Structural aluminum alloy plate and method of producing the same
A structural aluminum alloy plate includes 7.0% to 12.0% by mass of Zn, 1.5% to 4.5% by mass of Mg, 1.0% to 3.0% by mass of Cu, 0.05% to 0.30% by mass of Zr, 0.005% to 0.5% by mass of Ti, 0.5% or less by mass of Si, 0.5% or less by mass of Fe, 0.3% or less by mass of Mn, 0.3% or less by mass of Cr, and the balance that includes aluminum and inevitable impurities. A method of producing the structural aluminum alloy plate is also provided.
1. A structural aluminum alloy plate comprising:
8.0% to 11.0% by mass of Zn;
1.5% to 4.5% by mass of Mg;
1.0% to 3.0% by mass of Cu;
0.05% to 0.30% by mass of Zr;
0.005% to 0.5% by mass of Ti,
0.5% or less by mass of Si;
0.5% or less by mass of Fe;
0.3% or less by mass of Mn;
0.3% or less by mass of Cr; and
the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities,
wherein the structural aluminum alloy plate comprises a texture in which
an orientation density of at least one crystal orientation of three crystal orientations, which are Brass orientation, S orientation, and Copper orientation, is 20 or more with respect to a random ratio, and
orientation densities of all of five crystal orientations, which are Cube orientation, CR orientation, Goss orientation, RW orientation, and P orientation, are 10 or less with respect to a random ratio, and
wherein the structural aluminum alloy plate comprises:
a tensile strength of 660 MPa or more and a 0.2% yield strength of 600 MPa or more in each of a 0-degree direction and a 90-degree direction relative to a longitudinal rolling direction;
an elongation at break in each of the 0-degree direction and the 90-degree direction is 70% or more of an elongation at break in a 45-degree direction relative to the longitudinal rolling direction;
a tensile strength in the 45-degree direction is 80% or more of the tensile strength in the 0-degree direction, and a 0.2% yield strength in the 45-degree direction is 80% or more of the 0.2% yield strength in the 0-degree direction; and
wherein the elongation at break in the 45-degree direction is 12% or more.
2. The structural aluminum alloy plate according to claim 1 , wherein the orientation densities of the Brass orientation and the S orientation are 20 or more with respect to the random ratio.
3. A structural aluminum alloy plate comprising:
7.0% to 12.0% by mass of Zn;
1.5% to 4.5% by mass of Mg;
1.0% to 3.0% by mass of Cu;
0.05% to 0.30% by mass of Zr;
0.005% to 0.5% by mass of Ti,
0.5% or less by mass of Si;
0.5% or less by mass of Fe;
0.3% or less by mass of Mn;
0.3% or less by mass of Cr; and
the balance being aluminum and inevitable impurities,
wherein the structural aluminum alloy plate comprises a texture in which
orientation densities of all of five crystal orientations, which are Cube orientation, CR orientation, Goss orientation, RW orientation, and P orientation, are 10 or less with respect to a random ratio, and
wherein the structural aluminum alloy plate comprises:
a tensile strength of 660 MPa or more and a 0.2% yield strength of 600 MPa or more in each of a 0-degree direction and a 90-degree direction relative to a longitudinal rolling direction;
an elongation at break in each of the 0-degree direction and the 90-degree direction is 70% or more of an elongation at break in a 45-degree direction relative to the longitudinal rolling direction;
a tensile strength in the 45-degree direction is 80% or more of the tensile strength in the 0-degree direction, and a 0.2% yield strength in the 45-degree direction is 80% or more of the 0.2% yield strength in the 0-degree direction; and
wherein the elongation at break in the 45-degree direction is 12% or more, and
orientation densities of Brass orientation and S orientation are 20 or more with respect to a random ratio.