Characterizing the role of AZ31 content on evolution of microstructure, grain structure, texture, and mechanical characteristics of heavily deformed Al/AZ31 composites

Abstract

By increasing the AZ31 content, the distributed fragments became larger and finer grains were observed in reinforcing layer. Also, the hardness and strength of composites increased. In addition to basal type texture in AZ31, shear and deformation texture components of the Al layer appeared significantly at higher equivalent plastic strains.