TY - JOUR A1 - Nadammal, Naresh A1 - Kailas, Satish A1 - Szpunar, Jerzy A1 - Suwas, Satyam T1 - Development of microstructure and texture during single and multiple pass friction stir processing of a strain hardenable aluminium alloy T2 - Materials Characterization N2 - In the present study, microstructure and texture development during single and multiple pass friction stir processing (FSP) of a strain hardenable wrought AlMg alloy (AA5086) was investigated. Subtle differences were observed while comparing with heat treatable alloys in the nucleation mechanism of the recrystallized microstructure observed in the nugget zone. Strain induced boundary migration was the dominant mechanism of microstructure evolution in the alloy, which influenced the crystallographic texture development by weakening it. Micro-texture measurements reveal variations in the crystallographic texture along the thickness of the sample. Recrystallization texture components were observed in the nugget zone indicative of a pronounced static recrystallization in the alloy as compared to the heat treatable alloys. Bulk texture measurements within the nugget zone of the optimally processed sample reveal a relatively dominant C component of shear texture. Average grain size in the nugget zone remained the same and the bulk crystallographic texture components were retained during multiple-pass FSP. The lower strain energies involved and the enhanced recovery processes due to the high temperature materials processing of the alloy during FSP resulted in a stable microstructure and texture. In summary, FSP could be promoted as a competent and suitable secondary processing technique for the bulk production of ultra-fine-grained materials in strain hardenable aluminium alloys. PB - Elsevier B.V CY - Amsterdam, The Netherlands KW - Friction stir processing KW - Aluminium alloys KW - Electron back-scattered diffraction KW - Crystallographic texture KW - Dynamic recrystallization PY - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45125 AN - OPUS4-45125 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044580317336136 SN - 1044-5803 SN - 1873-4189 VL - 140 SP - 134 EP - 146 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany