Activity of basal slip and detwinning on microstructure evolution and compressive flow behavior in a texture bonding Mg alloy

Abstract A sandwich structure of Mg alloy bulk consisted of two types of texture was fabricated by pre-twinning deformation. Its mechanical response and work hardening behavior during uniaxial compression were deeply analyzed to investigate the competition mechanism between basal slip and detwinning. Results showed that pre-twinning layer was a soft region. It undertook more than half of the strain by one third of the volume fraction of the bulk at the beginning of deformation. Slip behavior was significantly enhanced by detwinning and it took a more important role to coordinate local strain. Texture bonding promoted slip behavior in the grains exhibited “hard” orientations. Activation of detwinning behavior in pre-twinning region was mainly depended on basal slip behavior of their parents.