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Project A3: Magnesium Wrought Alloy Design |
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| Whilst magnesium and its alloys are attractive materials in terms of lightweighting, there are still issues surrounding low temperature formability. This project aims to increase the understanding of deformation mechanisms and subsequently define a strategy for the development of magnesium alloys which can occupy regions of specific strength – ductility property space traditionally restricted to titanium and aluminium alloys. The approach has centred on the use of alloying additions to modify the textures developed during rolling and minimize the compressive/tensile yield asymmetry currently associated with wrought magnesium products. |
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| A strategic design target for this project is to generate an alloy with a compressive:tensile yield ratio greater than 0.8. |
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| Four known texture modifiers, Y, Gd, La and Ce, will also be investigated in detail in a variety of binary alloy compositions. |
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