MM-730

Class Tutorial- 24/8/16

1.

The following data was obtained for Carbon steel and Aluminium.
Carbon steel
Aluminium
2
d (m)
y (MN/m )
d (m)
y (MN/m2)
106
129
16
225
16
233
3.1
238
75
145
8.5
226
Show that the behaviour for steel and aluminium is consistent with Hall-Petch and
determine 0 and kHP for each

2.

Consider the plastic bending of a single crystal. Prior to deformation, the crystal is of
length l and thickness t. It is then bent to a radius of curvature r. Calculate:
i) the strain gradient across the upper and lower surface and ii) the density of
geometrically necessary dislocations present in the crystal due to this strain gradient.

3.

Consider a precipitation-strengthened aluminium alloy. After an appropriate heat

treatment, the microstructure of the alloy consists of precipitates with a mean spacing of
0.2 m. Compute the shear stress required for Orowan bowing of dislocations in this
material.
For aluminium, we have the following data:
Lattice parameter a0 = 0.4 nm,
Shear modulus = 30 GPa.