Bh. Tian et al., SERRATED FLOW RELATED TO SHEARING OF PARTICLES IN BINARY AL-LI SINGLE-CRYSTALS, Materials science & engineering. A, Structural materials: properties, microstructure and processing, 254(1-2), 1998, pp. 227-233
Serrated flow was investigated in binary Al-Li single crystals treated
from naturally aged to overaged conditions. Serrations were observed
during the deformation of crystals in artificially aged conditions, bu
t not in naturally aged condition. The number of serrations with small
stress drops as well as short elapsed time increases in peak-aged con
dition as compared to underaged or overaged conditions. It is indicate
d that shearing of delta' particles plays a key role in the discontinu
ous deformation of AI-Li single crystals. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevi
er Science S.A. All rights reserved.