Quantitative assessment of preferential fatigue initiation sites in a multi‐phase aluminium alloy

Complex multi‐phase Al–Sn–Si alloys are commonly employed in the manufacture of small automotive plain bearings. The fundamental fatigue initiation behaviour of this class of alloys is currently not well understood. A range of analytical techniques were applied to investigate preferential initiation site location and to attempt to identify critical microstructural features. It was apparent from experimental studies that points of fatigue crack initiation are associated with the Si secondary phase. Using tessellation approaches and subsequently both adaptive numerical modelling and micro‐scale finite element modelling allowed the identification of features affecting the probability that a given Si phase would initiate a fatigue crack.     

Effect of Substrate Bias on Microstructure and Properties of Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Films

The microstructure and properties of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films deposited by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc technology has been investigated by visible Raman spectroscopy, AFM and Nano-indentor. The Raman spectra have been fitted with a s     

Structure of rapidly solidified aluminum alloys

This paper is a summary of an extensive research program carried out by the authors on the structure of rapidly solidified aluminum alloys; and a comparison with the work of others also involved in this field. The paper discusses the changes in the dendritic and non-dendritic structure of the matrix at cooling rates from 10^–3 to 10¹⁰ K/s and discusses the hetergeneity of the structure caused by interdendritic-segretion during solidification.     

镁基储氢材料的研究进展

本文回顾和总结了近几十年来，特别是近十年来镁基储氢材料的发展情况，重点综述了机械合金化Mg-Ni2合金体系的研究情况及其近期的进展，从储氢材料成份及配比，制造工艺改进以及材料的组织结构对材料性能的影响等各方面进行一定的分析和归纳，对储氢材料研究中出现的问题以及今后的发展方向都作了探讨。     

Amorphous chromium silicide formation in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

The interaction between thin films of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and sputter-deposited chromium has been studied. Following deposition of the chromium films at room temperature, the films were annealed over a range of times and temperatures below 350°C. It was found that an amorphous silicide was formed only a few nanometers thick with the square of thickness proportional to the annealing time. The activation energy for the process was 0.55±0.05 eV. The formation process of the silicide was very reproducible with the value of density derived from the thickness and Cr surface density being close to the value for crystalline CrSi₂ for all films formed at temperatures ≤300°C. The specific resistivity of the amorphous CrSi₂ was ≈600 μΩ·cm and independent of annealing temperature.     

SiGe:GaP合金的微观结构和温差电特性

经高温热处理后的 SiGe∶GaP 半导体温差电材料,其微观结构由具有富 Si 相特征变化成为具有富 Ge 相特征,温差电优值也得到了提高。实验还表明,材料晶格热导率的降低与富 Si 相的消失和富 Ge相的出现有关。然而,塞贝克系数和电导率的显著变化却与微观结构中富 Si 相和富 Ge 相的变化基本无关。通过对材料微观结构和温差电特性比较发现,具有富 Ge 相特征的微观结构对应于较大的温差电优值。     

铝锂合金力学性能的各向异性

针对当前困扰铝锂合金实际应用的各向异性问题，概述关于铝锂合金中各向异性的表现规律，产生机理及对于降低各向异性所采用的方法等方面的研究现状和进展，对铝锂合金各向异性表现与微观组织结构的关系以及目前克服各向异性所采用方法的局限性进行分析。就此提出，若彻底解决这一问题则必须采用更先进的合金化方法及热加工工艺，研制新一代铝锂合金的观点和研究方向。     

超声波对化学镀Ni－Cr－P非晶态薄膜的金刚石性能的影响

研究了超声波对化学镀Ｎｉ－Ｃｒ－Ｐ非晶态薄膜的金刚石性能的影响。结果表明，超声波可使金刚石表面非晶态薄膜更加均匀和致密，从而提高了抗压强度，氧化温度和晶化后的强度。随超声波频率的增加，金刚石性能有增加的趋势。     

非晶硅基薄膜的等离子体刻蚀光发射谱检测

本文研究了采用锁定放大相干检测技术的等离子体光发射谱检测系统。用该系统检测了仅用CF4作为刻蚀气体刻蚀非晶硅基薄膜的等离子体光发射谱。分析了检测结果和刻蚀机理。     

An investigation of pore cracking in titanium welds

Two welded Ti-6A1-4V pressure vessels leaked prematurely in service. The leaks were caused by cracks emanating from weld porosity. The cracks originated during fabrication, with subsequent growth in service leading to the formation of the leak paths. Pore cracking is thought to be caused by a mechanism that involves both sustained-load and cyclic contributions, with the former being the more prominent. It is shown that the tendency for cracking is influenced by pore position and that pore size is not a deciding factor in that regard. The factors that govern pore cracking are discussed, and the possible role of interstitial embrittlement is assessed.