The Role of Microstructure on the Tensile Plastic Behaviour of Ductile Iron GJS 400 Produced through Different Cooling Rates—Part II: Tensile Modelling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material
2.2. Tensile Tests and Microstructure Plasticity Model
3. Results
3.1. Model Calibration
3.2. Model Prediction
4. Discussion
4.1. Considerations of the Minimum Requirements of Data Statistics Complying with the Standards ASTM E2567-16a and ASTM E112-13
4.2. Microstructure Parameters Relevant to Describing the Plastic Behaviour of GJS 400
4.3. Considerations of Other Microstructural Parameters
5. Conclusions
- This model described very well the experimental flow curves at high strains, while at low strains, minor mismatching was present. This mismatching was ascribed to the graphite-matrix decohesion;
- The plastic behaviour of the GJS 400 with different microstructures depended mainly on the ferritic grain size and pearlitic volume fraction, while the other microstructure parameters were not needed to rationalize the GJS 400’s plastic behaviour;
- The correlation between the mechanical constituents (ferrite and pearlite), physical parameters, and microstructure was validated, so the use of dislocation-related-dislocation density constitutive equations (like the Voce and Estrin equations) for different DI grades reported in previous investigations was also validated;
- The results proved that the data gathered while complying with the minimum requirements of the standards’ statistics were not enough to produce accurate microstructural data.
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Mechanistic Equation of Strain Hardening and Physical Parameters
- Λ = dislocation mean free path related to the dislocation cells in ferrite;
- D = ferritic grain size or pearlitic island size;
- λ = interlamellar spacing in pearlite.
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C | Si | Mg | Mn | Cu | Ni | Cr | P | S | Fe |
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3.63 | 2.45 | 0.046 | 0.129 | 0.133 | 0.0168 | 0.023 | 0.038 | 0.0043 | Bal. |
Mould | Nodule Count (mm−2) | Nodule Size (μm) | Nodularity (%) | Pearlite Volume Fraction (%) | Ferrite Grain Size (μm) |
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Lynchburg 25 mm | 261 ± 15 | 24.3 ± 0.6 | 89.8 ± 3.0 | - | 37.3 ± 3.2 |
Y 25 mm | 242 ± 11 | 24.9 ± 0.5 | 91.2 ± 1.6 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | 39.2 ± 2.3 |
Y 50 mm | 116 ± 14 | 31.5 ± 1.0 | 87.1 ± 1.4 | 4.0 ± 1.6 | 48.6 ± 4.7 |
Y 75 mm | 105 ± 9 | 34.5 ± 0.5 | 83.2 ± 4.6 | 3.0 ± 0.5 | 47.5 ± 7.2 |
Mould | Rm (MPa) | Rmexp (MPa) | en (%) | enexp (%) | YS (MPa) | YSexp (MPa) |
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Lynchburg 25 mm | 424.4 | 424.3 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 277.2 | 288.3 |
Y 25 mm | 440.5 | 440.7 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 277.9 | 294.2 |
Y 50 mm | 428.4 | 429.8 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 278.7 | 288.8 |
Y 75 mm | 424.5 | 426.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 277. | 287.7 |
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Angella, G.; Donnini, R.; Ripamonti, D.; Górny, M.; Zanardi, F. The Role of Microstructure on the Tensile Plastic Behaviour of Ductile Iron GJS 400 Produced through Different Cooling Rates—Part II: Tensile Modelling. Metals 2019, 9, 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9091019
Angella G, Donnini R, Ripamonti D, Górny M, Zanardi F. The Role of Microstructure on the Tensile Plastic Behaviour of Ductile Iron GJS 400 Produced through Different Cooling Rates—Part II: Tensile Modelling. Metals. 2019; 9(9):1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9091019
Chicago/Turabian StyleAngella, Giuliano, Riccardo Donnini, Dario Ripamonti, Marcin Górny, and Franco Zanardi. 2019. "The Role of Microstructure on the Tensile Plastic Behaviour of Ductile Iron GJS 400 Produced through Different Cooling Rates—Part II: Tensile Modelling" Metals 9, no. 9: 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/met9091019