Microstructure and mechanical property of rolled-weld magnesium alloy AZ31.pdf

Materials and Design 36 (2012) 577–583 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Materials and Design journal homepage: www.else /locate/matdes Microstructure and mechanical property of rolled-weld magnesium alloy AZ31 Jian Chen, Tianmo Liu ⇑, Liwei Lu, Yueyang Zhang, Wen Zeng College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China National Engineering Research Center for Mg Alloys, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, a combined cold-rolling and welding technique was applied to magnesium alloy AZ31 in Received 13 October 2011 order to investigate the effect of cold rolling and static recrystallization on microstructures evolution Accepted 2 December 2011 and mechanical properties of the welded joints. The results showed that the 7% rolled-weld sample Available online 9 December 2011 obtained the highest tensile strength (252 MPa) and strength coefficient (87.6%). With the increase of rolling strain, the average grain size decreased in heat affected zone due to the effect of static recrystal- Keywords: lization. The recovery, recrystallization nuclei, and grain growth processes in heat affected zone during D. Welding welding were analyzed by thermodynamic theories and models, respectively. However, abnormal voids E. Mechanical F. Microstructure