Thermo-mechanical Modeling of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy during Hot Rolling

This research investigation aims to develop the understanding necessary to overcome the obstacles in the deformation & forming characteristics of wrought magnesium alloys. This has become of primary important during hot rolling where several deformation related problems such as the limited strain per pass and the required reduction schedules leading to an increase in the required number of passes to achieve the final thickness. The application of the model should be very useful in the real industrial environment of wrought AZ31 hot rolling processes. The main objective of the project is to provide industrially relevant advises to the manufacturers to optimize their process parameters and increase their wrought alloys use in sheet products, automotive structural components and other structural applications.