Deformation Twinning in Iron Alloys Containing Dispersed Particles

Abstract

AbstractAcoustic emission has been used to detect the onset of twinning in iron polycrystals containing dispersions of second phase particles. A new explanation of the grain size dependence of the twinning stress is offered based on the grain size dependence of the twinning intensity. The grain size dependence of the initial twinning stress and the 0.2 % offset stress are similar; however, at larger grain sizes the rate of twin formation is higher which leads to anomalously large values for the grain size dependence of the macroscopic twinning stress.Twinning appears to occur due to the attainment of a large local stress concentration and thus the twinning stress is independent of the dispersion of second phase particles although the density of twins may differ in single phase and two phase materials and large second phase particles may result in twin fragmentation. The results indicate major differences between the influence of second phase particles and deformation by slip and twinning. Resume On a util...