高频载荷下高强钢的超高周疲劳及热耗散研究

应用超声疲劳试验技术,对两种高强度钢(42CrMo4,100Cr6)在20kHz频率下的超高周疲劳性能进行测试分析.实验结果表明:两种钢的S -N曲线在106周发生了明显的变化,出现了水平渐近线.尽管23个42CrMo4钢试样用于1010周的疲劳试验,但在8.76×107循环周次以上,没有疲劳破坏发生,42CrMo4钢存在疲劳极限,而100Cr6钢的S -N曲线呈现台阶型.高精度热成像仪检测不同载荷条件下疲劳试样温度的变化结果显示:温度的变化与试验材料和加载水平有关.试样温度的快速升高发生在超声疲劳试验的初期,温度的变化反映了材料内部的热耗散过程.裂纹萌生后,微裂纹处不可逆的局部塑性变形导致裂纹萌生区温度急剧升高,疲劳试样内部温度场的变化反映材料的疲劳损伤过程.SEM观察表明:在长寿命区,疲劳裂纹常萌生于试样内部或次表层组织缺陷处.     

Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Messunsicherheit bei der Härteprüfung. Excel Datei zur Durchführung

Methods for the Determination of Uncertainty for Hardness Testing. EXCEL file for the Determination The determination of uncertainty for hardness testing [1, 2, 3] on the basis of the CRM hardness reference blocks according to GUM [4] are described. The application of an EXCEL based file for this determination of the uncertainty as part of the periodic check is presented.     

Yield stress of duplex stainless steel specimens estimated using a compound Hall–Petch equation

Abstract

In this study, the 0.2% yield stress of duplex stainless steel was evaluated using a compound Hall–Petch equation. The compound Hall–Petch equation was derived from four types of duplex stainless steel, which contained 0.2–64.4 wt% δ-ferrite phase, had different chemical compositions and were annealed at different temperatures. Intragranular yield stress was measured with an ultra-microhardness tester and evaluated with the yield stress model proposed by Dao et al. Grain size, volume fraction and texture were monitored by electron backscattering diffraction measurement. The k_γ constant in the compound equation for duplex stainless steel agrees well with that for γ-phase SUS316L steel in the temperature range of 1323–1473 K. The derived compound Hall–Petch equation predicts that the yield stress will be in good agreement with the experimental results for the Cr, Mn, Si, Ni and N solid-solution states. We find that the intragranular yield stress of the δ-phase of duplex stainless steel is rather sensitive to the chemical composition and annealing conditions, which is attributed to the size misfit parameter.     

Enhanced Performance of Nanostructured Coatings for Drilling by Droplet Elimination

Cutting tool performance is mainly characterized by material substrate, cutting edge geometry, and coating, and also by a good choice of the cutting parameters, mainly cutting speed, depth of cut, and feed. In drilling a good choice of substrate/coating can reduce production costs per hole cut by 50%. Coatings evolution has gone from monolayer to nanostructured and/or nanometric-scale multilayer coatings. These are used because of their high hardness, good corrosion and oxidation resistance, and thermal stability. Cutting edge preparation on the one hand and droplet elimination after the coating process on the other are important issues for reaching a good tool/coating performance, being a key issue. In this article a series of coatings for drilling low and medium carbon alloyed steels are presented, along with their performance. Validation tests were carried out on steel 42CrMo4, very often used in the automotive sector. Seven coatings were tested, including AlCrSiN, µAlTiN, TiAlCrN, AlTiCrN, AlCrN, AlTiSiN, and TiAlSiN. Flank wear, evolution of drilling thrust force and torque, damage on cutting edge faces on primary cutting edge, and behavior of drill bit secondary edges were studied. A final elimination of droplets by drag grinding was performed in several cases. Process monitoring, scanning electron microscope (SEM) microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis were used, concluding that the best results were for µAlTiN, TiAlSiN, and AlTiSiN. Reasons for the good behavior are the good surface finishing after droplet elimination and the high thermal stability of these protective layers.     

Numerical simulation for stress/strain distribution and microstructural evolution in 42CrMo steel during hot upsetting process

Based on experimental results, the dynamic recrystallization mathematical models of 42CrMo steel were derived. The effects of strain rates on the strain/stress distribution and microstructural evolution in 42CrMo steel during hot upsetting process were simulated by integrating the thermo-mechanical coupled finite element model. The results show that the deformation of the specimen is inhomogeneous, and the degree of the deformation inhomogeneity decreases with the increase of strain rates. The distribution of the effective stress in the specimen is also inhomogeneous, and the locus of the maximum effective stress changes with the variations of strain rates. The dynamic recrystallization volume fraction decreases with the increase of strain rates. The distribution of the dynamic recrystallization grain is inhomogeneous in the deformed specimen, and the average dynamic recrystallization grain size decreases as the strain rate is increased. A good agreement between the predicted and experimental results confirmed that the derived dynamic recrystallization mathematical models can be successfully incorporated into the finite element model to predict the microstructural evolution in the hot upsetting process for 42CrMo steel.     

Instrumented impact test of duplex stainless steel miniature specimen

The paper describes a new approach to characterize metallic materials by a novel instrumented notch impact test for samples with small specimen size. A piezo‐electric sensor mounted on the pendulum hammer provides force information during the fracture process. By numerical integration of the signal the absorbed impact energy can be calculated very exactly. Further information about the fracture behavior can be extracted from the resulting force‐displacement‐diagram. Several duplex stainless steels in different heat treatment conditions were tested and compared to standard Charpy impact testing specimen. It is concluded that different grades of embrittlement of duplex materials can be detected with high accuracy. Due to a data acquisition rate of 250 kilo‐samples/second and limited stiffness of the pendulum hammer impact energies of less than 7% of maximum energy materials with high brittleness can only be characterized qualitatively.     

Determination of creep parameters from indentation creep experiments: a parametric finite element study for single phase materials

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This paper explores the possibilities of determining creep parameters for a simple Norton law material from indentation creep testing. Using creep finite element analysis the creep indentation test technique is analysed in terms of indentation rates at constant loads. Emphasis is placed on the evolving stress distribution in front of the indenter during indentation creep. Moreover the role of indenter geometry, size effects and of macroscopic constraints is explicitly considered. A simple procedure is proposed to translate indentation creep results into constitutive creep equations for cases where the dimensions of the tested material are significantly larger than the indenter. The influence of macroscopic constraints becomes important when the size of the indenter is of the same order of magnitude as the size of the testing material. As a striking example for size effects and for macroscopic constraints the indentation creep process in a thin film is analyzed. The results contribute to a better mechanical understanding of indentation creep testing.