Computational and experimental investigation of the strain rate sensitivity of small punch testing of the high-entropy alloy CoCrFeMnNi

Sergio González*, Athanasios Sfikas, Spyros Kamnis, Sean E. John, Z.W. Nye, M. Spink, Christopher Allen, R. Martínez-Sánchez, Shine Win Naung, Mohammad Rahmati, T. Keil, K. Durst, R.J. Lancaster

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Abstract

The suitability of determining the strain rate sensitivity (SRS) of the CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) by small punch (SP) testing has been assessed at displacement rates ranging from 0.2 to 2mm∙min-1. The stress was found to increase as the displacement rate was raised from 0.2 to 2mm∙min-1, whereas the plastic strain distributions were similar in all cases. However, for a higher displacement rate of 10mm∙min-1, the sample was found to exhibit a drop in strength and ductility attributed to casting defects. The strain-rate sensitivity exponent (m) was found to be 0.1387 whilst the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations predicted a slightly smaller value of 0.1313. This latter value is closer to m = 0.091 obtained from nanoindentation strain rate jump tests since the results are insensitive to the presence of small casting defects. The relationship between the experimental and the empirically derived predicted properties from the SP tests revealed a high level of agreement for maximum stress properties. The properties predicted at 2mm∙min-1 (R2 = 0.96) offered a stronger fit than at 0.5mm∙min-1 (R2 = 0.92).
Original languageEnglish
Article number168219
Pages (from-to)1-12
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume936
Early online date29 Nov 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Mar 2023

Keywords

  • High entropy alloy
  • Small punch testing
  • Finite element simulation

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