Publications by Patrick Schloth

Modeling of GP (I) zone formation during quench in an industrial AA7449 75mm thick plate

Jean-Marie Drezet, Charles-André Gandin, Patrick Schloth

The GP(I) zone formation during quench is simulated in an industrial Aluminumalloy AA7449 75mmthick plate by using a multi-class precipitation model. For this purpose, results of in situ SAXS experiments are reported. A methodology is presented that takes ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2016

Early cluster formation during rapid cooling of an Al-Cu-Mg alloy: In situ small-angle X-ray scattering

Jean-Marie Drezet, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Patrick Schloth

The formation of Cu-Mg clusters in an Al-Cu-Mg aluminum alloy is observed by small-angle X-ray scattering during cooling. Cooling rates are choosen to mimic the different conditions obtained at the surface and in the center of large forgings. Clusters of 0 ...

Elsevier2015

Precipitation in the high strength AA7449 aluminium alloy : implications on internal stresses on different length scales

Patrick Schloth

Al-Zn-Mg(-Cu) (AA7xxx) alloys are widely used structural materials owing to their excellent mechanical properties and low corrosion susceptibility. The high strength of these materials is obtained by the formation of secondary phases, e.g. precipitation. T ...

EPFL2015

Quench induced residual stress prediction in heat treatable 7xxx aluminium alloy thick plates using Gleeble interrupted quench tests

Jean-Marie Drezet, Nicolas Paul Henry Chobaut, Patrick Schloth, Denis Carron

In this paper, a simple but realistic approach is presented to predict the as-quenched residual stress distribution in thick 7xxx aluminium alloy plates. Instead of modelling precipitation that occurs during quenching, a thermo-mechanical model is used who ...

Elsevier2015

Prediction of quenching-induced stress distribution in 7XXX aluminium alloy thick plates using Gleeble interrupted quench tests

Jean-Marie Drezet, Nicolas Paul Henry Chobaut, Patrick Schloth, Denis Carron

In the fabrication of heat treatable aluminum parts for the aeronautic industry, quenching is a key step to obtain the required mechanical characteristics after aging. For thick plates, thermal gradients cause non-homogeneous plastic strain resulting in re ...

Matthias Militzer, Gianluigi Botton, Long-Qing Chen, James Howe, Chadwick Sinclair, and Hatem Zurob2015

Early precipitation during cooling of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy revealed by in situ small angle X-ray scattering

Jean-Marie Drezet, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Patrick Schloth

Early subnanometre cluster formation during quenching of a high-strength AA7449 aluminium alloy was investigated using in situ small angle X-ray scattering. Fast quench cooling was obtained by using a laser-based heating system. The size and number density ...

American Institute of Physics2014

INTERNAL STRESS GENERATION DURING QUENCHING OF THICK HEAT TREATABLE ALUMINIUM ALLOYS

Jean-Marie Drezet, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Nicolas Paul Henry Chobaut, Patrick Schloth

In the current trend toward thicker aluminium plates, a major concern is the stress build-up during quenching which causes distortions during machining. Indeed, cooling rates are not high enough, especially at the core of such thick plates, to prevent any ...

TMS2013

Two strain-hardening mechanisms in nanocrystalline austenitic steel: An in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction study

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem, Patrick Schloth, Michael Andreas Weisser

The mechanical behaviour of nanocrystalline austenitic steels with and without yttria particles was investigated using in situ synchrotron diffraction during tensile deformation. Two different strain-hardening regimes were found. The first regime can be as ...

2012