Modeling of Microsegregation and Homogenization of 6xxx Al-Alloys Including Precipitation and Strengthening During Homogenization Cooling.

ABSTRACT: Control of the homogenization process is important in obtaining high extrudability and desirable properties in 6xxx aluminum alloys. Three consecutive steps of the process chain were modeled. Microsegregation arising from solidification was described with the Scheil-Gulliver model. Dissolution of Mg2Si, Si (diamond) and β-AlFeSi (β-Al5FeSi) to α-AlFeSi (α-Al12(FeMn)3Si) transformation during homogenization have been described with a CALPHAD-based multicomponent diffusion Dual-Grain Model (DGM), accounting for grain size inhomogeneity. Mg2Si precipitation and associated strengthening during homogenization cooling were modeled with the Kampmann-Wagner Numerical (KWN) precipitation framework. The DGM model indicated that the fractions of β-AlFeSi and α-AlFeSi exhibit an exact spatial and temp

SUBMITTER: Sarafoglou PI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6539696 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature