About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Aluminum Alloys, Processing and Characterization
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Presentation Title |
Computational and Microstructural Analysis to Understand the Correlation between Precipitate Distribution and Mechanical Properties in Al-Cu-Mg-Mn Wire Material |
Author(s) |
Peer Decker, Axel Marquardt, Dominique Cance, Magali Guizard, Luisa Marzoli, Marcel Rosefort |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Peer Decker |
Abstract Scope |
Aluminum alloy development including the proper thermal treatment of materials is a complex matter since many factors e.g. like composition or phase formation amongst others influence the resulting properties. In the given case, an representative Al-Cu-Mg-Mn alloy was calculated and analyzed. The aim was to relate computational and experimental methods to better understand the processes in the material to come up with better modelling parameters that allow for a more precise prediction of materials properties.
Initial equilibrium calculations in Thermocalc were compared to x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results on physical samples. This data was used as starting point for precipitation simulation with the Thermocalc Prisma module to calculate the mechanical properties.
The experimental mechanical properties determined via tensile testing were compared to the computational findings. The correlation between experiment and simulation was then evaluated. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |