Mechanism of low-frequency discrete acoustic emission during intermittent creep of aluminum alloy

Abstract

A correlation between the dynamics of deformation bands and the discrete acoustic emission during the intermittent creep of the AlMg6 alloy using a high-speed video recording with a time resolution to 50 μs has been studied. A trigger of a macroscopic deformation step in the creep curve is the nucleation and the broadening of the primary deformation band that generates a characteristic acoustic emission signal with duration of several milliseconds. The results confirm the mechanism of generating an acoustic emission signal related to the cooperative dislocations outcrop on the specimen external surface.