等径弯曲通道制备的超细晶铜的疲劳性能

研究了等径弯曲通道(ECAP)变形后的超细晶T3铜在恒应力幅控制条件下的疲劳寿命和循环形变行为.通过扫描电镜观察了疲劳试样表面的滑移带,并利用电子背散射技术观察了疲劳前、后晶粒尺寸的变化.结果表明,超细晶T3铜具有较高的疲劳极限(σ-1=153 Mpa),是粗晶铜疲劳极限的2倍.在低周疲劳域内表现出疲劳软化,而在高周疲劳域内表现比较稳定的疲劳行为,甚至出现疲劳硬化.类似驻留滑移带(PSB)的剪切带与最后一次挤压的剪切面一致,剪切带的形成和晶界滑移是疲劳裂纹形核和疲劳断裂的主要原因.     

The evolved microstructure ahead of an arrested fatigue crack in Haynes 230

The dislocation microstructure beneath surface slip traces produced by fatigue loading of Haynes 230 was revealed to be a function of distance from a crack tip. The microstructure beneath these traces evolves from planar slip bands with increasing dislocation density and decreasing interband spacing as the crack tip approaches one of refined subgrains and lamellar bands at and in the vicinity of the crack tip. Similarly, beneath fatigue striations the microstructure evolves from nanosized subgrains to a banded structure with increasing distance from the fracture surface. These structures are significantly different to those predicted to develop under fatigue loading of a planar slip material. The evolved structures are considered in terms of the microstructure generated by severe plastic deformation.     

High-cycle fatigue performance of solution-treated metastable-β titanium alloys

The effect of grain boundary misorientation on the high-cycle fatigue performance of solution-treated, metastable-β titanium alloys was investigated. Initial damage during cyclic deformation was associated with the formation of coarse, planar slip bands, these often propagating through several grains without obstruction or redirection when intersecting with a grain boundary. This “continuous” slip through several grains was associated with the presence of a significant number of “low-angle” grain boundaries. Fatigue crack initiation was associated with crack initiation at intersecting planar slip bands at the free surface. The increase in operative slip length occasioned by the presence of low-angle grain boundaries lead to enhanced crack initiation and reduced lifetime. Fatigue crack propagation was characterized by step-like features formed through the interaction of the propagating crack and the coarse slip bands present in the plastic zone ahead of the crack tip. The direction of local fatigue crack propagation was also minimally affected when crossing low-angle grain boundaries.     

Effect of spherically converging shock waves on phase and structural state of quenched Al-4 wt % Cu alloy

Optical metallography, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and microhardness measurements have been used to perform a layer-by-layer study of the structure of a quenched Al-4 wt % Cu alloy subjected to loading by spherically converging shock waves. It has been established that, when using this mode of loading, the high-strain-rate plastic deformation of this alloy occurs via intragranular dislocation slip. No bands of localized deformation at the grain boundaries, twins, and adiabatic shear bands are formed. Highstrain-rate plastic deformation leads to the dissolution of Guinier-Preston zones.     

Effect of crystallographic orientation and grain boundary character on fatigue cracking behaviors of coaxial copper bicrystals

Four coaxial copper bicrystals were employed to study the slip morphologies and fatigue cracking behaviors during cyclic deformation. Three of them had high-angle grain boundaries (GBs) with nearly the same misorientation and one bicrystal had a twin boundary (TB). Different slip bands (SBs) operated near the GBs and TB, generating different dislocation arrangements, which are mainly determined by the crystallographic orientations of the component grains. The GBs suffered impingement or shear damage caused by slip difference from both sides. It is suggested that there is an energy increase in the interfaces between matrix and persistent slip bands (PSBs), GBs and TBs per cycle during cyclic deformation due to the accumulation of lattice defects, which would make the interface unstable. After a certain number of cycles, fatigue cracks initiated firstly at GBs for some bicrystals while fatigue cracking occurred preferentially at PSBs for the others. It is confirmed that the energy growth rate is an increasing function of the shear stress, strain amplitude and strain incompatibility, which results from slip differences on both sides of the interfaces. Interfaces with different energies and strain incompatibilities have different fatigue cracking resistance. It is found that GBs with defective and complex structure, and hence high interfacial energy accompanied by high modulus of the residual GB dislocation (GBD), are preferential sites for fatigue cracking, while the fatigue cracking appeared predominantly at PSBs when the modulus of the residual GBD is lower than that of a perfect dislocation with simple GB structure and low interfacial energy. The present model for the energy can predict well which kind of interface would form cracks preferentially during cyclic deformation in one coaxial bicrystal and which GB would need more cycles to initiate fatigue cracking between coaxial bicrystals with different GB characters.     

Effect of spherically converging shock waves on the phase and structural states of the artificially aged Al-4 wt % Cu alloy

Optical metallography, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and microhardness measurements have been used to layer-by-layer study the structure of an artificially aged Al-4 wt % Cu alloy subjected to loading by spherically converging shock waves. It has been established that the high-strain-rate plastic deformation of this alloy, when using this mode of loading, occurs via intragrain dislocation slip and, in the middle and deep layers, also via the formation of localized-deformation bands at grain boundaries. The intragrain slip occurs inhomogeneously, by the formation of shear bands. The temperature distribution in various layers of the sample has been estimated.     

冲击疲劳循环形变阶段的晶界行为

研究了低碳钢在低周冲击疲劳循环变阶段的晶界行为,用扫描电子显微镜对试样表面进行了观察,结果表明晶界表出如下特征,滑移线既可连续地跨越晶界,也可受阻于晶界并形成台阶,晶界发生诸如增粗,消失等现象,伴随着形变过程,出现新的亚晶界,晶界的既阻碍滑移,又激发次滑移系开动,讨论了产生这些现象的可能机制。     

Cu双晶的循环形变行为与疲劳裂纹萌生：Ⅱ.疲劳裂纹萌生与早期扩展

用扫描电镜观察了受应变疲劳载荷作用的Ｃｕ双晶物的表面形貌，发现晶界是疲劳形变双晶是有利的裂纺萌生地点，在滑移带撞击晶界的地方，特别是在几条粗滑移带共同撞击晶界的地方观察到许多疲劳微裂纹；并且发现与平行晶界双晶相比，垂直晶界双晶有有利于疲劳裂纹沿晶界作早期扩展。     

Significant influence of sharp grain boundary corner on tensile elongation of copper bars with columnar grains and its mechanism

The reason why elongation of copper bars with columnar grains drops significantly after small cold-drawing was explored. The copper bars were prepared by warm-mould continuous casting. Tensile test was interrupted at various tensile strains in order to detect crack origin. Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) was used to analyze dislocation slip bands. It is found that the as-cast microstructure contains sharp grain boundary (GB) corners nearly parallel to the solidification direction (SD). Elongation of the copper bars drops significantly from 68.8% in as-cast state to 18.8% in as-drawn state. It is revealed that plastic deformation becomes severer in the vicinity of sharp GB corners. Locally accumulated internal stress even activates a slip system with very low Schmid factor of 0.17. The localized plastic deformation near sharp grain boundary corner promotes crack initiation and propagation, which eventually leads to the significant drop of elongation.     

Effect of Build Direction on Fatigue Performance of L-PBF 316L Stainless Steel

The microstructure and fatigue and tensile properties of 316 L stainless steel fabricated via laser powder bed fusion(L-PBF)were investigated.Two 316 L stainless steel specimens with different loading directions which are either perpendicular to or parallel to building direction were prepared by L-PBF process.The results of X-ray diffraction tomography showed that there was no significant difference in morphology and size/distribution of the defects in the HB and VB samples.Since long axis of columnar grains is generally parallel to the build direction,the fatigue crack encounters more grain boundaries in VB samples under cyclic loading,which led to enhanced fatigue resistance of VB samples compared with HB sample.In contrast to HB sample,the VB sample has a higher fatigue strength due to a higher resistance to localized plastic deformation under cyclic loading.The differences in fatigue properties of L-PBF 316 L SS with different build directions were predominantly controlled by solidification microstructures.     

LOW CYCLE FATIGUE BEHAVIORS AND MICROSTRUCTURES OF Ti–2Al–2.5Zr WITH FINE GRAIN AT RT AND 77 K

对细晶Ti--2Al--2.5Zr合金进行了室温/低温(77 K)疲劳实验及微观组织观察. 结果表明: 室温低应变幅Δε_t/2(=0.5%, 1.0%)下,合金表现为循环软化; 室温高应变幅(1.5%, 2.0%)下, 则表现为循环应力饱和; 77 K时, 不同应变幅下均表现为循环硬化, 且随应变幅升高, 循环硬化程度增强. 疲劳寿命测试结果表明: 低温疲劳寿命始终高于室温. 断口SEM观察表明, 室温和低温下, 疲劳裂纹扩展区均有明显的疲劳条纹,疲劳裂纹以穿晶方式扩展, 室温下伴随有大量二次裂纹, 低温下的二次裂纹数量明显减少. TEM观察表明: 低温下孪生是合金主要的变形方式, 包括{1011}和{1121}型孪晶. 疲劳变形位错组态为: 室温较低应变幅(0.5%, 1.0%)下, 形成位错线和局部位错缠结; 室温下应变幅提高到1.5%和2.0%时,\{1010}柱面和{1121}锥面滑移同时开动, 位错组态演化为亚晶和明显的位错胞. 77 K下, 应变幅2.0%时形成沿 柱面平行分布的位错带; 77 K下应变幅升高到4.5%时, 多滑移形成相互垂直的位错线. 低温诱发形变孪晶是Ti--2Al--2.5Zr低温疲劳寿命升高的原因.     

铜晶体的疲劳损伤微观机制

对Cu单晶体、双晶体和多晶体疲劳损伤微观机制的总结结果表明：在中、低应变范围Cu单晶体的疲劳裂纹主要沿驻留滑移带萌生,而在高应变范围则沿粗大形变带萌生;Cu双晶体中疲劳裂纹总是优先沿大角度晶界萌生和扩展,而小角度晶界则不萌生疲劳裂纹;对于Cu多晶体,疲劳裂纹主要沿大角度晶界萌生,有时也沿驻留滑移带萌生,而孪晶界面两侧由于滑移系具有相容的变形特征而未观察到疲劳裂纹萌生．     

SPD技术对锆及锆合金力学行为影响研究现状

综述了锆及锆合金剧烈塑性变形(SPD)后性能变化的研究进展,系统阐述了锆及锆合金经剧烈塑性变形后显微硬度、拉伸/压缩性能、高低周疲劳性能,重点介绍了SPD技术在纯锆、Zr-Nb系合金中的应用。经过剧烈塑性变形后,锆及锆合金的抗拉强度及屈服强度均显著提升,但依据剧烈塑性成形轨迹、合金成分、第二相分布、热处理制度不同,其提升程度存在一定的差别。位错滑移是锆及锆合金高周疲劳的主要损伤机制,位错运动(包括位错滑移及位错攀移)是锆及锆合金低周疲劳的主要损伤机制。文章最后指出现阶段锆及锆合金SPD技术的发展趋势及应用前景。     

Performance of tungsten fibers for Wf/W composites under cyclic tensile load

Toughness improved tungsten-based composites are one of the currently considered material option for future fusion reactors capable to withstand both high heat flux and irradiation induced embrittlement. Today, fiber-reinforced composites (W_f/W) are being intensively studied as risk-mitigation materials to replace bulk tungsten which is susceptible to neutron irradiation embrittlement especially below 800 °C. Operation of a material as an element of a plasma facing component (i.e. divertor monoblock or first wall armour) implies not only high heat flux exposure but also thermal cyclic fatigue caused by repetitive oscillations of the heat loads due to the nature of the plasma and the limitations on the capacity of its confinement. In this work, we assessed the performance of potassium doped tungsten fibers under cyclic loading applied in tensile mode. Stress-controlled fatigue tests were performed at room temperature, 300 °C and 500 °C increasing the load from 50% of the yield strength up to the ultimate tensile strength of the studied fibers. It is revealed that significant cyclic hardening emerges as the fatigue stress limit exceeds the yield strength already within a few cycles. Despite the noticed cyclic hardening, the wire can sustain few hundreds of cycles without any detectable damage unless the cycle stress is increased to reach the value above the mean ultimate tensile strength. Given this observation, we have studied the impact of the cyclic stress (σ_C) on the rupture strength and total elongation of the wires exposed to twenty loading cycles varying test temperature in the range 23–500 °C. At room temperature, the rupture stress after cyclic deformation progressively increases with σ_C and saturates at 2.7 GPa with a moderate reduction of the total elongation, while the nominal ultimate tensile strength of the wire is 2.5 GPa. Thus, the strength of the wire is increased by 200 MPa, on average. At elevated temperature, the rupture stress after the cyclic deformation increases by more than 300 MPa.     

等通道转角挤压Al-Cu合金的应力和应变疲劳行为比较

通过恒应力和恒塑性应变控制疲劳实验,比较了等通道转角挤压四道次的Al—0．7％Cu(质量分数)合金的疲劳寿命、表面变形形貌、疲劳开裂和疲劳断口．结果表明：样品发生明显的循环软化,致使应变和应力疲劳寿命在高、低应力范围存在差别．在应变控制疲劳样品中,塑性变形既可由剪切带来承担,也可以由剪切带和形变带共同承担,进而疲劳裂纹分别沿剪切带或形变带萌生．而应力控制疲劳的塑性变形只集中在剪切带中,并导致剪切疲劳开裂．疲劳断口上存在典型的疲劳裂纹萌生区、缓慢扩展区、快速扩展区和最后瞬断区．     

Cyclic deformation of ultrafine-grained aluminum

Cyclic deformation of ultrafine-grained (UFG) Al with different grain sizes has been studied. It was found that UFG Al had shorter fatigue life than its coarse-grained counterparts. For UFG Al, the fatigue life decreases with decreasing grain size. Shear bands (SBs) shorten fatigue life. SBs are always inclined at 45° to the loading axis, and extend across the whole specimen. A SB is a thin sheet of tangled dislocations that have different Burgers vectors; its thickness is much less than the grain size. The strain–stress field inside a SB is very high. SBs produce shear steps, but not surface extrusions/intrusions, on the specimen surface. Thick shear bands (TSBs), about 200–300 μm, were found in the 6.36 μm grain size specimens, which also inclined 45° to the loading axis. TSBs consist of dislocation cells. The formation of TSBs does not reduce the fatigue life.     

2Cr13钢高周疲劳微塑性损伤特性研究

研究了２Ｃｒ１３马氏体不锈钢高周疲劳载荷作用下微观塑性变形的演变过程。在三种选定循环载荷作用下,在疲劳裂纹萌生前试样一直处于弹性变形阶段,而且弹性模量基本不变。在１／２寿命时,普遍观察到局部微观塑性变形特征。有些板条内存在含扭折对的平行螺位错束或十字交叉网状位错组态,一些细长碳化物周围塞积了棱柱或滑移型位错环。达到疲劳寿命时,有些区域内形成位错胞状结构。经过高周疲劳实验的薄膜试样在透射电镜下进行动态拉伸原位观察结果表明,微裂纹易在细长碳化物处萌生,沿位错胞壁或板条界扩展后与主裂纹汇合。高周疲劳过程中局部微观塑性耗散造成一定程度的微观结构损伤,裂纹穿过这些区域只需消耗很少的塑性功     

Nanoscale Plasticity at Grain Boundaries in Face-centered Cubic Copper Under Shock Loading

We investigate the responses of four representative grain boundaries in face-centered cubic Cu bicrystals to shock compression as a function of the loading direction. Two loading directions are considered, either parallel or perpendicular to the grain boundary plane, representing the extremes that a polycrystalline sample will ordinarily experience under the uniaxial strain conditions of planar shock loading. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that the deformation processes during shock compression of the same boundary are altered measurably by changing the loading direction. The Majority of the differences in the nanoscale deformation processes were related to the activation of varying slip systems in the same boundary under the two loading conditions. This change in deformation processes, and hence the plastic response, might eventually affect the failure stress for a grain boundary.     

超声滚压剧烈塑性变形诱导金属材料结构演变的研究进展

首先,对表面完整性的基本概念和内涵进行了概述,同时简要介绍了超声实现滚压技术的基本原理及其优点。随后,对比分析了不同剧烈塑性变形方法的特点和局限性,引出了实现表面完整性的相关剧烈塑性变形协调机制。在此基础上,随后结合其他剧烈塑性变形强化工艺,重点总结了超声滚压剧烈塑性变形对金属材料表面微观结构演变的影响。具体探讨了剧烈塑性变形诱导晶粒细化机制、晶粒生长机制以及合金元素偏聚机制等,主要分别论述了不同层错能的面心立方、体心立方以及密排六方等不同金属晶体结构的晶粒细化机制(以位错滑移、变形孪晶为主导)、晶粒长大机制(以晶界迁移、晶粒旋转为主要)与合金元素偏聚机制(晶界偏聚、位错核心偏聚)等。最后,对以上内容进行了综合总结,并针对超声滚压技术研究中存在的问题给出进一步研究和发展的建议,从而为实现超声滚压金属材料的表面完整性的主动精准控制及提高其服役寿命与可靠性提供一定的参考。     

基于疲劳热耗散试验的金属温度场分析方法

本文以300M钢的疲劳试验为基础,借助非接触式红外热像仪,观察了疲劳测试过程中温度场的变化,以热力学第一定律和热交换定律为基础,综合了G.Meneghetti的单位体积金属热耗散模型;从微观角度分析了不同热处理条件下300M钢微观晶粒度对疲劳损伤过程中温度变化的影响,从宏观角度考虑了载荷和循环周次与疲劳过程中试件温度变化的关系,通过多元函数逼近建立了以晶粒度、载荷水平、循环周次为自变量的当量热源模型描述热源。该模型可以通过插值的方法来快速定量确定金属表面的温度场和当量热源大小。最后,数值模拟该热源的效能,通过实验验证,发现该模型可以有效预测疲劳损伤过程中温度场的演化。