Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference (한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity and materials processing (한국소성∙가공학회)
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MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HOT FORGED AL 6061 ALLOY

  • Kwon Y.-N. (Materials Processing Department, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials(KIMM)) ;
  • Lee Y.-S. (Materials Processing Department, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials(KIMM)) ;
  • Lee J.-H. (Materials Processing Department, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials(KIMM))
  • Published : 2003.10.01
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Abstract

Many researches have been already done on the issues of high temperature deformation and the microstructural evolution. The information has been very useful for the plasticity industry, especially successful for the extrusion. However, the parts made with forging usually have a complex shape. It is difficult to control the distribution of the variables like strain, strain rate and temperature rise due to the working heat during a hot-forging process. Consequently, the microstructural variation could be occurred depending on the plastic deformation history that the forged part would get during a hot forging. In the present study, the microstructural characteristic of a hot-forged 6061 aluminum alloy has been discussed on the aspect of grain size evolution. A forging of 6061 aluminum alloy has been carried out for a complex shape with a dimensional variation. Also, finite element analysis has been done to understand how the deformation variables such as strain, strain rate give an influence on the microstructure of a hot forged aluminum product.

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