原位自生铸造VCp/Fe复合材料冲击断口分析

采用原位自生合成法制备了VCp／Fe复合材料。借助光学显微镜以及扫描电镜，分析了VCp／Fe复合材料的冲击断口形貌。结果表明，VCp／Fe复合材料失效的主要原因是铁素体解理断裂以及部分珠光体的不连续片层状解理；VC的数量及分布对VCp／Fe复合材料的性能有着重要影响；适当提高C含量可以达到细化基体组织的目的。     

Consolidation and properties of binderless sub-micron tungsten carbide by field-activated sintering

The rapid sintering of nano-structured WC hard materials in a short time is introduced with a focus on the manufacturing potential of this spark plasma sintering process. The advantage of this process allows very quick densification to near theoretical density and prohibition of grain growth in nano-structured materials. A dense pure WC hard material with a relative density of up to 97.6% was produced with simultaneous application of 60 MPa pressure and electric current of 2800 A within 2 min. A larger current caused a higher rate of temperature increase and therefore a higher densification rate of the WC powder. The finer the initial WC powder size the higher is the density and the better are the mechanical properties. The fracture toughness and hardness values obtained were 6.6 MPa m^1/2 and 2480 kg/mm², respectively under 60 MPa pressure and 2800 A using 0.4 μm WC powder.     

熔体过热温度对Al-4.7%Cu合金定向凝固组织和性能的影响

在温度梯度和抽拉速率一定的条件下,研究熔体过热温度Ts对Al-4.7%Cu合金定向凝固组织及力学性能的影响,利用综合热分析仪测定Al-4.7%Cu合金熔体结构特征及变化过程。试验结果表明:熔体过热温度对Al-4.7%Cu合金定向凝固组织及力学性能有显著影响,经过1 050℃过热处理的一次枝晶间距1λ比在750℃无过热直接定向凝固的减小了35%左右,抗拉强度提高了近30%,伸长率提高了近40%;熔体过热处理改变了熔体的结构状态,从而影响了最终组织及性能;通过熔体过热处理的Al-4.7%Cu合金,其富Cu相明显减少,断口韧窝数量显著增加。     

Gas barrier properties and periodically fractured surface of thin DLC films coated on flexible polymer substrates

Thin DLC films coated on polymer surfaces are attracting considerable attention due to their wide applications and their interesting surface properties. When DLC films were coated on polymers, the resulting DLC-polymer composites are highly functionalized materials, some of which presenting dramatically improved gas barrier properties.In this paper, we will introduce several commonly used polymers including polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) for semi-crystalline polymers, and polymethyl methacyrlate (PMMA) for an amorphous polymer. The polymers were coated with thin DLC films and the gas barrier properties of the resulting DLC-polymer composites were investigated. Some of the DLC-polymer composites dramatically improved their gas barrier properties while they presented horizontal crack lines and vertical micro-buckling lines on the DLC surface when stretched to a certain strain. The gas barrier properties of the DLC-polymer composites with fractured DLC surface were also studied. It was found that the gas barrier property of the polymer substrates with lower residual strains was less damaged, when the substrates were mechanically deformed, than that of the polymer substrates with higher residual strains. When the number of the cracks increases, the strain imposed on each crack decreases, since the overall deformation is almost equally distributed to each crack while the crack spacing of each crack becomes shorter. Thus, it was found that the degradation of the gas barrier property after mechanical deformation is dependent on the residual strain of the polymers and the number of cracks on DLC films.     

颗粒增强铝基复合材料断裂韧度研究

采用搅熔复合法制备颗粒增强铝基复合材料．对复合材料断裂韧度进行了测试。系统研究了影响该材料断裂韧度的各种影响因素：结果表明：在增强相加入量相同时．采用Sic颗粒复合材料的断裂韧度比Al2O3的影响显著，而增强颗粒质量分数越高．则复合材料的断裂韧度越低．增强颗粒尺寸越小，复合材料断裂韧度值越大。热处理状态对断裂韧度也有较大影响，人工时效比自然时效状态下的断裂韧度高。     

基于随机开关喷孔数量的3D错位打印研究及应用

3D打印机打印过程是逐层堆砌打印,在实际的工业生产中,打印机喷头经常会出现部分喷孔堵塞,无法喷墨的情况,导致打印的零部件在层叠加方向上堵塞喷孔的部位始终无法喷洒粘接剂造成断裂面而成型失败。目前只能清理喷孔后再重新打印或更换喷头解决上述问题,但是会造成喷头使用寿命减短、生产效率降低、成本增加等问题。通过随机开关部分喷孔和打印头偏移相结合的方式可以有效的避免因少量喷孔堵塞而导致的打印零部件断裂报废的问题,也可延长喷头使用寿命。从而使得3D打印在生产制造领域使用的更加得心应手。     

Effect of strain rate on compressive behavior of a Pd40Ni40P20 bulk metallic glass

Mechanical deformation of Pd₄₀Ni₄₀P₂₀ was characterized in compression over a wide strain rate range (3.3×10⁻⁵ to 2×10³ s⁻¹) at room temperature. The compression sample fractured with a shear plane inclined 42 degree with respect to the loading axis, in contrast to 56 degree for the case of tension. This suggests the yielding of the material deviates from the classical von Mises yield criterion, but follows the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion. Fracture stress as well as strain was found to decrease with increasing applied strain rate. The compressive stress (1.74 GPa) was also found to be higher than the tensile fracture stress at a quasi-static strain rate. Close examination of the stress–strain curves revealed that localized shear might have occurred at a compressive stress of about 1.4 GPa, much lower than the “apparent” yield stress of 1.74 GPa. However, the stress of 1.4 GPa for shear band initiation is almost the same as the fracture stress measured at a dynamic strain rate of 5×10² s⁻¹. These results suggested that the fracture of a bulk metallic glass is sensitive to the applied loading rate.     

Predicting whether a material is ductile or brittle

In this paper we discuss the various models that have been used to predict whether a material will tend to be ductile or brittle. The most widely used is the Pugh ratio, $G/K$, but we also examine the Cauchy pressure as defined by Pettifor, a combined criterion proposed by Niu, the Rice and Thomson model, the Rice model, and the Zhou-Carlsson-Thomson model. We argue that no simple model that works on the basis of simple relations of bulk polycrystalline properties can represent the failure mode of different materials, particularly where geometric effects occur, such as small sample sizes. Instead the processes of flow and fracture must be considered in detail for each material structure, in particular the effects of crystal structure on these processes.     

Bioinspired Nacre‐Like Ceramic with Nickel Inclusions Fabricated by Electroless Plating and Spark Plasma Sintering

Hybrid composites of layered brittle‐ductile constituents assembled in a brick‐and‐mortar architecture are promising for applications requiring high strength and toughness. Mostly, polymer mortars have been considered as the ductile layer in brick‐and‐mortar composites. However, low stiffness of polymers does not efficiently transfer the shear between hard ceramic bricks. Theoretical models point to metals as a more efficient mortar layer. However, infiltration of metals into ceramic scaffold is non‐trivial, given the low wetting between metals and ceramics. The authors report on an alternative approach to fabricate brick‐and‐mortar ceramic‐metal composites by using electroless plating of nickel (Ni) on alumina micro‐platelets, in which Ni‐coated micro‐platelets are subsequently aligned by a magnetic field, taking advantage of ferromagnetic properties of Ni. The assembled Ni‐coated ceramic scaffold is then sintered using spark plasma sintering (SPS) to locally create Ni mortar layers between ceramic platelets, as well as to sinter the ceramic micro‐platelets. The authors report on materials and mechanical properties of the fabricated composite. The results show that this approach is promising toward development of bioinspired ceramic‐metal composites.