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventSAE World Congress Experience, WCX 2017 - Detroit, United States
Duration: Apr 4 2017Apr 6 2017

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