The Effect of Grain Refinement and Cooling Rate on the Hot Tearing of Wrought Aluminium Alloys

Mark  Easton; John F. Grandfield; David H. StJohn; Barbara Rinderer

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.519-521.1675

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The Effect of Grain Refinement and Cooling Rate on the Hot Tearing of Wrought Aluminium Alloys

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Using modifications to the Rappaz-Drezet-Gremaud hot tearing model, and using empirical equations developed for grain size and dendrite arm spacing (DAS) on the addition of grain refiner for a range of cooling rates, the effect of grain refinement and cooling rate on hot tearing susceptibility has been analysed. It was found that grain refinement decreased the grain size and made the grain morphology more globular. Therefore refining the grain size of an equiaxed dendritic grain decreased the hot tearing susceptibility. However, when the alloy was grain refined such that globular grain morphologies where obtained, further grain refinement increased the hot tearing susceptibility. Increasing the cooling decreased the grain size and made the grain morphology more dendritic and therefore increased the likelihood of hot tearing. The effect was particularly strong for equiaxed dendritic grain morphologies; hence grain refinement is increasingly important at high cooling rates to obtain more globular grain morphologies to reduce the hot tearing susceptibility.

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Mark Easton, John F. Grandfield, David H. StJohn, Barbara Rinderer

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Grain Morphology, Grain Refinement, Hot Tearing

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