Effects of natural aging on the formation and strengthening effect of GP zones in a retrogression and re-aged Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy

J Zhao, Z Liu, S Bai, D Zeng, L Luo, J Wang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a new four-stage aging treatment by employing a natural aging prior to re-aging
is designed to promote GP zones formation and subsequent shear-able strengthening effect …

Effect of Zn content on the microstructure and properties of super-high strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys

Z Chen, Y Mo, Z Nie - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2013 - Springer
The microstructure and properties of three different Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys with high Zn content
(9 wt pct, 10 wt pct, and 11 wt pct, marked as 9Zn, 10Zn, and 11Zn, respectively) were …

Effect of cooling aging on microstructure and mechanical properties of an Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy

Y Liu, D Jiang, B Li, W Yang, J Hu - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
In the present work, Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy was aged by non-isothermal cooling aging
treatment (CAT). At high initial aging temperature (IAT), the hardness was decreased with …

The mechanism of grain refinement and plasticity enhancement by an improved thermomechanical treatment of 7055 Al alloy

J Zuo, L Hou, J Shi, H Cui, L Zhuang, J Zhang - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
An improved double step hot rolling (DTR) processing was proposed to manufacture fine
grained Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys based on pre-deformation, short-period annealing and final …

Heating aging behavior of Al–8.35 Zn–2.5 Mg–2.25 Cu alloy

Y Liu, D Jiang, B Li, T Ying, J Hu - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
In the present work, the influence of heating aging treatment (HAT) on the microstructure and
mechanical properties of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy was investigated. When the final aging …

The room temperature mechanical properties of hot rolled 7075 aluminum alloy

A Abolhasani, A Zarei-Hanzaki, HR Abedi, MR Rokni - Materials & Design, 2012 - Elsevier
The effect of equivalent rolling strain and temperature on the microstructural evolution and
mechanical properties of 7075-T7351 aluminum alloy has been studied. This has been …

Damage quantification in aluminium alloys using in situ tensile tests in X-ray tomography

E Maire, S Zhou, J Adrien, M Dimichiel - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents results obtained using in situ tensile experiments allowing the
observation of damage nucleation, growth and coalescence. Three different aluminium …

Effect of Homogenization Process on Microstructure of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu Aluminum Alloys

R Huang, H Yang, L Wan, S Zheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, the best homogenization process of 466.5° C× 36 h+ 490° C×(14–26.4 h) that can
completely eliminate the coarse phases σ [Mg (Zn, Al, Cu) 2] and S (Al2CuMg) in the Al–Zn …

Effect of various aging treatment on thermal stability of a novel Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy for oil drilling

J Zhao, S Bai, T Huang, J Wang, H **e, D Zeng… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal stability plays an important role in practical application of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy for oil
drilling. In this work, a new four-stage aging treatment by employing a natural aging prior to …

Micro-plastic deformation behavior of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy subjected to cryo-cycling treatment

K Gu, K Wang, L Chen, J Guo, C Cui, J Wang - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The micro-plastic deformation behavior of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy subjected to cryo-cycling
treatment was investigated experimentally in the present work. Micro-plastic deformation …