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A model is proposed that describes the development of individual and multiple
necks in superplastically deformed materials. Within the model, the examined samples have
the form of round bars and are subjected to tensile superplastic deformation without strain
hardening. It is demonstrated that neck development and necking-induced failure occur faster
with a decrease in strain rate sensitivity and/or an increase in the fraction of the sample length
occupied by necks. This means that high values of strain to failure observed in small
specimens of superplastically deformed ultrafine-grained metals and alloys, where diffuse
necking happens in the whole specimen, can be significantly reduced in larger specimens
where the necking regions occupy only a small part of the sample.
Keywords: superplastic deformation, necking, ductility, failure, ultrafine-grained materials |
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