Final published version
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - A systematic study of the effect of interrupted ageing conditions on the strength and toughness development of AA6061
AU - Risanti, D. D.
AU - Yin, M.
AU - del Castillo, P. E.J.Rivera Díaz
AU - van der Zwaag, S.
PY - 2009/10/15
Y1 - 2009/10/15
N2 - Recently it has been shown that for specific conditions interrupted ageing produces an improvement in mechanical properties of several heat treatable aluminium alloys. However, no systematic studies related to the heat treatment parameters leading to such improvements have been reported. The present work is a comprehensive study on the effects of the pre-interruption, interruption and post-interruption temperatures and times on the strength and toughness of AA6061. Each stage of the treatment is varied systematically and the effects were assessed through hardness, tensile and Kahn tear tests. Unlike earlier claims in the literature, for many combinations, no substantial improvement in strength and toughness over those values obtained via a regular T6 treatment was observed.
AB - Recently it has been shown that for specific conditions interrupted ageing produces an improvement in mechanical properties of several heat treatable aluminium alloys. However, no systematic studies related to the heat treatment parameters leading to such improvements have been reported. The present work is a comprehensive study on the effects of the pre-interruption, interruption and post-interruption temperatures and times on the strength and toughness of AA6061. Each stage of the treatment is varied systematically and the effects were assessed through hardness, tensile and Kahn tear tests. Unlike earlier claims in the literature, for many combinations, no substantial improvement in strength and toughness over those values obtained via a regular T6 treatment was observed.
KW - Ageing
KW - Al-Mg-Si alloy
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Secondary precipitation
KW - TEM
U2 - 10.1016/j.msea.2009.06.044
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2009.06.044
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:68949208460
VL - 523
SP - 99
EP - 111
JO - Materials Science and Engineering: A
JF - Materials Science and Engineering: A
SN - 0921-5093
IS - 1-2
ER -