Effect of elastic strain energy on grain growth and texture in AZ31 magnesium alloy by phase-field simulation*

Project supported by the National Key Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB0701204) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1302272 and 51571055).

He Ri, Wang Ming-Tao, Jin Jian-Feng, Zong Ya-Ping
       

Simulated texture of AZ31 alloy after being annealed at 673 K for 40 min and 100 min with and without applied stress: (a) and (b) stress-free, (c)–(d) under 600 MPa applied stress, and (e) EBSD experimental texture corresponding to AZ31 samples dynamically loaded at 523 K in compression along the normal direction to a strain of 0.17.[40]