Effect of compression loading speeds on the room temperature mechanical properties of as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy

The room temperature compression experiments of as-extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy under different loading speeds were carried out on a universal tensile testing machine. The fracture failure characteristics and mechanism of the alloy under different compression loading speeds were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and optical microscope (OM). The results show that during the compression test, the crushed AZ31 magnesium alloy sample has a certain pier coarseness, the macro fracture of the sample is located at one third of the sample, and the macro fracture mode is 45° shear fracture with the sample axis; With the increase of loading speed, the coincidence degree of macro fracture becomes worse, and its compressive strength changes in an undulating manner. When the loading speed is 2mm/min, the compressive strength reaches the peak value of 413MPa, and the fracture morphology of the sample shows a typical flat and flat rock like ductile brittle mixed fracture. With the increase of loading speed, the proportion of brittle fracture components increases, the shape of shrinkage fracture is rock like fracture, and the fracture fluctuation is relatively slow, the dimples distributed on the fracture surface are elongated and torn, and the compression speed has no obvious effect on the fracture morphology.

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