织构对Cu-Al-Mn系形状记忆合金内耗的影响

In-situ observations on α/γ phase transformation were made to study the effects of grain boundary microstructures on the formation of a new phase and the migration of α/γ interphase boundary in an iron4. 2%Cr alloy. It was found that triple junctions with more random boundaries could be the primary nucleation sites for a new phase, while triple junctions with low angle or low ∑ coincidence boundaries did not play any role as preferential sites. The migration of α/γ interphase boundary during heating over the transformation temperature range showed the two stage behaviour characterized by a stage with a migration velocity of 0. 33-0. 75 mm/s and secondly by a stage with 3. 7-7. 6 mm/s. It was also found that abnormal grain growth and a high density of ∑3 coincidence boundaries could occur in a phase with bcc structure after cycling of α/γ phase transformation. A new mechanism of nucleation and growth of a new phase in α/γ phase transformation is proposed on the basis of roles of plane-matching interphase boundaries, as previously discussed on the origin of anisotropy of grain growth due to the migration of {110} plane-matching boundaries in Fe-3z%Si alloy. The most recent theoretical work on the distribution of plane-matching boundaries in solids with different crystal structures was found to be useful for the understanding of nucleation and growth during α/γ phase transformation.

Effect of texture on internal friction of Cu-Al-Mn based shape memory alloys

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are well-known as high damping materials. Recently, we have reported that the Cu-Al-Mn SMAs show a high internal friction as well as the other SMAs such as Ni-Ti, Cu-Zn-Al SMAs. Since the CuAl-Mn-based SMAs possess an excellent cold-workability, a strong recrystallization texture can be formed by thermomechanical treatment. The present authors demonstrated that the texture control is considerably effective for improving the SM properties and especially, in the Cu-Al-Mn-Ni SMAs with a strong {112} <110> recrystallization texture, a large pseudoelastic (PE) of about 7% can be obtained. Such a texture control is expected to enhance the damping capacity in the Cu-Al-Mn-based SMAs as well as PE. In this study, the effect of texture on the internal friction in Cu-Al-Mn and CuAl-Mn-Ni SMAs was investigated by tensile testing mode of Dynamic Mechanical Spectrometer (DMS). In sheet specimens with the {112} <110> texture, value of dynamic damping tanψ depends on the loading direction and an excellent damping capacity of tanψ= 0. 1 can be obtained at the rolling direction in the martensite phase condition. Moreover, these Cu-Al-Mn-based SMAs show a high tensile strength over 600 MPa in the martensite phase. The present Cu-Al-Mn-based SMAs should have a great potential as the damping materials.