Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2003, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (6): 473-477 .

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F.M.Yang, X.F.Sun, H.R.Guan, Z.Q.Hu   

  1. InstituteofMetalResearch,TheChineseAcademyofSciences,Shenyang110016,China
  • Received:2002-11-29 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2003-12-25 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: F.M.Yang

Abstract: The dynamic strain aging behavior during tensile tests of K40S alloy has been investigated in the temperature range of 25-1100℃ with the strain rate range from 10^-4 to 10^-3s^-1. The results show that four different types of serration, identified as A,B, C and E type serration were observed in the temperature range of 300-500℃. The strain exponents for onset of the serrated flow were calculated as 1.21, 2. 79 and 1.61,and the activation energies as 121, 40 and 67kJ/mol for E, B and C type serration respectively. The main mechanism for dynamic strain aging discussed in light of the strain exponent and the activation energy.

Key words: dynamic strain aging, serrated flow, strain exponent,