Abstract

A technique of repeated load relaxation tests (RLRT) has been used to evaluate microstructural evolutions and activation volumes of Al–Cu–Fe quasicrystals deformed in compression tests performed at constant strain-rate. The post-relaxation behaviour after reloading at constant strain-rate and the evolution of correction terms, measured by RLRT in order to account for microstructural evolution, confirm that Al–Cu–Fe plasticity is controlled by a strain-dependent thermally activated mechanism. Activation volumes measured in the hardening and softening stages of the yield point reveal that the same mechanism controls plastic deformation.

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