The grain-size dependence of the strain-hardening exponent is experimentally investigated and is expressed as a simple power function of the mean-grain size, d
m, as n
2, 3=A(d
m)
B, (A, B : const.), where n
2.3 is the strain-hardening exponent obtained in the plastic strain range larger than about 4% in engineering sheet materials of copper, 6-4 brass, aluminum and a mild steel of SS41. Substituting this relation into the equation of σ
f=Kε
pn2.3 (K : a function of d
m), flow stress, σ
f, of these materials can be successfully expressed as a function of plastic strain, ε
p, and the mean-grain diameter. Another equation of σ
f=K'(a+ε
p)
n' where n' is the strain-hardening exponent (K', a : functions of d
m) is also applied to experimental data and their correlations with the values obtained in these equations are shown. A theoretical flow-stress equation containing a geometrically-necessary dislocation density, ρ
G, and a statistically-stored one, ρ
S is modified and it predicts the experimental grain-size dependence of strain-hardening exponent, n
2.3 in copper and 6-4 brass excellently. Is is also shown that the flow-stress dependence on the mean-grain diameter and plastic strain is satisfactorily expressed by these equations with copper.
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