BT25钛合金动态再结晶行为的元胞自动机模拟

为研究热加工工艺参数对钛合金塑性成形过程中微观组织的影响,利用Gleeble-3500型热模拟试验机对BT25钛合金进行单道次等温恒应变压缩试验。分析真应力-应变曲线,建立JMAK动态再结晶动力学方程;通过对热变形行为的分析,推导出钛合金的位错密度模型、再结晶形核和晶粒长大模型;结合元胞自动机的算法,建立元胞自动机(Cellular automata, CA)模型并利用该模型模拟和验证了BT25钛合金热变形过程中动态再结晶行为。结果表明,BT25钛合金的流动应力对应变速率和变形温度非常敏感;提高变形温度或降低应变速率均有利于材料发生动态再结晶;CA模型模拟晶粒尺寸误差约为3%,预测DRX体积分数误差在10%以内。该模型具有良好的预测精度,为合金材料在塑性加工过程中优化工艺参数和控制锻件微观组织演变提供了可靠性依据。     

Micro-extrusion of ultra-fine grained aluminium

Microforming of normal, coarse grain (CG) metals leads to scale problems which originate from the fact that the grain size becomes comparable to the part size. A possible way of dealing with these problems is replacing CG metals with ultra-fine grained (UFG) metals. UFG metals can be produced in bulk by severe plastic deformation (SPD). This paper describes using UFG aluminium 1070 for preliminary trials of micro extrusion of a cylindrical cup. The process of producing bulk UFG aluminium by SPD is explained and the material obtained characterised. The preparation of micro billets for the extrusion operation is discussed. Backward extrusion is carried out for two types of material, CG and UFG. This enables a comparison of the material behaviour and product characteristics. Using UFG aluminium in microforming results in more uniform products with improved mechanical properties.     

A laboratory device for measuring the diffusion coefficient of hydrogen in metals during their simultaneous hydrogenation and electron irradiation

An upgraded high-vacuum installation and procedure for studying diffusion of hydrogen in a BT1-0 titanium alloy membrane during irradiation of a sample by an electron beam with an energy of 10-120 keV in the scanning and stationary modes and with simultaneous electrolytic saturation are described. For this purpose, deflecting electrodes intended for scanning the beam are additionally integrated into the installation. The mass spectrum of the residual gases was recorded by the partial pressure sensors with a sensitivity as high as 10^-13 Pa. The diffusion coefficient of hydrogen measured under the scanning action of the electron beam on the titanium membrane is given.     

电流大小对TC4钛合金高温压缩力学行为的影响分析

为了研究电流大小对TC4钛合金高温压缩力学行为的影响,利用Gleeble-1500D动态热-力学模拟机,以电流作为加热源,分别以不同的升温速度将晶粒尺寸为8μm、16μm和20μm的TC4小圆柱体试样加热至700℃进行恒温压缩。结果表明：升温阶段的电流大小对应力影响大,大电流有利于塑性变形。电流降低了恒温变形阶段材料的动态再结晶温度,促进动态再结晶软化,降低变形抗力,有利于塑性变形,电流越大效果越明显。     

Processing map for the hot working of Ti-8Ta-3Nb

This paper considers the deformation behavior during hot forging in as-cast and forged specimens of Ti-8Ta-3Nb. The experimental specimens are as-cast and forged specimens of Ti-8Ta-3Nb. The deformation behavior of Ti-8Ta-3Nb alloy has been characterized on the basis of its flow stress variation obtained by true strain rate compression testing in the temperature range 650-900°C and strain rate range 0.001–10s⁻¹ P. The present study aims at assessing the hot workability of as-cast and forged Ti-8Ta-3Nb using the approach of processing maps and comparing specimens of Ti-8Ta-3Nb. The maps are an explicit representation of the various processes that occur in the different temperature and strain rate conditions. The construction of the maps is based on the experimentally determined changes of strain rate sensitivity coefficient. Processing maps were obtained at strains of 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 in both as-cast and forged specimens.     

High strain rate compression of titanium and some titanium alloys

A modified Hopkinson bar was used to compress specimens of commercially-pure titanium, IMI 125 and titanium alloys, AMS 4911B and AMS 4916B, at natural strain rates of between 3 × 10³ s⁻¹ and 3 × 10⁴ s⁻¹. All three materials deformed in a viscous manner with a linear increase of flow stress with strain rate and a macroscopic viscosity of 4·5 kPa s, 5·7 kPa s and 9·2 kPa s, respectively. At strain rates above about 1 × 10⁴ s⁻¹ there was a decrease in macroscopic viscosities to 0·9 kPa s and 2·5 kPa s for the titanium and 4911B alloy respectively, which is attributed to changes in the dislocation drag mechanisms. The results for the 4916B alloy at the higher strain rates were too scattered to give a definite trend. It is suggested that the increase in the macroscopic viscosity with alloying is due to an increase in the dislocation drag coefficient by solution hardening and to a reduction in the density of mobile dislocations by dislocation pinning.

It is also proposed that the susceptibility of these materials to catastrophic shear failure which occurs without prior linear work-softening is due to the higher propensity for titanium and titanium alloys to shear failure as a consequence of their thermo-mechanical properties. The decrease of strain at which shear occurred with increasing strength is in accord with this suggestion.     

Mechanical behaviour of brittle materials under hydrostatic pressure (on torsion of chalk cylinders)

Torsion tests were carried out on black-board chalk under hydrostatic pressures of up to 4·0 kgf/mm² in order to investigate the pressure effect on the deformation and fracture of brittle materials. Chalk, which is very weak (the tensile strength is about 0·1 kgf/mm²), was chosen as test material because the ratio of the applied hydrostatic pressure to the tensile strength of the material could be easily raised to high values.It is shown that there is a distinct difference in the characteristics of deformation and fracture between specimens under a pressure which is higher than a critical value of 0·3 kgf/mm² and those under a pressure less than that value. It is also shown that under relatively high pressure a macroscopic crack is formed around the twist angle yielding the maximum torque and thereafter it propagates helically with increase of twist angle.     

Application of a continuum constitutive model to metallic foam DEN-specimens in compression

The behavior of double-edge notched specimens of metallic foams in compression is studied numerically. To model the constitutive behavior of the metallic foam, a recently developed phenomenological, pressure-sensitive yield surface [1] is used. Compressive yielding in response to hydrostatic stress is incorporated through a dependence on the plastic Poisson ratio ν^p. Results are presented in terms of limit load F_lim, as a function of notch depth, a/W, and the plastic Poisson ratio ν^p. For incompressible plastic behavior, ν^p=0.5, the results show notch-strengthening due to constrained plastic deformation near the crack/notch-tip. For fully compressible plastic behavior (no lateral expansion on uniaxial compression, ν^p=0), no notch-effect is observed. The validity of using a continuum model for the analysis of metallic foam notched specimens is discussed.     

内高压成形机理与关键技术

在中国国家杰出青年科学基金资助项目“镁合金热态液力成形技术”、中国国家自然科学基金资助项目“轻体件高内压液力成形机理的研究”、“管材热态内压成形新方法及其机理研究”和“激光拼焊管内高压成形机理”、以及中国教育部高等学校博士学科点专项科研基金资助项目“镁合金热态内高压成形机理研究”共同资助下,开展内高压成形机理及关键技术研究,在内高压成形塑性变形规律、起皱和破裂等失稳行为、提高成形极限和降低成形压力方法,以及液力胀接、热态内压成形和拼焊管内高压成形等方面取得重要进展,并在汽车和航天等领域实现内高压成形技术产业化应用,报告上述研究的理论和工程体系。 根据塑性变形特点,将内高压成形分为变径管内高压成形(IHPF of TPVD)、弯曲轴线管内高压成形(IHPF of TPCA)和多通管内高压成形(IHPF of TPB/BT)等3类,提出IHPF of TPVD由充填、成形、整形等步骤组成,IHPF of TPCA由弯曲、预成形、内高压成形等步骤组成,IHPF of TPB/BT由胀形、补料、整形等步骤组成。以此为出发点,通过实验和理论分析,研究IHPF塑性变形规律与失稳行为。     

Structure and tribological behavior of submicrocrystalline titanium modified with nitrogen ions

The influence of combined treatment including intensive plastic deformation and ion-beam nitriding on the structure and tribological behavior of VT1–00 titanium alloy is studied. Intensive plastic deformation of titanium is shown to result in the formation of submicrocrystalline structure and 50–60% greater hardness of the alloy with tribological properties remaining unchanged. Implantation of nitrogen ions into titanium at 620–820 K results in the formation of a hard solution in the matrix α phase, which provides an increase in the microhardness of the modified layer up to 3500–3700 MPa and an increase in the alloy wear resistance by about 30 times, as well as a decrease in the coefficient of friction by 40%.     

Multi-scale parallel finite element analyses of LDH sheet formability tests based on crystallographic homogenization method

A multi-scale parallel finite element (FE) procedure based on the crystallographic homogenization method was applied to the LDH sheet formability test analysis. For the multi-scale structure, two scales are considered. One is a microscopic polycrystal structure and the other is a macroscopic elastic plastic continuum. The analysis code can predict the formability of sheet metal in macro-scale, simultaneously the crystal texture and hardening evolutions in the micro-scale (Nakamachi E et al. Int J Plasticity 2007;23:450-8). Since huge computation time is required for the nonlinear dynamic multi-scale FE analysis, parallel computing technique based on domain partitioning of FE model for macro-continuum is introduced into the multi-scale code using the message passing interface (MPI) library and PC cluster (Kuramae H et al. In: Proceedings of the eighth international conference on computational plasticity, Part 1, 2005. p. 622-5). The explicit time stepping solution scheme in the nonlinear multi-scale FE dynamic problem is well-suited for parallel computing on distributed memory environment such as PC cluster because solving simultaneous equation is not required. We measured crystal morphologies of four automotive sheet metals, aluminum alloy sheet metals A6022-T43 and A5182-O, an asymmetrically rolled aluminum alloy sheet metal A6022-ASR, and mild steel HC220YD, by using the scanning electron microscope (SEM) with electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) analyses, and defined a three-dimensional representative volume element (RVE) of micro polycrystal structure, which satisfy the periodicity condition of crystal orientation distribution. We evaluate not only macroscopic formability of the automotive sheet metals by the multi-scale LDH test analysis, but also microcrystalline texture evolution during plastic deformation. Furthermore, a relationship between the macroscopic formability and the microcrystal texture evolution was discussed through looking at multi-scale FE results. It is concluded that the mild steel HC220YD was the highest formability than the aluminum alloy sheet metals because of remaining and generating the γ-fiber texture, such as {1 1 1}〈1 1 0〉-{1 1 1}〈1 1 2〉 orientations, during plastic deformation.     

The effect of bridging on fatigue crack growth behavior in Aramid Patched Aluminum Alloy(APAL)

A new hybrid composite (APAL: Aramid Patched Aluminum Alloy), consisting of a 2024-T3 aluminum alloy plate sandwiched between two aramid/epoxy laminate (HK 285/RS 1222), was developed. Fatigue crack growth behavior was examined at stress ratios of R=0.2, 0.5 using the aluminum alloy and two kinds of the APAL with different fiber orientation (0°/90° and 45° for crack direction). The APAL showed superior fatigue crack growth resistance, which may be attributed to the crack bridging effect imposed by the intact fibers in the crack wake. The magnitude of crack bridging was estimated quantitatively and determined by a new technique on basis of compliances of the 2024-T3 aluminum alloy and the APAL specimens. The crack growth rates of the APAL specimens were reduced significantly as comparison to the monolithic aluminum alloy and were not adequately correlated with the conventional stress intensity factor range(ΔK). It was found that the crack growth rate was successfully correlated with the effective stress intensity factor range (ΔK _eff =K _br -K _ct ) allowing for the crack closure and the crack bridging. The relation between da/dN and theΔK _eff was plotted within a narrow scatter band regardless of kind of stress ratio (R=0.2, 0.5) and material (2024-T3 aluminum alloy, APAL 0°/90° and APAL±45°). The result equation was as follow:da/dN=6.45×10⁻⁷(ΔK _eff )^2.4.     

Significant improvement of wear properties by creating micro/nano dual-scale structure in Al–Sn alloys

We present in this work evidence that significant improvement of wear behavior can be achieved by creating a dual-scale structure. An Al–12 wt%Sn bearing alloy consisting of mixtures of nanocrystalline (NC) Al–Sn powder and coarse-grained (CG) Al–Sn powder was produced by a combination of mechanical alloying and conventional powder sintering. The extent of the improvement in wear properties was related to the ratio of NC/UFG to CG, and the best properties were achieved at a ratio of 30 wt% CG. With this ratio, this dual-scale Al–Sn (CG-30) alloy had a wear resistance about 1.5 times greater than that of the monolithic NC/UFC alloy prepared by mechanical alloying, about twice that of the monolithic CG alloy. The friction coefficient decreased by nearly 13% of the CG alloy. The detailed wear mechanism investigation revealed that an optimized combination of hardness and toughness is a key for the improvement of wear properties in the dual-scale material.     

BT20钛合金热变形流变应力的预测模型

对现有的流变应力模型进行了分析,针对BT20钛合金流变应力的特性,提出了一个新的计算热变形条件下钛合金流变应力的模型.该模型考虑了温度和应变速率的影响,能描述热变形过程中加工硬化阶段和加工软化阶段的流变应力;并建立了峰值应变、峰值应力、稳态应力和变形参量之间关系的模型.结果表明:这些模型预测结果与试验结果吻合,具有较好的精度.     

TNTZ钛合金流变行为及物理基本构模型

借助Gleeble-3500热模拟机对Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.5Zr(TNTZ)钛合金进行了变形温度为700~900 ℃、应变速率为0.001~1 s-1的等温恒应变速率压缩实验,分析了应变速率和变形温度对TNTZ钛合金流变应力的影响。根据实验数据,计算了不同变形条件下的温升值,分析了变形热产生的规律。综合考虑温度对材料自扩散系数和弹性模量的影响以及应变对合金流变应力的影响,通过多元线性回归拟合材料参数与应变之间的函数关系,构建了基于应变补偿的物理基本构模型。研究结果表明：TNTZ钛合金的流变应力随应变速率的增大而增大,随变形温度的升高而减小;变形热效应引起的温升与应变速率正相关,与变形温度负相关。通过应变补偿建立的物理基本构模型预测精度较高,模型相关系数R达0.964,平均相对误差为10.63%。     

钛合金微观位错与整体结构件加工变形的数学模型研究

以钛合金梁整体结构件为研究对象,根据位错动力学理论建立了整体结构件加工变形的运动位错分布模型;通过位错滑移系统模型建立了整体结构件最大塑性变形量与微观位错的理论数学关系.通过对该数学关系模型的分析表明：钛合金梁整体结构件的最大塑性变形量发生在梁中间附近,且最大变形位置由基面滑移和柱面滑移与工件端面之间的夹角确定;最大塑性变形量与已加工表面下不同深度处的应力场、加工变形过程中位错的增殖强度以及工件的长度成正比,与工件的厚度成反比,且仅从宏观尺寸上来看,工件的长度越长,厚度越小,工件的变形量越大.     

The effect of deformation anisotropy on the plastic zone at the tip of a crack under biaxial loading

A theoretical analysis for investigating the form and dimension of the plastic zone in the tip of a crack in a plate made from a material with deformation anisotropy is presented. The anisotropy is explained by the hardening process during plastic deformation caused by loading along a straight-line trajectory until a crack is formed in the plate plane. The idea of this method is to take into account the second term in the Williams’ series representation in eigenfunctions for stress components for the 2D case. The contribution of the second term in the Cartesian coordinate system is independent of the distance from the crack tip for the K ₁ − T concept. It is shown that for the case of anisotropy, the dimension of the plastic zone decreases. The stress along the crack’s axis changes the plastic zone significantly.     

Discussion of cyclic plasticity and viscoplasticity of single crystal nickel-based superalloy in large strain analysis: comparison of anisotropic macroscopic model and crystallographic model

The inelastic behavior of nickel-based superalloy is investigated in detail by application of a macroscopic anisotropic plasticity model developed here, and the results are compared to predictions based on crystal plasticity, which incorporates the kinematic hardening. Uniaxial deformation processes and simple shear deformations at large strain are considered. The plastic spin concept coupled with an anisotropic Chaboche model is provided in the framework of macroscopic viscoplasticity. The plastic spin formulation used here is based on the concept of the noncoaxiality between the stress and plastic rate of deformation. The present model succeeds in reproducing the inelastic behavior during large deformation. It is shown that the plastic spin associated with the anisotropic flow rule plays a key role in the macroscopic model. Simulation results find these two different scale models provide similar predictions under uniaxial deformation for [0 0 1] and [1 1 1] orientation, while their predictions for simple shear deformation at large strain exhibit quantitative difference, but their trends are the same. The interpretations for simulation results are pursued in detail.     

高温塑性变形中裂纹修复的细晶效应

为了探索高温塑性变形过程中裂纹修复规律，采用高温物理模拟方法研究了20MnMo材料内部孔隙性裂纹的变化过程。实验中发现20MnMo材料裂纹修复过程中普遍存在细晶现象，研究了温度、外压和时间等因素对其影响，揭示了细晶形成的原因及其在修复中的地位。根据其变化将裂纹修复分为3个阶段，细晶现象可以作为缺陷修复程度的判据，并证明了再结晶是裂纹修复的主要原因。对缺陷修复规律在生产实际中应用具有重要的指导作用。     

The possibility of testing the structural state of highly-deformed high-carbon steels by the magnetic method

The influence of cold plastic deformation on phase transformations and on the magnetic properties of powder specimens of the Fe-5-at. % C alloy modeling U12 high-carbon steel has been investigated in the context of nondestructive testing. It has been shown that under high plastic deformation dissolution of cementite Fe3C occurs by the scheme -Fe + Fe₃C -Fe + (Fe₃C)_d + -Fe + Am(Fe-C). An increase in the rate of plastic deformation of powders decreases the coercive force from 50 to 13 A/cm due to the low coercivity of the #x03B1;-Fe and Am(Fe-C) phases. The structural state of high-carbon steels following a strong cold plastic deformation can be determined by measuring two magnetic parameters: the coercive force, and the temperature dependence of differential magnetic permeability.Translated from Defektoskopiya, Vol. 40, No. 7, 2004, pp. 42–52.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by A.I. Ulyanov, Arsenteva, Zagainov, A.L. Ulyanov, Elsukov, Dorofeev.