吹砂、抛光及其电解腐蚀后处理对单晶高温合金表面组织和再结晶行为的影响

采用吹砂处理、砂带抛光、毡轮抛光3种表面处理使铸态单晶(SX)Ni基高温合金叶片表面形成塑性变形层,对叶片表面变形层进行电解腐蚀实验,然后进行标准热处理,研究了单晶高温合金叶片表面处理的变形层及其电解腐蚀后显微组织。结果表明:3种表面处理的铸态单晶高温合金叶片表面变形层深度分别约为6,3.5μm和2μm,并在吹砂处理和砂带抛光的表面变形层周围存在显微裂纹;表面变形层电解腐蚀过渡区内存在大量γ′变形组织,且3种表面处理的塑性变形残存量依次递减,而变形层完全电解腐蚀区内无塑性变形痕迹;标准热处理后,变形层未电解腐蚀区存在凹陷特征和再结晶晶粒,但无塑性变形痕迹;变形层完全电解腐蚀区无明显凹坑和再结晶晶粒。     

反应堆压力容器用SA508Gr.4N钢的热变形行为

利用Gleeble-1500D热模拟试验机,在温度为1050~1250℃、应变速率为0.001~0.1s-1、真应变量0.16的条件下,研究和分析SA508Gr.4N钢高温塑性变形及动态再结晶行为。结果表明:SA508Gr.4N钢的高温真应力-应变曲线主要以动态再结晶为特征,峰值应力随变形温度的降低或应变速率的升高而增加,属于温度和应变速率敏感材料;在真应力-应变曲线的基础上,建立材料热变形本构方程,较好地表征了材料高温流变特征,其热激活能为383.862kJ/mol;其硬化率-应力(θ-σ)曲线均呈现拐点且-dθ/dσ-σ曲线出现极小值;临界应变随应变速率的增大与变形温度的降低而增加,且临界应变(εc)与峰值应变(εp)之间具有一定相关性,即εc/εp=0.517;临界应变与Z参数之间的函数关系为εc=8.57×10-4 Z0.148。     

Effects of CCEP and Sc on superplasticity of Al–5.6Mg–0.7Mn alloys

Trace amount (0.3?wt%) of scandium is added to Al–5.6Mg–0.7Mn alloy to form uniformly distributed Al₃Sc precipitates for producing a fine-grained and stable microstructure at high temperature through cross-channel extrusion process. Superplasticity and hot workability of the Sc-containing Al–5.6Mg–0.7Mn alloy, after extrusion, are also examined. The result indicates that Al–5.6Mg–0.7Mn alloys with and without 0.3?wt% Sc after extrusion of six passes at 300°C, fine-grained structures were observed with grain sizes of 1–2?µm and improvement of mechanical properties. Furthermore, Al₃Sc phase can effectively retard recrystallization to increase the thermal stability and remain equiaxed. The elongation of Al–5.6Mg–0.7Mn alloy with Sc addition to failure is extended to 873% maximum at high temperature of 450°C at strain rate of 1?×?10^?1?s^?1after six passes in the CCEP.     

微量Sc对Al-Zn-Mg合金焊接接头组织和性能的影响

使用光学显微镜、扫描电镜和透射电镜分析了Al-Zn-Mg合金和含微量钪的Al-Zn-Mg合金钨极氩弧焊接头的微观组织,并对其力学性能和耐应力腐蚀性能进行了对比。结果表明：在传统Al-Zn-Mg合金板材熔合线附近的热影响区出现再结晶和晶粒异常长大,而含钪Al-Zn-Mg合金基体中热稳定性优良的纳米Al₃(Sc, Zr, Ti)相在焊接过程中能阻碍晶界迁移,抑制再结晶晶粒的形核和长大,进而细化熔合线附近的组织。同时,含微量钪的Al-Zn-Mg合金焊接接头的强度明显比传统合金的高,其强化效果主要来源于熔合线附近区域的细晶强化和二次Al₃(Sc, Zr, Ti)相的弥散强化。     

热压缩过程中2205双相不锈钢的组织演变和软化机制

在不同变形温度和应变速率条件下对2205双相不锈钢进行高温压缩实验,研究了变形温度、应变速率和变形量对其显微组织中铁素体和奥氏体两相的影响,分析了高温变形软化机制。结果表明：随着变形温度的提高这种钢的峰值应力及其对应的应变逐渐减小。随着变形温度从850℃提高到950℃,2205双相不锈钢显微组织中的铁素体向奥氏体的转变占主导地位;变形温度高于950℃时,随着变形温度的提高铁素体与奥氏体之间的强度水平之差逐渐减小,显微组织中的奥氏体向铁素体的转变占主导地位。在本文的热变形条件下2205双相不锈钢的显微组织中铁素体呈现出与奥氏体不同的软化机制,铁素体的软化机制为动态回复和动态再结晶,而奥氏体因层错能较低其软化只能通过有限程度的动态回复进行。     

Effect of Mn-Bearing Dispersoids on Tensile Properties and Recrystallization Resistance of Al-3Mg-0.8Mn Rolled Alloy

Herein, the precipitation behavior of Mn-bearing dispersoids in Al-3Mg-0.8Mn (AA5454) alloy subjected to different heat treatments is investigated. The effects of Mn-bearing dispersoids on the tensile properties and recrystallization resistance of the abovementioned alloy during hot/cold rolling and postrolling annealing are evaluated. The results show that a low-temperature three-step heat treatment (275 °C/12 h + 375 °C/48 h + 425 °C/12 h) generates a higher number density of Mn-bearing dispersoids with finer sizes compared with the typical high-temperature heat treatment (430 °C/2 h + 480 °C/2 h + 525 °C/2 h), thus resulting in significantly improved tensile strengths of hot/cold-rolled sheets. After annealing at 300 °C, the yield strength (YS) of the alloy reached 196 MPa after hot rolling and 237 MPa after cold rolling, showing an improvement of 30%–32% over samples subjected to high-temperature heat treatment. In addition, the low-temperature heat treatment provides a higher recrystallization resistance after hot and cold rolling owing to the higher number density of Mn-bearing dispersoids and the lower fraction of dispersoid-free zones. The YS contributions of various strengthening components after hot and cold rolling are discussed based on constitutive models. The predicted yield strengths agree well with the experimental values.     

Using a neural network for predicting the average grain size in friction stir welding processes

In the paper the microstructural phenomena in terms of average grain size occurring in friction stir welding (FSW) processes are focused. A neural network was linked to a finite element model (FEM) of the process to predict the average grain size values. The utilized net was trained starting from experimental data and numerical results of butt joints and then tested on further butt, lap and T-joints. The obtained results show the capability of the AI technique in conjunction with the FE tool to predict the final microstructure in the FSW joints.     

Mechanism and Inhibition of Grain Coarsening of Al-Mg-Si Alloy in Hot Forming

A high-Ti 6061 alloy was rolled with strains up to 0.8-2.0 and at 350-550 ℃. Microstructures that developed during deformation and subsequent solution heat treatment (SHT) were observed by using optical and transmission electron microscopy. Microstructure evolution during SHT depends mainly on the initial rolling temperature, and it was found that the higher this temperature is, the coarser the grains are. After rolling at 400 ℃, well-defined cells and subgrains were formed, which induced further sites for recrystallization nucleation during subsequent SHT. The recrystallization mechanism was found to be subgrain rotation, with a final grain size smaller than 200 μm. Increasing the rolling temperature to 500 ℃ results in a low density of dislocations distributed uniformly in the deformed matrix and fewer nucleation sites during subsequent SHT. The recrystallization mechanism is grain boundary bulging, while the final grain size approaches several millimeters. Finally, a hot forming process of high-Ti 6061 alloy for inhibiting grain coarsening was proposed, and verified by experiments.