Cyclic stress response and deformation behaviour of precipitation-hardened aluminium-lithium alloys

The cyclic stress response of two lithium-containing aluminium alloys aged to contain ordered precipitates was studied in different environments over a range of plastic strains. The specimens were cycled using tension-compression loading under total strain control. The peak-aged Al---Li---Mn alloy cyclically hardened to failure, whereas the peak-aged Al---Li---Cu alloy displayed softening for most of the fatigue life. The presence of shearable softening for most of the fatigue life. The presence of shearable precipitates in the two alloys results in a local decrease in resistance to dislocation movement, leading to a progressive loss of ordering contributions to hardening and slip concentration. This, coupled with the presence of precipitate free zones, promotes strain localization in intense slip bands and results in early crack nucleation. Transmission electron microscopy observations revealed homogeneous deformation in specimens cycled at high plastic strain amplitudes. However, at lower plastic strain amplitudes, deformation was inhomogeneous in the two alloy systems with the formation of intense planar slip bands. Results of this study reveal that the initial hardening observed is due to dislocation-dislocation and dislocation-precipitate interaction and that the softening observed in the Al---Li---Cu alloy is a mechanical and not an environmental effect.     

沉淀强化奥氏体合金的氢致断裂行为

研究了未充氢和热充氢沉淀强化奥氏体合金的拉伸断裂行为,分析了其氢脆敏感性与拉伸断裂行为间的联系,研究了氢对合金局部塑性变形及微裂纹形核的影响。结果表明:氢使沉淀强化合金由单一的韧窝断裂转变为韧窝断裂、沿晶断裂和滑移带开裂的混合断裂方式。其原因是:一方面,氢促进位错平面化滑移趋势、加剧局部塑性变形;另一方面,滑移带被晶界、孪晶界以及不同取向的滑移带所阻碍,引起了位错塞积和氢聚集。     

Influence of hydrogen charging on mechanical properties of gas tungsten arc weldments of aluminium-lithium alloy 8090

The effect of hydrogen charging on the mechanical properties of gas tungsten arc welds (GTAW) of aluminium-lithium alloy 8090 (2 mm thick rolled sheets) was studied using cathodic hydrogen charging. To stimulate an increased amount of hydrogen into welds, the charging current density was increased through a galvanostatic circuit. The deleterious effect of hydrogen on ductility is documented in terms of degradation in tensile ductility (reduction in area and elongation-to-failure). Microscopic analysis was performed to characterize the microstructure and grain morphology of the weldments. Hardness measurements revealed an increase in hardness of the charged welds over the uncharged counterpart. Scanning electron microscopy observations of uncharged welds revealed a mixed mode failure with predominantly ductile rupture. Although, the charged welds exhibited a near similar mode of failure to that of the uncharged welds, extensive planar slip deformation was observed near the outer surface of the uncharged welds. The change in fracture mode from the outer surface to the central portion of the charged welds is attributed to intrinsic differences in hydrogen densities. An attempt has been made to rationalize the role of hydrogen on tensile properties and quasi-static fracture behaviour of the GTAW welds.     

Deformation and fracture behavior of niobium-10 at % vanadium alloy with hydrogen

The results of e systematic study of deformation and fracture behaviour of niobium-10 at% vanadium alloy with or without o nominal 200 p.p.m. wt% hydrogen and deformed in tension are presented as function of orientation and two testing temperatures; 195 and 295 K. Single crystals, large and small grain size polycrystals are used to determine the mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement. Metallographic observations using both optical and scanning electron microscopy of the surface features associated with deformation and fracture behaviour of this alloy containing hydrogen are illustrated. In particular, the relationship between slip, twinning and cracks is described Furthermore, the reasons for the relatively large ductility associated with niobium rich alloys in comparison with other Nb-V alloys are put forward. Discrete dislocation analysis of the models of twinning is used to substantiate the ideas presented on the effect of hydrogen on the nucleation of twins and cracks in this alloy,     

Deformation behaviors of as-built and hot isostatically pressed Ti-6Al-4V alloys fabricated via electron beam rapid manufacturing

The deformation behavior of as-built and hot isostatically pressed(HIP) Ti-6Al-4V alloys fabricated using electron beam rapid manufacturing(EBRM) were investigated in this work.The deformation characteristics were characterized using a laser scanning confocal microscope and electron back-scattered diffraction(EBSD).In the as-built sample,prismatic slip was the main mode of deformation,as well as a small amount of basal slip and cross-slip.Some planar slip lines with large length scales were observed across severalα lamellae.After hot isostatical pressing,prismatic and basal slip were the main mode of deformation,accompanied by abundant cross-slip and multiple slip,and most of the slip lines were blocked within an a lamellae.These differences in deformation behavior were associated with the coarsening of a laths and the more retained p phase after HIP compared to the as-built alloy.More cross-slip and multiple slip can lead to superior elongation-to-failure and a greater strain hardening effect in the HIP alloy compared to the as-built sample.     

Half-cycle slip activity of persistent slip bands at different stages of fatigue life of polycrystalline nickel

The slip activity of persistent slip bands (PSBs) in polycrystalline nickel was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The half-cycle slip activity as well as the local shear strain amplitudes was investigated after half-cycle deformation at different numbers of cycles in the domain of stress saturation. Moreover, the fraction of grains containing cumulated PSBs and the accumulated volume fraction of PSBs was estimated depending on the number of cycles during fatigue life. The volume fraction of active PSBs during half-cycle deformation is significantly lower than the cumulated PSB volume and decreases with increasing number of cycles. Additionally, an increasing localization of cyclic plastic strain within the PSBs was observed. However, with increasing number of cycles the average local shear strain amplitude remains almost unchanged. Thus, PSBs in polycrystals are subjected to a life history which is characterized by active and inactive periods of their half-cycle slip activity during cyclic deformation at different stages of the saturation state.     

温度对V-5Cr-5Ti合金拉伸性能及组织结构的影响

对真空自耗重熔制备的V-5Cr-5Ti合金进行了室温到1150℃温度范围的拉伸性能测试,获得了不同温度下的拉伸应力应变曲线,用SEM和光学显微镜对断口形貌和金相组织进行了观察,分析了温度对断口形貌和组织的影响。结果表明:V-5Cr-5Ti合金的屈服强度和极限强度总体上随温度升高而降低,但在300℃到700℃之间出现应变失效效应,断裂伸长率随温度升高而降低,断面收缩率随温度升高先增大再而降低,在400℃时断面收缩率最大;温度较低时塑性变形以滑移为主,温度较高时以晶界开裂为主,并伴随有晶界熔化的现象,高温断口表现为韧性断裂为主,具有韧性与脆性共存的现象。     

Tensile flow and fracture behaviour of a superplastic Al-Ca-Zn alloy

The tensile flow behaviour in the range 275 to 550 ° C of an ultra-fine-grained superplastic Al-Ca-Zn alloy is reported. Under certain conditions of temperature and strain rate, superplastic ductility could be established. Fracture surfaces of tensile specimens tested in the above temperature range were examined by scanning electron microscopy and a correlation could be obtained between the ductility, as revealed by the tension tests, and the fracture behaviour. The fractographic studies also suggested a transition in the deformation process from grain deformation (mainly slip) at the lower temperatures to grain-boundary deformation (predominantly grain-boundary sliding) in the vicinity of 425 ° C.     

Isothermal fatigue behavior of cast superalloy Inconel 792-5A at 23 and 900?°C

Total strain-controlled tests have been performed on cylindrical specimens of polycrystalline Inconel 792-5A at 23 and 900 °C to study the effect of temperature on low cycle fatigue characteristics and cyclic strain localization. Hardening/softening curves, cyclic stress–strain curves, and fatigue life curves are presented. Two linear dependencies are used to approximate the room temperature data in Manson–Coffin plot. Technique of oriented foils observed in transmission electron microscope is used to study dislocation structure. Effect of temperature on surface relief topography and fracture surface is documented using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. High-amplitude straining is characterized by slight initial hardening followed by saturation at room temperature and sustained weak softening at 900 °C. Low-amplitude cycling results in the stable stress response. Plastic strain localization into persistent slip bands lying along {111} slip planes was observed at both temperatures.     

Deformation inhomogeneity in large-grained AA5754 sheets

Models for deformation and strain localization in polycrystals that incorporate microstructural features including particles are computationally intensive due to the large variation in scale in going from particles to grains to a specimen. As a result such models are generally 2-D in nature. This is an issue for experimental validation. We have therefore studied deformation heterogeneities and strain localization behavior of coarse-grained alloys with only two grains across the sample thickness, therefore mimicking 2-D behavior. Aluminum alloy sheets (AA5754) have been investigated by a number of surface techniques, including digital image correlation, slip trace analysis and electron backscattered diffraction, at the individual grain level. Local strain concentration zones appear from the very beginning of deformation, which then maintain sustained growth and lead, in one of these regions, to localization and final fracture. These ‘hot spots’ occur in areas with locally soft grains (i.e. grains with 〈0 0 1〉 or 〈1 0 1〉 close to the tensile direction) and soft-evolution orientations (i.e. grains with 〈1 0 1〉 close to the tensile direction). These grains can be correlated with Taylor and/or Schmid factors.     

Effect of phosphorus segregation and Ni2Cr formation on hydrogen embrittlement in 70Ni–30Cr alloys

Abstract

The effects of aging at 773 K on hydrogen embrittlement in Ni–30Cr (wt-%) alloys having two levels of P have been investigated by considering the grain-boundary segregation of impurity atoms and the Ni₂ Cr ordered-phase formation. Aging at 773K suppressed intergraular fracture and reduced the susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement in the low-P alloy. Such behaviour can be explained in terms of the grain-boundary strengthening caused by the segregation of C atoms. During aging at 773 K, the Ni₂Cr ordered phase formed and the deformation mode changed from wavy slips to coplanar slip with paired dislocations, and then to coplanar slip with microtwins. In the low-P alloy, this change of deformation mode induced step-like cracks which may have occurred by the separation of either the {111} slip planes or the microtwin interfaces. In the high-P alloy, aging for short times caused C segregation to the grain boundaries which suppressed intergranular fracture. However, aging for longer times induced drastic intergranular hydrogen embrittlement because of the grain-boundary segregation of P atoms, which offset the effect of the boundary strengthening caused by C atoms.

MST/177     

Interaction of the Portevin–Le Chatelier phenomenon with ductile fracture of a thin aluminum CT specimen: experiments and simulations

An attempt is made here to capture numerically slant ductile fracture and its early slant strain precursors via combining a dynamic strain aging (DSA) model with ductile damage models. In recent experimental studies it has been shown that in an AA2XXX alloy strain localization in slant bands preceded the onset of damage, originating slant fracture ahead of a notch. Here tensile tests are performed at different strain rates revealing some negative strain rate sensitivity which is an indication of DSA effect for AA2198-T8. A McCormick-type DSA model in conjunction with a Rousselier damage model, a reduced polycrystalline plasticity model and a Coulomb fracture criterion for slip systems have been used. Full 3D finite element simulations using this model and typical parameters for aluminum alloys capture the early strain localization in slanted bands, their intermittent activity and the final slant fracture. Prior simulation results without the DSA model and others using the von Mises plasticity or the GTN model did not capture the early slant strain localization thereby suggesting that DSA may well be the physical origin of the early slant strain localization and final slant fracture phenomena in this alloy.     

Formability of two aluminium alloys

Abstract

The suitability of two recently developed aluminium alloys (an Al–Mg–Mn alloy and an Al–Li–Cu alloy) for press forming applications has been examined. The characterisation involved the experimental determination of microstructural aspects, tensile properties, and formability parameters such as average plastic strain ratio and planar anisotropy. The forming limit diagram has been experimentally evaluated. A detailed analysis of the strain distribution profiles obtained from punch stretching experiments has been attempted. An attempt has been made to correlate the crystallographic texture with the formability parameters. The fracture surfaces of the punch stretched samples were observed using scanning electron microscopy with a view to obtaining a correlation between fracture behaviour and formability. The alloys, in particular the Al–Mg–Mn alloy, have been found to possess good stretchability but both show very limited drawability. Texture analysis indicated negligible earing during deep drawing. These alloys are suitable for stamping applications where stretching constitutes the major proportion of the deformation.     

THE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN ON FATIGUE AND DISLOCATION BEHAVIOR OF AN α/β TITANIUM ALLOY

Abstract— Fatigue thresholds and crack growth rates were studied in the experimental alloy, Ti—5Al—4Mo, as a function of temperature, grain size and hydrogen concentration. Deformation is confined to planar slip bands along which fracture occurred at low hydrogen concentrations. Hydrogen accelerated crack growth rates at various combinations of temperature, grain size and hydrogen with a corresponding change in fracture from "cleavage' to interface phase fracture. In addition, hydrogen was found to promote interface phase formation. It is proposed that stress-assisted hydrogen accumulation increases the interface phase hydrogen concentration which reduces the interface phase fracture stress. This process depends on the local stress and β -phase hydrogen concentrations, temperature and the time under load. At 340 K, hydrogen had a relatively small effect on crack growth due to a change in slip behavior with increased hydrogen concentration.     

Investigation of process zone structure in Fe–3Si alloy

Abstract

An in situ fracture experiment was carried out in a scanning electron microscope to investigate plastic deformation and strain distribution in the process zone (PZ) located in the immediate vicinity of the crack tip in an Fe–3Si alloy (wt-%) under mixed mode loading conditions. It was observed that plastic deformation occurred by successive activation of a number of slip systems. The strain distribution and shape of the PZ were strongly dependent on the crystallographic orientation of the grain containing the crack tip. The distribution differed from that predicted using near tip blunting calculations and was best expressed by an exponential equation. Additional strain concentrations created by surface defects caused slight perturbations in the overall distribution. Crack propagation started along a coarse slip band which possessed the highest strain. It was found that the maximum strains in the PZ exceeded the uniaxial tensile fracture strain.

MST/1404     

5083铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接头拉伸行为研究

目的 研究5083铝合金搅拌摩擦焊接（FSW）的组织、力学性能和拉伸应变,分析接头的拉伸行为。方法 采用数码相机、光学显微镜、电子扫描显微镜等表征分析方法,对焊缝的表面宏观成形、微观组织、断口形貌进行分析;利用拉伸机、三维数字动态散斑应变测量分析系统和显微维氏硬度计对接头的力学性能和拉伸应变进行测试。结果 不同焊接工艺参数下FSW接头的最低抗拉强度为305 MPa,断后延伸率达到了14%以上;焊核区拉伸应变沿板厚方向呈现上高下低和上宽下窄的不均匀梯度分布,发生了较大程度的变形强化,直到拉伸应力达到抗拉强度。断裂失效前300/120接头的最大拉伸应变在晶粒粗大的母材区,500/120和500/200接头的最大拉伸应变则位于晶粒尺寸差异较大的后退侧焊核区与热力影响区交界处。接头拉伸断口宏观上均为45°剪切韧性断裂,微观上均以韧窝韧性断裂为主,而高热输入500/120接头出现脆性断裂特征,其延伸率明显降低。结论 高热力耦合输入使铝合金FSW接头薄弱区发生转变,强韧性降低。     

Fatigue studies of high-palladium dental casting alloys: Part II. Transmission electron microscopic observations†

The microstructures of two representative high-palladium dental alloys, a Pd–Cu–Ga alloy and a Pd–Ga alloy, which had been subjected to cyclic fatigue in uniaxial tension were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Two different mechanisms were found to dominate microplastic deformation during fatigue: twinning in the Pd–Cu–Ga alloy, and planar slip of dislocations in the Pd–Ga alloy. In addition, stress-induced precipitation occurred in the Pd–Ga alloy during cyclic loading. Heat treatment simulating the firing cycles for dental porcelain resulted in the formation of a previously unreported bcc phase in the Pd–Cu–Ga alloy, and in the elimination of the characteristic tweed structure found in the Pd–Ga alloy for the as-cast condition.     

Tensile deformation behavior of spray-deposited FVS0812 heat-resistant aluminum alloy sheet at elevated temperatures

The tensile deformation behavior of spray deposited FVS0812 heat-resistant aluminum alloy sheet was studied by uniaxial tension tests at temperatures ranging from 250 °C to 450 °C and strain rates from 0.001 to 0.1 s^− 1. The associated fracture surfaces were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the degree of work-hardening increases with decreasing temperature, and exhibits a small decrease with increasing strain rate; the strain rate sensitivity exponent increases with increasing temperature. The flow stress increases with increasing strain rate but decreases with increasing temperature. The total elongations to fracture increase not only with increasing temperature, but also with increasing strain rate, which is in marked contrast with the normal inverse dependence of elongation on the strain rate exhibited by conventional aluminum alloy sheets. The SEM fracture analysis indicates that the dependence of elongation on the strain rate may be due to the presence of a transition from plastic instability at lower strain rates to stable deformation at higher strain rates for fine-grained materials produced by spray deposition.     

Influence of deformation processing on tensile response of dispersion strengthened copper

Abstract

The influence of deformation processing on microstructure, tensile deformation, and fracture behaviour of an oxide dispersion strengthened copper alloy is presented and discussed. The strength of the alloy, in both the drawn and extruded microstructural conditions, decreased with an increase in test temperature. At a given temperature, the strength of the drawn microstructure was superior to that of the extruded counterpart. For both the drawn and extruded microstructures, the alloy maintained a high value of yield strengthultimate tensile strength ratio. The tensile fracture behaviour of the alloy was identical for both the drawn and extruded microstructures. Tensile deformation was essentially by inhomogeneous planar slip in the copper matrix and at locations remote from the dispersoid particles.     

Micromechanism of cyclic plastic deformation of alloy IN 718 at 600 °C

In the present investigation, an attempt was made to understand the cyclic deformation micromechanism of gas turbine alloy Inconel 718 at 600 °C (i) by conducting low cycle fatigue and creep–fatigue interaction tests and (ii) by studying the microstructure evolution in the material during fatigue tests through extensive electron microscopy. Bilinear slope was obtained in the Coffin–Manson plot for all low cycle fatigue tests, and it was confirmed through transmission electron microscopic examination that microtwinning was the predominant mode of deformation at low plastic strain values, whereas slip and shearing of γ″ precipitates were the predominant mode of deformation at higher plastic strain values. Fatigue life was adversely affected when hold time was introduced at peak tensile strain during creep–fatigue interaction tests. Formation of stepped interface at microtwin boundaries and coarsening of niobium carbide precipitates were observed to be the major microsturctural changes during creep–fatigue interaction tests.