Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2008

Abstract

Aluminum and copper cylindrical shells were plastically buckled under quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions with an Absorption Compression-Torsion Plasticity (ACTP: Patent No. WO 2005090822) combined mechanical testing device. Optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis were used to study the microscopic evolutions in the mechanically buckled aluminum and copper alloy samples. Optical microscopy showed evidence of the presence of second-phase particles in both the aluminum and copper alloys samples. Under dynamic loading aluminum samples showed more energy absorption as compared to copper samples. Material flow lines were more pronounced in the copper samples when observed by optical microscopy. The evidence that supports the increased energy absorption in the aluminum cylindrical shells can be supported by the TEM analysis more than the optical microscopy analysis. The TEM results showed highly oriented textured morphology with the presence of few dislocation cells structures and sub-structures.

Publisher Statement

Copyright 2008 ASM International. This paper was published in Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp. 755-766 and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of ASM International. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplications of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial pruposes, or modification of the content of this paper are prohibited. Available on publisher's site at http://www.springerlink.com/content/btg3k54p057162u5/.

Recommended Citation

Drusina, N., Mahapatra, R., Abdul-Latif, A., Baleh, R., Wilhelm, C., Stoyanov, P., and Es-Said, O.S.,2008, "Microstructure Analysis of Aluminum Alloy and Copper Alloy Circular Shells After Multiaxial Plastic Buckling," Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 17(5), pp. 755-766.

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