Effect of Test Temperature and Strain Rate on Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Aluminum Alloy 2519A

The dynamic mechanical behavior of aluminum alloy 2519A-T9I6 has been investigated by a split Hopkinson bar at temperature range from 298 to 523 K and at strain rates of from 103 to 5 × 103 s−1 in this study. The results show that both the strain rate and test temperature have a significant effect on the dynamic behavior and microstructure evolution of aluminum alloy 2519A-T9I6. Under similar strain rate, the strengthening effect of strain rate decreases with the increase in the test temperature. Moreover, the dynamic yield strength at above 423 K drops sharply at the strain rate of about 5000 s−1, which is attributed to the flow softening caused by decomposition of θ′ precipitates at high strain rate and high temperature.