Numerical Study of the Influence of Grain Size and Loading Conditions on the Deformation of a Polycrystalline Aluminum Alloy

O. Zinovieva^1,2*, V. Romanova², R. Balokhonov², A. Zinoviev², Zh. Kovalevskaya^2,3

¹National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
²Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of the S iberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.
²Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.
³National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/jamp.2014.26051                

Abstract

This work is concerned with numerical simulations of surface roughening in a polycrystalline aluminum alloy. Using 3D finite difference model, high-resolution simulations are conducted. Effects of loading conditions and grain size on surface roughening and mesoscale deformation processes in AL6061-T3 aluminum alloy under quasistatic uniaxial tension are investigated.

Keywords

Polycrystalline Materials, Surface Roughening, 3D Model

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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