Deformation behaviour and microstructures of semi-solid A356.2 alloy prepared by radial forging process during high solid fraction compression
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture
Published online on May 28, 2016
Abstract
Radial forging was introduced to the strain-induced step in the strain-induced melt activation process to prepare high-quality semi-solid A356.2 billet for the high solid fraction compression. Then, the deformation behaviour and microstructures at different compression velocities, temperatures and deformation zones were investigated. The results showed that radial forging can induce enough strain at 60% reduction of area to prepare ideal semi-solid microstructure. The microstructure had no obvious improvement at 75% reduction of area because the distortion energy may be saturated at 60%. During compression tests, the flow stress was sensitive to compression velocity (Vc) but was insensitive to holding temperature (Th), and it obeyed the power law