Muhammad

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Teknik Metalurgi dan Material
Metfis-02

Assignment 12: GRAIN BOUNDARY STRENGTHENING

Virtual experiment from:

http://www.aluminium.matter.org.uk/content/html/eng/default.asp?
CATID=64&PAGEID=997788167
Initial plate thickness, t0 = 60,6 mm

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Thickness after rolling, tr / mm 51,4

42,2

33,1

24.2

15

8,9

% Reduction (t0 tr) / t0

15,18

17,90

21.56

26.89

38.01

40.67

d1

46.5

21.5

14.1

9.8

8.7

d2

45.4

21.2

12.3

10.5

9.6

8.5

Sample Number

Grain size measurements:

d3

47.4

21.3

12.4

11.2

9.3

d4

46.7

19.5

12.8

10.9

9.7

8.1

d5

46.9

21.1

13.4

10.8

9.4

Mean grain size, d / m

46.58

20.92

13

10.64

9.4

8.26

d1/2 / m1/2

0.15

0.22

0.28

0.31

0.33

0.35

Vickers Hardness measurements:

HV1

36.4

38.1

42.2

51.2

51.6

53.9

HV2

36.9

38.9

45.6

51.6

52.4

54.3

HV3

32.4

45.6

42.6

50.5

52.4

56.2

HV4

37.8

42.1

47.2

48.2

53.6

45.5

HV5

39.1

41.9

41

47.3

45.2

55.7

Mean HV

36.52

41.32

43.72

49.76

51.04

53.12

123.96

131.16

149.28

153.12

159.36

Yield stress, y / MPa (= 3 HV) 109.56

From the result, if we want to check the correctness of this formula, we just need to
pick some data from mean grain size measurement (d) and see the result of the
yield stress. If it just fit to yield stress that we get from experiment or not.
For example
Using d = 20.92 m (sample 2)

1/2

y=69+255(20.92)

y=69+55.75
y=124.75

While from the experiment we got that

y=123.96

The relative error is (124.75-123.96)/124.75 *100% = 0.63%

And using d = 9.4 m (sample 5)

1/2

y=69+255(9.4)

y=69+83.17
y=152.17
While from the experiment we got that

y=153.12

The relative error is (153.12-152.17)/152.17 *100% = 0.62%

That is because we use linier regression methods that still have some amount of
margin of error. But it still means that this formula is still suitable for this calculating
because its relative error still less than 1%.

And from that experiment, we can conclude that the more narrow the diameter of
grain size will affect to more hardness of that material (as we can see, HV value will
be increase if the diameter of grain is decrease).

And the increasing of hardness is directly proportional to increasing of yield stress of

material (

y=3HV

So, we can say that the more narrow the diameter of grain size will affect to more
yield stress that can be applied to the material