Cyclic expansion-extrusion (CEE): A modified counterpart of cyclic extrusion-compression (CEC)

A new method of severe plastic deformation, cyclic expansion-extrusion (CEE), is introduced; CEE is considered as a substitute for the well-known, cyclic extrusion-compression (CEC), by implementing its advantage which is processing samples for the desired number of passes with no need to remove them from the die until the whole number of passes are accomplished. In addition, no external back-pressure system is needed which is the main advantage of this process compared to CEC. This modified process was performed experimentally on aluminum alloy 1050 and was also investigated by finite element analysis. Results reveal that, performing CEE makes it possible to impose large strain values per pass while maintaining a homogeneous hardness distribution in the sampleʹs cross section as well.