Adiabatic shear deformation behaviors of cold-rolled copper under different impact loading directions

Adiabatic shear deformation behaviors in cold-rolled copper under different impact loading directions were systemically investigated in this paper. Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) system was used for the dynamic test. The microstructure and microtexture of the received shear localization regions were investigated by optical microscopy (OM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique and microhardness tests. Three hat-shaped specimens were cut from cold-rolled copper sheet with the direction with an angle of 0 degrees (RD sample), 45 degrees (RD-45 degrees sample) and 90 degrees (TD sample) from the rolling direction within the rolling plane. The stress-strain curves indicate that the mechanical properties of the cold-rolled copper sheet show regularity in the work hardening dominated stage and that the shear stress of TD sample is the highest in that of the those three. OM results show that the morphology of adiabatic shear band in three samples shows differences that their deformation processes fall into two categories, pure relative shearing in RD sample and relative shearing with rotation in RD-45 degrees and TD sample. EBSD results reveal that ultrafine grains with high-angle-boundaries are found within the adiabatic shear bands in three samples. The microhardness measurements show that the microhardness of shear region in three samples are significant higher than that of other regions. However, the size of grains within the shear band in RD sample are much larger than that in the other two samples. Microtexture analysis reveals that the grain orientations inside the shear band in three samples show similar characteristics that the < 110 > direction tends to parallel to the local shear direction and the {111} and {100} planes tend to parallel to the local shear plane. The calculated results show that rotational dynamic recrystallization can take place in the shear band.