Investigation of Creep Feed Grinding Parameters and Heat treatment Effects on the Nickel-base Superalloys

The Nickel base Superalloys are the most famous complicated and useable of Superalloys to make hot zone components of the gas turbines. The complicated dimensional tolerances, specially at the root of the blade show importance of grinding processes at the production of blades root. The prediction of the effect of machining parameters on the soundness of component surface strengthening for reaching to a suitable surface finishing and avoiding from crack formation at the work part during machining operation often is not easy and feasible so needs to more industrial investigation.This research is about frame 5 blade designed by GE and made from Superalloy IN738LC has been investigated. The formation of a plastically deformed and heat affected zone during grinding of Superalloy IN738LC with a high depth of cut but slow work speed (creep feed grinding) was investigated. Parameters such as work speed, depth of cut and radial dressing speed have been considered as variables and their effects have been studied. During experimental performed, the voltage and current of motor measured and power and special energy calculated.Some samples heat-treated (of the 1176℃ for 1 hr under neutral argon gas and cooling rate of 15℃/min up to 537℃ and then air cooling) to study grains recrystallization. Other samples have been created from the roots of blades and then coated by Nickel to measure boundary layer micro-hardness. The results show that increasing work speed leads to increasing the use power. Increasing the depth of cut, by increasing material removal rate, and the radial dressing speed, by decreasing power, lead to decreasing special energy. The temperature created by grinding lead to decreasing plastic deformation and boundary layer formation. When the radial dressing speed changes from 1 to 0.6μm/rev and other parameters are kept unchanged the roughness of surface increases and the special energy decreases. Sufficient dressing is very essential in limiting the width of the molten zone to few micrometers. As a result, it was found that local melting at contact spots to be a rather common mechanism during grinding of superalloys, lead to so-called white layers which can easily be observed on metallographic cross sections.     

耐热铸造镁合金的研究现状及其发展趋势

耐热铸造镁合金在航空航天以及汽车工业等领域得到了广泛应用。本文主要介绍了Mg-Al系、Mg-Zn系和Mg—RE系耐热铸造镁合金的研究现状；对新型高性能耐热镁合金的发展趋势提出了一些见解，指出，合金化方法作为解决镁合金高温性能不足的最有效的手段之一，应该进一步通过优化合金元素组合，进行有效的合金设计，解决铸造镁合金在耐高温、抗蠕变等方面存在的问题。     

Mg-6Al-1Nd-1.5Gd合金的高温蠕变机制

采用高温蠕变装置,研究了Mg-6Al-1Nd-1.5Gd合金在150、175、200℃以及50、70、90 MPa条件下的高温压缩蠕变行为,分析合金在高温蠕变过程中的蠕变机制。结果表明,Mg-6Al-1Nd-1.5Gd合金的平均应力指数及蠕变激活能分别为4.64和73.87kJ/mol,其主要蠕变机制是由位错攀移和晶界扩散共同作用,合金的蠕变本构方程为:ε=1.877×10-8σ4.641exp[-73 865/(RT)];合金在高温蠕变过程中,微观组织中的位错密度逐渐增大,出现位错缠结及位错堆积,合金蠕变后的晶粒变得粗大,金属间化合物Al3Nd和Al3Gd在晶界上出现偏聚。     

铸钢车轮材料在600℃-200℃循环温度幅下热疲劳断裂行为探讨

研究了铸钢车轮材料在循环温度幅600-20℃下的热疲劳断裂行为。研究发现，试样表面氧化较为严重，表面开裂加速了次表层裂纹的形核扩展。断口裂纹以沿晶为主，并有少量穿晶裂纹，表明高温蠕变对热疲劳试验过程有着相当的作用。同时，断口的破坏和表面的破坏起到了相互促进的作用。     

Ca合金化在镁合金中的作用

钙加入镁合金中可以提高合金的燃点;少量的钙加入镁合金中,可以显著提高镁合金在高温下的抗氧化性;钙对不同系列镁合金力学性能的影响不尽相同;钙合金化可以改善镁合金的高温性能及蠕变性能;钙是提高镁合金耐蚀性的有效合金元素,含钙镁合金有望成为新型的轻质耐高温材料。     

制镁还原罐的研制

从含镁的矿石中提炼金属镁的方法已不仅仅是电解法 ,还有目前广泛采用的真空还原法 (皮江法 ) ,但其所用的还原罐寿命短、价格高一直是困扰着国内、国外生产的难题。用研制出新的材料和改革后的铸造工艺生产出的还原罐 ,较好地解决了上述问题 ;并达到国内、国外先进水平。     

Isothermal oxidation behavior of FeCo–2V intermetallic alloy

Isothermal oxidation behavior and the nature of oxide layer formed during oxidation of FeCo–2V alloy were characterized in the temperature range of 500–600 °C. Oxidation kinetics of the alloy follows a parabolic rate law. SEM and XRD studies indicate the formation of an iron rich outer oxide layer and an inner solute rich layer containing cobalt and vanadium rich oxides. The oxidation mechanism of the FeCo–2V alloy is similar to that of low alloy steels. During the initial stages, preferential oxidation of iron and cobalt occurs at the alloy surface and leads to the formation of a solute rich inner layer. Continued oxidation occurs through oxidation of iron and cobalt at the outer layer and internal oxidation of inner layer. The iron rich oxide layer formed at the surface on oxidation of FeCo alloy is semi-conducting in nature and may not provide the necessary insulating barrier required at the surface to minimize eddy current losses during A.C. applications.     

Effect of directional solidification and heat treatments on the microstructure and mechanical properties of multiphase intermetallic Zr-doped Ni–Al–Cr–Ta–Mo alloy

The effect of directional solidification and heat treatments on the microstructure and mechanical properties of intermetallic Ni–21.29Al–7.04Cr–1.46Ta–0.64Mo–0.57Zr (at.%) alloy was studied. Increasing growth rate is found to decrease primary dendrite arm spacing and to increase volume fraction of β(NiAl)-based dendrites and low melting point γ′(Ni₃Al)/Ni₅Zr eutectic. Room-temperature tensile yield strength and ultimate tensile strength increase and plastic elongation to fracture decreases with the increasing growth rate. Two types of heat treatments of directionally solidified (DS) specimens including two-step ageing at temperatures of 1273 and 1123 K and two-step solution annealing at 1373 and 1493 K were performed. Ageing at 1273 and 1123 K decreases volume fractions of the dendrites and eutectic regions and leads to a coarsening of spherical -Cr and needle-like γ′ precipitates within the β-phase. Annealing at 1373 K for 100 h is shown to be sufficiently long to completely dissolve the eutectic regions. Compressive yield strength increases with increasing temperature reaching a peak value at about 1023 K and then decreases at higher temperatures. Minimum creep rate is found to depend strongly on the applied stress and temperature according to a power law. The power law stress exponent n is determined to be 5.1 and apparent activation for creep Q_a is measured to be 326 kJ/mol.     

锶合金化在镁合金中的作用

锶加入镁合金中可以提高合金的铸造性能;少量的锶加入到镁合金中,能够细化镁合金的组织,提高镁合金的室温力学性能;锶对不同系列镁合金力学性能的影响不尽相同;锶合金化可以改善镁合金的高温力学性能以及蠕变性能.锶是提高镁合金耐蚀性的有效合金元素,含锶镁合金有望成为新型的轻质耐高温材料.     

Experimental investigation of creep behavior of clastic rock in Xiangjiaba Hydropower Project

There are many fracture zones crossing the dam foundation of the Xiangjiaba Hydropower Project in southwestern China. Clastic rock is the main media of the fracture zone and has poor physical and mechanical properties. In order to investigate the creep behavior of clastic rock,triaxial creep tests were conducted using a rock servo-controlling rheological testing machine. The results show that the creep behavior of clastic rock is significant at a high level of deviatoric stress, and less time-dependent deformation occurs at high confining pressure. Based on the creep test results, the relationship between axial strain and time under different confining pressures was investigated, and the relationship between axial strain rate and deviatoric stress was also discussed. The strain rate increases rapidly, and the rock sample fails eventually under high deviatoric stress. Moreover, the creep failure mechanism under different confining pressures was analyzed. The main failure mechanism of clastic rock is plastic shear, accompanied by a significant compression and ductile dilatancy. On the other hand, with the determined parameters, the Burgers creep model was used to fit the creep curves. The results indicate that the Burgers model can exactly describe the creep behavior of clastic rock in the Xiangjiaba Hydropower Project.