Title: Effect of quaternary zirconium addition on mechanical properties of Al-6Mg-Sc (0.2-0.6%) alloy studied by ANN technique
Authors: A. Patra, S. Ganguly, M.S. Kaiser, P.P. Chattopadhyay, S. Datta
Addresses: Hooghly Engineering and Technology College, Hooghly 712103, India. ' School of Materials Science and Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur 711103, India. ' Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. ' Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur 711103, India. ' School of Materials Science and Engineering, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India
Abstract: The addition of scandium in Al-Mg alloys forms a LI2 phase, Al3Sc, which precipitates coherently. The ability of Al3Sc precipitates to stabilise the substructures envisages the use of strain hardening for enhancement of mechanical properties of the alloy. Al3Zr phase possess similar crystal structure as that of Al3Sc. Hence the present study aims to address the influence of quaternary addition of zirconium in Al-Mg-Sc alloys through Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models. The effect of composition and ageing parameters on the variation of tensile properties for Zr added Al-Mg-Sc alloys is successfully predicted by ANN technique.
Keywords: modelling; scandium; zirconium; ANNs; artificial neural networks; tensile properties; ageing; aluminium alloys; magnesium; strain hardening.
DOI: 10.1504/IJMMS.2010.029886
International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems, 2010 Vol.3 No.1/2, pp.144 - 154
Published online: 02 Dec 2009 *
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