Controlled-strain rate tests at very low strain rates of 2618 aluminum at 200 C

Constant strain rate tests and constant load creep tests were performed on 2618 aluminum at 200 C. The strain rates used in the constant strain rate tests were 10 to the minus 6, 10 to the minus 7, 10 to the minum 8, and 10 to the minus 9/sec. Due to the fact that the strain rates in both tests were comparable to each other, the similarities between them can therefore be studied. It was concluded that metals are essentially rate sensitive at elevated temperatures. The traditional definition of creep and plasticity used in the classical creep analysis is actually a reflection of the material behavior under different loading conditions. A constitutive equation based on the test data under one loading condition should work well for other loading conditions as long as the strain rates are in the same range as those under which the material constants are determined.