Abstract
Deformation and fatigue of extruded Mg-8.0Gd-3.0Y-0.5Zr (GW83, wt%) magnesium (Mg) alloy were experimentally investigated under cyclic torsion using tubular specimen fabricated along the extrusion direction. The controlled shear strain amplitudes ranged from 0.606% to 4.157%. Twinning and detwinning of extension twins are observed to take place during cyclic torsion and the shear stress-shear strain hysteresis loops display a perfectly symmetric shape at all tested strain amplitudes. Marginal cyclic softening is observed when the shear strain amplitude is higher than 1.732%. The strain-life fatigue curve shows two kink points, corresponding to the shear strain amplitude of 1.040% and 1.732%, respectively. When the shear strain amplitude is higher than the upper kink point, early fatigue crack is found to initiate on the maximum shear plane. When the strain amplitude is lower than the lower kink point, fatigue cracking is parallel to the maximum tensile plane. At an identical equivalent strain amplitude, the fatigue life under pure shear is much higher than that under tension-compression. The fatigue life of extruded GW83 alloy is much higher than that of extruded AZ31B alloy at the same plastic strain energy density.
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