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Chinese Journal of Materials Research  2018, Vol. 32 Issue (11): 853-860    DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2017.766
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Effect of Cu Content on Anisotropy of Mechanical Property of Al-Cu-Mn Alloy
Fang YU1,3, Daofen XU2,3,4, Songyi CHEN2,3, Kanghua CHEN1,2,3(), Xifeng WANG1,3, Debo LIU5, Yunlong MA5, Cheng HUANG5, Dongyang YAN5
1 Science and Technology on High Strength Structural Materials Laboratory, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
2 Light Alloy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
3 Nonferrous Metal Oriented Advanced Structural Materials and Manufacturing Cooperative Innovation Center, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
4 Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, Guilin 541104, China
5 Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering, Beijing 100076, China
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Fang YU, Daofen XU, Songyi CHEN, Kanghua CHEN, Xifeng WANG, Debo LIU, Yunlong MA, Cheng HUANG, Dongyang YAN. Effect of Cu Content on Anisotropy of Mechanical Property of Al-Cu-Mn Alloy. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2018, 32(11): 853-860.

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Abstract  

The effect of Cu-content on microstructure and fracture behavior of Al-Cu-Mn alloy was investigated by tensile test, optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that with the decrease of Cu-content from 6.51% to 5.41% (in mass fraction) the quantity and size of the coarse Al2Cu phase in the alloy is reduced, the elongation of the alloy increases and thus the anisotropy of the alloy is decreased. The main mechanism is that for the alloy with relatively high Cu-content, the formed micron Al2Cu phase causes stress concentration, which induces preferentially breakage of Al2Cu phase and then the formed cracks are interconnected. However, for the alloy with lower Cu-content, the cracks do not expand and connect with each other after the breakage of Al2Cu phase, while fracture may expand along grain boundaries. The difference in orientation distribution of micron phases of Al2Cu in the matrix of alloy may be the main reason for the anisotropy of mechanical properties.

Key words:  metallic materials      Al-Cu-Mn alloy      Cu contents      anisotropy     
Received:  27 December 2017     
ZTFLH:  TG146  
Fund: Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1637601), Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements Program of Jiangsu Province (No. BA2015075), National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFB0300801), Major Research Equipment Development Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51327902)

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Sample No. Cu Mn Zr V Fe Ti Al
1# 6.51 0.36 0.13 0.02 0.018 0.03 Bal.
2# 6.22 0.36 0.13 0.01 0.016 0.03 Bal.
3# 5.87 0.36 0.13 0.01 0.014 0.03 Bal.
4# 5.41 0.35 0.13 0.02 0.017 0.04 Bal.
Table 1  Chemical compositionof Al-Cu-Mn aluminum alloy (mass fraction, %)
Fig.1  Sampling direction of the test specimen
Alloys 6.51Cu 6.22Cu 5.87Cu 5.41Cu
δ / % Rm Rp δ / % Rm Rp δ / % Rm Rp δ / % Rm Rp
L 11.50 449.6 351.2 13.67 434.3 334.2 15.82 416.6 306.1 16.86 390.5 294.4
T 4.21 415.8 332.7 5.51 419.3 319.2 7.44 413.4 304.0 9.42 399.0 299.3
IPA/% 63.39 7.5 5.3 59.69 3.5 4.5 52.97 0.8 0.7 43.21 2.1 1.6
Table 2  Tensile mechanical properties and the IPA index of the alloy
Fig.2  The microstructure of Al-Cu-Mn aluminum alloy with different Cu cotents (a) L-S; (b) T-S; (1) 6.51Cu; (2) 6.22Cu; (3) 5.87Cu; (4) 5.41Cu
Alloy Direction Count Average size/μm %Area Difference/%
6.51Cu L-S 2340 13.55 9.27 3.66
T-S 1876 10.22 5.61
6.22Cu L-S 1227 8.10 3.11 1.02
T-S 974 5.42 2.09
5.87Cu L-S 1356 4.19 1.74 0.74
T-S 993 3.22 1.00
5.41Cu L-S 770 1.93 0.46 0.27
T-S 557 1.09 0.19
Table 3  Count, average size and area fraction of Al2Cu phase in the alloy
Fig.3  SEM fractographs of tensile fracture of Al-Cu-Mn aluminum alloy with different Cu cotents (a) L;(b) T; (1) 6.51 Cu; (2) 6.22 Cu; (3) 5.87 Cu; (4) 5.41 Cu
Fig.4  EDS analysis of fracture in the alloy
Fig.5  Images of the thickness direction after tensile in L/T direction (a) L, (b) T; (1) 6.51Cu; (2) 5.41Cu
Fig.6  Calculated isothermal (at 541℃) section phase diagram of Al-Cu-Mn system (Zr=0.13%)
Fig.7  Images and EDS analysis of residual second phase in the alloy
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