Towards elucidating the process-structure-performance relationships of lightweight structural alloys

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dc.contributorBrewer, Luke N.
dc.contributorBarkey, Mark E.
dc.contributorGenau, Amber L.
dc.contributor.advisorJordon, James B.
dc.contributor.advisorAllison, Paul G.
dc.contributor.authorRutherford, Benjamin Andrew
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T16:28:18Z
dc.date.available2021-05-12T16:28:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractAdditive manufacturing processes have become a leading technology for research innovation. Additive manufacturing offers the capacity to fabricate complex, near net shape components and the possibility to repair existing components. The vast majority of additive processes are fusion-based, relying on melting and solidification, which can lead to poor mechanical performance due to intense thermal gradients leading to solidification cracking and columnar dendritic grain growth. Additive Friction Stir-Deposition (AFS-D) is a novel technique that implements solid-state severe deformation to create depositions additively. As such, the AFS-D process offers potential to fabricate fully dense components with wrought-like mechanical performance and microstructure. Likewise, AFS-D avoids the intense thermal gradients of fusion welding that leads to solidification cracking in lightweight materials in aerospace applications, such as aluminum alloys. In this research, the process-structure-property relationship is quantified by means of microstructure characterization and mechanical evaluation of AFS-D AA6061. To understand the process-structure-property relationships of AFS-D as-deposited AA6061, test specimens in two orthogonal directions, longitudinal and build, were subjected to quasi-static monotonic tension and strain-controlled fatigue testing. Microstructural evaluation revealed the refinement of constituent particles in AFS-D AA6061, in addition to dynamic recrystallization and grain refinement. Mechanical results indicated homogeneous strength between the two directions investigated at a similar strength to wrought AA6061-O, and fatigue performance similar to the wrought in the longitudinal direction. Microstructural examination of a standard heat treatment for the T6 temper of AA6061 on AFS-D AA6061 was conducted. This led to mechanical performance superior in strength to the control wrought AA6061-T651 in monotonic tension tests, and similar fatigue performance to the as-deposited AFS-D AA6061 and wrought AA6061. Fractography revealed an evolution in the deformation behavior for post deposition heat treated AFS-D AA6061 compared to the as-deposited specimens. Lastly, the mean strain effects of heat treated AFS-D AA6061 and a lightweight rolled aerospace aluminum alloy, AA2099-T83, are quantified and captured in this work. The tensile stable cycle mean stress proved detrimental to the fatigue performance of aluminum alloys. A modified strain-based Morrow model is proposed in this work that successfully captures the effect of tensile mean strain loading conditions on these aluminum alloys.en_US
dc.format.extent126 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0003715
dc.identifier.otherRutherford_alatus_0004D_14312
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/7658
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectMaterials science
dc.titleTowards elucidating the process-structure-performance relationships of lightweight structural alloysen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Mechanical Engineering
etdms.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineering
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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