Design of industrial annealing cycles requires recrystallization and grain growth studies, which are typically carried out
under isothermal laboratory condition. The kinetics coefficients of these phase transformations are obtained from such studies,
which are subsequently used in designing the industrial nonisothermal cycles using the additivity principles. However, the
strong heating rate effects on the grain growth kinetics necessitate such kinetics studies using industrial thermal profiles.
In the present work, the hot and cold spot cycles of an industrial batch annealing cycle for AIK grade steel have been simulated
in a programmable laboratory furnace. Subsequently, the effect of annealing temperature, soaking time, and heating rate on
the microstructural features, such as grain size distribution, grain shape anisotropy, and grain orientation, have been investigated
through extensive quantitative microscopy. The implications of these results on the design of industrial batch annealing cycles
have been discussed. 相似文献
This article presents the deformation behavior of high-strength pearlitic steel deformed by triaxial compression to achieve
ultra-fine ferrite grain size with fragmented cementite. The consequent evolution of microstructure and texture has been studied
using scanning electron microscopy, electron back-scatter diffraction, and X-ray diffraction. The synergistic effect of diffusion
and deformation leads to the uniform dissolution of cementite at higher temperature. At lower temperature, significant grain
refinement of ferrite phase occurs by deformation and exhibits a characteristic deformation texture. In contrast, the high-temperature
deformed sample shows a weaker texture with cube component for the ferrite phase, indicating the occurrence of recrystallization.
The different mechanisms responsible for the refinement of ferrite as well as the fragmentation of cementite and their interaction
with each other have been analyzed. Viscoplastic self-consistent simulation was employed to understand deformation texture
in the ferrite phase during triaxial compression. 相似文献
A Cu-Cu multilayer processed by accumulative roll bonding was deformed to large strains and further annealed. The texture of the deformed Cu-Cu multilayer differs from the conventional fcc rolling textures in terms of higher fractions of Bs and RD-rotated cube components, compared with the volume fraction of Cu component. The elongated grain shape significantly affects the deformation characteristics. Characteristic microstructural features of both continuous dynamic recrystallization and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization were observed in the microtexture measurements. X-ray texture measurements of annealing of heavily deformed multilayer demonstrate constrained recrystallization and resulted in a bimodal grain size distribution in the annealed material at higher strains. The presence of cube- and BR-oriented grains in the deformed material confirms the oriented nucleation as the major influence on texture change during recrystallization. Persistence of cube component throughout the deformation is attributed to dynamic recrystallization. Evolution of RD-rotated cube is attributed to the deformation of cube components that evolve from dynamic recrystallization. The relaxation of strain components leads to Bs at larger strains. Further, the Bs component is found to recover rather than recrystallize during deformation. The presence of predominantly Cu and Bs orientations surrounding the interface layer suggests constrained annealing behavior. 相似文献
India is one of the largest growing economies in the world. It has a GDP of 2487.94 billion US dollars as of 2017. Around 61.297% of power generation is by utilising abundantly available lignite blended with imported coal. India is slowly cutting out its demand for imported coal from other countries. It has built its own lignite-based power plant to overcome the need of imported coal. The impact on cost of electricity (COE) and net power output (NPO) after retrofitting carbon capture and storage (CCS) over a lignite-based power plant of India is analysed. In this paper, a feasibility study is carried out for NLC India Ltd Barsingsar power plant by retrofitting CCS. The results obtained from the Integrated Environmental Control Model (IECM) Software are positively strong enough to encourage CCS implementation. Various strategies for utilising the CO2 capture and carbon storage sites are suggested. 相似文献
Third generation γ-titanium aluminides with nominal compositions Ti–45Al–5Nb–0.2B–0.2C and Ti–45Al–10Nb–0.2B–0.2C were investigated to identify the phase transformation and their morphological stability with temperature. Electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were employed for the characterization of phases and for recording the corresponding transformations, respectively. It has been inferred that the order–disorder transformation temperatures α2 → α increased with increasing Niobium (Nb), while the α-transus temperature decreases. The stability of the microstructure for both alloys with temperature were also investigated. Mass change measured for the heating rates 20 °C s−1 and 30 °C s−1 reveals that the alloy Ti–45Al–10Nb–0.2–0.2C shows stability up to 1100 °C, and the alloy Ti–45Al–5Nb–0.2B–0.2C is stable up to 900 °C. The orientation relationship between the phases indicates that with the change in shape of the α phase from lamellar to equiaxed, it deviates from the Blackburn orientation relationship.
This paper presents design, fabrication and performance testing results of the micro displacement capacitive microsensor fabricated by femtosecond laser machining technology. The microsensor having overall dimensions of 1,275 (W)×1,153 (L) μm consisted of 20 pairs of comb fingers of 24 (W)×300 (L) μm with a gap between the fingers of 6 μm, suspension springs, inertial mass and support anchors. The sensor structure was fabricated from a 25 μm thick tungsten foil. The fabricated microsensor was able to deliver 230 fF capacitance variations for measured displacements up to 25 μm. The results on the performance testing and geometry evaluation under pins the laser micromachining technology as an effective tool to fabricate miniature functional components and mechanisms. The developed microsensor can be used for micro/nano scale displacement measurements in MEMS applications. 相似文献
Analytical models of multi-product manufacturing systems operating under CONWIP control are composed of closed queuing networks with synchronization stations. Under general assumptions, these queuing networks are hard to analyze exactly and therefore approximation methods must be used for performance evaluation. This research proposes a new approach based on parametric decomposition. Two-moment approximations are used to estimate the performance measures at individual stations. Subsequently, the traffic process parameters at the different stations are linked using stochastic transformation equations. The resulting set of non-linear equations is solved using an iterative algorithm to obtain estimates of key performance measures such as throughput, and mean queue lengths. Numerical studies indicate that the proposed method is computationally efficient and yields fairly accurate results when compared to simulation. 相似文献
Evolution of crystallographic texture in the orthorhombic phase of a two-phase alloy Ti–22Al–25Nb (at%), consisting of orthorhombic (O) and bcc (β/B2) phases, was studied. The material was subjected to deformation in two-phase field as well as in the single β phase field. The resulting evolution of microstructure and crystallographic texture were recorded using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The orthorhombic phase underwent change in morphology (from platelets to equiaxed) on rolling in the two-phase field with the texture getting sharper with the amount of deformation. Rolling above β transus temperature led to hot deformation of single β phase microstructure and its subsequent cooling produced transformed coarse platelets of orthorhombic phase with texture in orientation relation with the high temperature deformed β phase. 相似文献
The effects of heating rate on microstructural size and shape parameters during annealing of cold rolled aluminum killed steel
strips have been examined under non-isothermal condition. It is shown that decrease in the heating rate results in accelerated
grain growth behavior compared with the prediction by quasi-isothermal based kinetics. The {111} and {112} crystallographic
orientations, which enhance the normal anisotropy and deep drawability of cold rolled annealed sheets, are found to exhibit
a strong correlation with the grain shape anisotropy. This grain shape anisotropy itself is strongly dependent on heating
rates. Lower heating rates result in higher aspect ratios and thus better drawability of the cold rolled sheets. A Hall-Petch
type relationship is observed between grain size and hardness of the annealed samples. 相似文献