Abstract
Alumina dispersion-strengthened copper was produced by an internal oxidation process and hot powder extrusion method. The microstructure of the composite consisted of fine-grained region with an average grain size of 1.1 ± 0.1 μm, coarse-grained region with an average grain size of 5.6 ± 0.1 μm, nanometric alumina particles (γ-type) with an average diameter of 30 nm, and coarse alumina particles (350 nm) at the boundaries of the large grains. The tensile and fatigue fracture of the composite was studied in the extruded condition and after 11% cold working. The low cycle fatigue behavior was examined in strain control mode ( ɛ = 0.5%) under fully reverse tension-compression cycle at 1 Hz up to 1000 cycles. High cycle fatigue was conducted using rotate-bending test up to 10 7 cycles. To reveal the role of alumina particles and the bimodal grain size structure, the tensile and fatigue fracture of extruded copper with normal grain structure was examined. It is shown that: (1) the strength and hardness of the nanocomposite are about three folders of the magnitude of the unreinforced copper; (2) fatigue strength of the nanocomposite at 10 7 cycles is about 40% higher than that of the copper; (3) both extruded copper and the nanocomposite exhibit cyclic hardening during the early stages of low cycle fatigue test which eventually approaches to a saturation stress; (4) dimple-type fracture is realized on the fracture surface of the tensile tests where dimple size decreases in the presence of the alumina particles; (5) the fatigue fracture mechanism is locally ductile deformation, microscopic void formation and coalescence.
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