Effect of rare earth additions on the critical resolved shear stresses of magnesium alloys

V. Herrera-Solaz, P. Hidalgo-Manrique, M. T. Pérez-Prado, D. Letzig, J. Llorca, J. Segurado*

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    Abstract

    An inverse optimization strategy based on crystal plasticity finite element simulations of polycrystals was used to obtain the critical resolved shear stresses of two Mg-1%Mn alloys containing neodymium from macroscopic experimental data. It was found that, with respect to pure Mg, the presence of Nd increases the CRSSbasal, CRSStwinning, and the CRSSbasal/CRSStwinning ratio and decreases the CRSS non-basal/CRSStwinning ratio. Additions of neodymium as high as 1 wt% result in similar CRSSs values for all deformation modes and, thus, in an isotropic yielding behavior.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)199-203
    Number of pages5
    JournalMaterials Letters
    Volume128
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2014

    Keywords

    • Critical resolved shear stresses
    • Crystal plasticity
    • Inverse optimization
    • Magnesium alloys
    • Rare earths

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