Experimental investigation on formability of cryorolled and room temperature rolled AA 6061 sheet metal with 50 and 75 thickness reduction

摘要

This paper deals with the formability of AA 6061 sheet metal. The forming limit diagram of precipitation hardenable Al–Mg–Si alloy namely AA 6061 was evaluated for sheets rolled at two different temperature media namely room temperature and cryogenic temperature. The sheets were subjected to solutionising, rolling either in room temperature or cryogenic temperature with 50% or 75% reduction and short annealing before forming operation. The forming limit diagrams of the rolled sheets were plotted together to obtain a clear idea about their comparative formability.