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。     

固溶处理对含Gd不锈钢第二相与硬度的影响

研究了不同固溶处理温度对含Gd不锈钢第二相与硬度的影响。结果表明,含Gd不锈钢在1000～1150℃固溶处理30 min后,沿晶界析出的连续第二相只发生部分熔断,大量第二相弥散分布于基体中,由“灰色”相包裹着“亮白色”相,“灰色”相元素组成及含量相对稳定。在1000～1070℃保温30 min固溶处理后,“亮白色”相的Ni几乎完全溶解,Gd浓缩富集,尺寸缩小,“灰色”相长大缓慢,部分“灰色”相形貌变为短棒状。固溶温度升高至1150℃,“亮白色”相中Ni溶解的同时Gd发生扩散及微量溶解,大部分“亮白色”相消失,“灰色”相发生粗化、球化。固溶处理后合金硬度均低于固溶处理前,随着固溶温度的升高,合金硬度呈上升趋势。     

Corrosion of New Zirconium Claddings in 500 °C/10.3 MPa Steam: Effects of Alloying and Metallography

With the aim of improving corrosion resistance of rod cladding for in-service and accident conditions, six new zirconium alloys (named N1-N6) have been designed. The contents of Sn and Nb were optimized for better behavior at high-temperature pressurized water, and Fe, Cr, V, Cu or Mo elements were added to the alloys to adjust the corrosion behavior. The current work focused on the rapid corrosion behavior in 500 °C/10.3 MPa steam for up to 1960 h, aiming to test the corrosion resistance at high temperature. The structure of matrix and properties of second-phase particles (SPPs) were characterized to find the main differences among these alloys. All the six alloys exhibited better corrosion resistance than N36, and N1 was shown to have the best performance. A careful analysis of the corrosion kinetics curves revealed that Cr was beneficial for severe condition. Elements Fe, Cr, V, Cu or Mo aggregated into SPPs with different concentrations and structures. This was demonstrated to be the main reason for different corrosion resistance. Due to good processing control, all alloys had a uniform structure and a uniform distribution of SPPs. As for N4, N6 and N36, the existing of large-size SPPs (450 nm) might be a contributing factor of the relatively poor corrosion resistance.     

Saturation of the surface of steels with silicon and germanium from salt melts

Zero-current saturation of the surface of steels with silicon and germanium from melts of salts was studied. It was found from the comparison of silicon-saturated and silicon-germanium-saturated surfaces of three kinds of steels that saturation with silicon and germanium yield better-quality surface layers of low-alloyed steels than does saturation with silicon alone.     

Crack initiation and propagation in braided SiC/SiC composite tubes: Effect of braiding angle

Crack initiation and propagation in three braided SiC/SiC composite tubes with different braiding angles are investigated by in situ tensile tests with synchrotron micro-computed tomography. Crack networks are precisely detected after an image subtraction procedure based on Digital Volume Correlation. FFT based simulations are performed on the full-resolution 3D images to assess elastic stress/strain fields. Quantitative measurements of the crack geometries are performed using a novel method based on grey levels. The results show that braiding angle has no obvious effect on the location of crack onsets (initiation always occurs at tow interfaces), whereas it significantly affects the paths of crack propagation. This work provides an explicit demonstration of the crack propagation scenarios with respect to the mesoscopic fibre architectures.     

Micromechanical properties and microstructural evolution of Amosic-3 SiC/SiC composites irradiated by silicon ions

In this work, Amosic-3 SiC/SiC composites were irradiated to 10 dpa and 115 dpa with 300 keV Si ions at 300 °C. To evaluate its irradiation behaviour and investigate the underlying mechanism, nanoindentation, AFM, Raman and electron microscopy were utilized. Nanoindentation showed that although micromechanical properties declined after irradiation, hardness and Young’s modulus were maintained better under 115 dpa. AFM manifested differential swelling among PyC interface, fiber and matrix and SEM showed irradiation-induced partial interface debonding, which are both more obvious under 115 dpa. TEM revealed the generation and proliferation of amorphous regions, which is according with the decline and broadening of peaks in Raman spectra. The material was almost completely amorphous after irradiated to 10 dpa while recrystallization occurred under 115 dpa. All results mentioned above contribute to the decline of hardness and Young’s modulus and may explain why the micromechanical degradation was more significant under 10 dpa.     

基于弥散燃料颗粒开裂的金属基体裂纹特征模型

金属基弥散燃料元件在特殊工况下会发生表面起泡失效。燃料颗粒开裂是金属基体开裂的前提条件,只有当金属基体开裂后元件才会发生表面起泡。燃料颗粒开裂后,裂纹宽度和塑性区长度等裂纹特征决定了金属基体开裂行为。基于弹塑性断裂力学和应力平衡条件,建立了基于弥散燃料颗粒开裂的金属基体裂纹特征模型。计算结果表明：裂纹张开位移随退火温度和燃耗深度的升高而增加;裂纹尖端塑性区长度主要与退火温度相关。裂纹张开位移和塑性区长度的计算结果与实验数据均符合较好,验证了金属基体裂纹特征模型的有效性。     

再加工工艺对N18锆合金板残余应力的影响

采用“热轧+冷轧+退火”工艺对N18锆合金板进行再加工,通过X射线法分析板的表面残余应力,采用EBSD技术分析晶界取向差角分布和大小角度晶界。结果表明,热轧后N18锆合金板的表面残余应力呈现无规律分布状态;冷轧后板的表面残余应力均为压应力,其大小随着冷轧变形量的增加而增加;退火后板的表面残余应力值处于较低水平,当退火制度为500 ℃×2 h时,残余应力处于最低水平;退火后,板的微观结构以小角度晶界为主,且随着退火温度的升高,小角度晶界的密度先增加后趋于稳定。     

基于Ti1100合金的微量元素添加对合金抗氧化性能的影响

本文利用固溶体合金中的‘团簇加连接原子’模型解析了典型高温近α-Ti合金Ti1100的成分,其团簇成分式为[Al-(Ti13.7Zr0.3)](Al0.69Sn0.18Mo0.03Si0.12)。在此基础上,采用相似元素替代原则设计了微量元素Hf、Ta和Nb添加的系列合金成分,即 [Al-(Ti13.7Zr0.15Hf0.15)](Al0.69Sn0.18Si0.1(Mo/Ta/Nb)0.03)。对该系列合金进行950 ℃/1 h固溶+560 ℃/6 h时效处理,然后进行组织结构、硬度、抗高温氧化及电化学腐蚀性能测试。研究结果表明,Zr0.15Hf0.15合金与参比合金具有相同片层β转变组织,而在此基础上Ta和Nb的添加会使合金中产生大量等轴α组织;但组织的改变对系列合金的显微硬度影响不大,介于330-370 HV。650 ℃氧化100 h后系列合金均具有较强的抗氧化能力,氧化增重小于1.0 mg/cm2,而在800 ℃氧化100 h后,添加Hf、Ta、Nb元素的合金氧化增重明显低于Ti1100合金,氧化层厚度为25~27 μm,且氧化层致密,其中[Al-(Ti13.7Zr0.15Hf0.15)](Al0.69Sn0.18Si0.1Ta0.015Nb0.015)合金具有最优的抗高温氧化性能,800 ℃/100 h后的氧化增重仅为2.6 mg/cm2。此外,该系列合金在在3.5 %NaCl溶液中也具有较好的耐蚀性。     

Meso-scale analysis of the creep behavior of hydrogenated Zircaloy-4

During dry storage, creep is the most likely degradation mechanism for spent Zircaloy fuel cladding. The fuel cladding integrity during dry storage depends on the amount of oxidation, irradiation hardening and hydrogen-uptake during in-reactor operation. In this paper, the effect of hydrogen on the creep behavior of Zircaloy-4 cladding material was investigated at different temperatures. Depending on temperature, hydrogen can be found in the sample in solid solution and/or hydride. To capture this phenomenon, a numerical mesoscale model of the hydrogenated material has been built using the Finite Element (FE) Method. The numerical setup explicitly describes the hydrides as an inclusion in a hydrogenated Zircaloy-4 matrix. The matrix creep behavior follows a combined Norton-Bailey and Norton creep rules whereas the hydrides are considered to be elastic material. The creep law was defined in FE Code ABAQUS using the user subroutine CREEP. The comparison of predicted creep behavior obtained from numerical modeling showed good agreement with the results reported in literature. The predicted creep behavior shows a significant effect of hydrides morphology. Particularly, our model is able to seize the competition between the creep strain rate enhancement induced by hydrogen in solid solution and its reduction due to precipitated hydrogen.