Characterization of Deformation Mechanisms in Mg Alloys by Advanced Acoustic Emission Methods

Adaptive sequential k-means (ASK) analysis of acoustic emission (AE) data was used to analyze the sources of AE during compression of three AZ31 magnesium samples with different initial texture. The results were compared to the classical hit-based approach. Observation of the deformed microstructure...

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Main Authors: Jan Čapek, Michal Knapek, Peter Minárik, Jan Dittrich, Kristián Máthis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Metals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/8/8/644
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Summary:Adaptive sequential k-means (ASK) analysis of acoustic emission (AE) data was used to analyze the sources of AE during compression of three AZ31 magnesium samples with different initial texture. The results were compared to the classical hit-based approach. Observation of the deformed microstructure shows that the ASK analysis can distinguish very well between the signal originating in deformation twinning and dislocation slip. Moreover, together with microstructural analysis, the ASK algorithm revealed another source of AE for one of the samples, which was shown to be the double twinning.
ISSN:2075-4701