Portevin–Le Chatelier effect

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The Portevin–Le Chatelier effect is a phenomenon in certain alloys where dynamic strain aging causes serrated yielding and jerky flow during plastic deformation under specific temperature and strain-rate conditions.

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instanceOf metallurgical phenomenon
plasticity phenomenon
alsoKnownAs PLC effect NERFINISHED
associatedWith Lüders-like bands
dynamic strain aging
strain localization
surface markings on deformed specimens
bandType type A bands
type B bands
type C bands
cause dynamic strain aging
characterizedBy discontinuous plastic flow
jerky flow
serrated yielding
dependsOn alloy composition
solute concentration
strain rate
temperature
discoveredIn early 20th century
field materials science
physical metallurgy
influences ductility of alloys
fatigue behavior
formability of metals
strain hardening behavior
mechanism dynamic pinning and unpinning of dislocations
interaction between mobile dislocations and diffusing solute atoms
modeledBy constitutive models with negative strain-rate sensitivity
namedAfter Albert Portevin NERFINISHED
François Le Chatelier NERFINISHED
observedAs serrations in the flow stress during tensile testing
observedUnder constant imposed strain rate
isothermal conditions
uniaxial tensile loading
occursIn Al–Mg alloys
Ni-based alloys NERFINISHED
austenitic stainless steels
certain metallic alloys
low-carbon steels
relevantTo sheet metal forming
structural integrity assessment
requires specific strain-rate range
specific temperature range
resultsIn localized plastic deformation bands
negative strain-rate sensitivity of flow stress
stress serrations on engineering stress–strain curves
temperatureRegime intermediate temperatures relative to alloy melting point
typeACharacteristic continuously propagating deformation bands
typeBCharacteristic hopping or intermittently propagating bands
typeCCharacteristic static randomly nucleated bands

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Cottrell atmosphere associatedWith Portevin–Le Chatelier effect