AA5086 tensile tests with Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) effect, complete raw dataset: DIC images, raw output and elements of post-processing

This dataset is associated with a paper published in Materials Science and Engineering: A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2019.01.009

Hardening and 2D digital image correlation data obtained on AA5086 sheets with Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) effect and Piobert-Lüder (PL) bands.

• rolled sheets
• 28 tensile tests in rolling direction, room temperature
• constant imposed velocity with nominal strain rate from 1E-4 to 1E-1 Hz
• 2 geometries:
  • (mac) large, Lw=60mm
  • (mic or mes) small, Lw=4.2mm

File contents

• summary of experiments
  • libreoffice database format: experiments-summary.ods
  • specifications, details, measurements and post treated quantities of each test
• specimens blueprints (.pdf)
• video record of a test (.mp4)
• raw DIC images archives
  • format: <nominalStrainRate><geometry><index>.zip
  • from 300 to 2300 images per test
• time series
  • archived in timeSeries.zip
  • format: <nominalStrainRate><geometry><index>_timeSeries.dat
  • tabulation separated values, one line per picture (previous item)
  • index, force, cross-head displacement, Stress, axial strain
• bands kinetics post-treated quantities
  • archived in bandKinetics.zip, 2 TSV data files (one per geometry)
  • stress at nucleation, strain magnitude jump and instantaneous working area relative elongation rate.