J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (02): 277-280.

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Investigation of Micro Formability of Bulk Amorphous Alloy in the Supercooled Liquid State Based on Fluid Flow and Finite Element Analysis

M. Cheng and S.H. Zhang   

  1. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2007-09-18 Revised:2008-03-04 Online:2009-03-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Ming Cheng
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant No. 50705092

Abstract:

Research results on the viscous flow deformation behavior of bulk amorphous alloy in different systems are reviewed. The material exhibits an ideal Newtonian fluid at a high temperature. Analytical solution of lamellar fluid flow behavior is used to discuss the viscous flow behavior of the bulk amorphous alloy in the supercooled liquid state. A material model, which describes such deformation behavior of Mg60Cu30Y10 amorphous alloy, is introduced into the finite element method of microforming  process. Surface feature size was investigated and found not sensitive to the micro formability. Bulk amorphous alloy may possibly be applied to micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) fabrication.

Key words: Bulk amorphous alloy, Supercooled liquid state, Micro formability, Lamellar fluid flow