Insights into plastic deformation mechanisms of austenitic steels by coupling generalized stacking fault energy and semi-discrete variational Peierls-Nabarro model

The generalized stacking fault energy (GSFE) is a key parameter to determine the plastic deformation mechanisms of austenitic steels. However, the underlying physics why the GSFE can affect the plastic deformation behaviors remains unclear. In this paper, the plastic deformation mechanisms of austenitic steels with different carbon (C) additions were investigated by coupling the GSFE with the semi-discrete variational Peierls-Nabarro (P–N) model. The internal mechanisms behind the P–N stress and plastic deformation were explained at atomic scale. It is found that the positions and contents of C atoms affect the GSFE of austenite, and thus regulate plastic deformation behaviors of austenitic steels by influencing dislocation core structure. As exemplified that with 4 ​at.%C in austenite, the intrinsic stacking fault energy increases from −433 to −264 mJ/m², and the stacking fault width increases to 6.62b from 4.72b of FCC-Fe with b being the Burgers vector. This corresponds to the plastic deformation mechanism dominated by the ε martensitic transformation with the lattice changing from FCC to HCP. With increasing C contents to 8 ​at.%, the intrinsic stacking fault energy of austenite increases to −9.01 mJ/m², while the stacking fault width decreases to 6.03b. The plastic deformation tends to proceed via the mechanical twinning mode. The present investigation establishes a solid foundation for clarifying the plastic deformation mechanisms of austenitic steels from the perspective of the dislocation core structure.     

铝合金PLC效应与声发射特性的实验研究

考虑退火温度和应变率对6063铝合金力学性能的影响,采用材料试验机和声发射测试系统对铝合金PLC效应和声发射特性开展实验研究,获得了不同应变率下材料的应力-应变曲线和不同退火温度下声发射参数的变化规律.结果表明,2×10-3,2×10-4,2×10-5s-1应变率加载时,6063铝合金的应力应变曲线表现出明显的PLC现象,降低加载应变率,PLC现象增强,并出现了从A型到C型的转化;加载应变率为2×10-4s-1时,PLC效应的临界应变随退火温度的升高而降低;由于细观结构上可动位错密度的增加,屈服阶段试件中产生的声发射振铃计数急剧增加,达到峰值;进入到塑性强化阶段,声发射活动减弱;弹性变形阶段和塑性强化阶段产生突发型信号,而屈服阶段为连续型信号,与试件的均匀变形以及剪切变形带的形成与传播相关.      

SPV490钢板直接淬火回火工艺的研究

针对SPV490钢控轧后的直接淬火回火工艺进行研究.结果表明,采用再结晶区控轧后结合直接淬火回火工艺时,实验钢的强度大幅度提高,但韧性下降;采用在奥氏体再结晶区变形44%,然后在未再结晶区变形的两阶段控轧工艺后结合直接淬火回火工艺时,由于在细化晶粒的基础上增加晶粒内部变形带数量及位错密度,从而获得细小、均匀的组织,实验钢的综合力学性能良好.     

In-situ Mg77Cu12Zn5Y6 bulk metallic glass matrix composite with extraordinary plasticity

Mg base BMG alloys have attracted a great deal of attention for its low density and relative low cost. To date, BMG alloys with millimeter scale have been fab- ricated by using conventional copper cast and die cast method in Mg-Ni-Ce[1], Mg-Ni-La[2], Mg-C…     

An experiment study of quartz-coesite transition at differential stress

In order to study quartz-coesite transition under the conditions of differential stress, experiments of quartzite deformation were carried out using a triaxial testing system with a Griggs type solid medium pressure vessel. Analyses on the plastically-deformed samples under optical microscope and Raman spectra show that fine-grained coesite was present in the region of samples adjacent to the pistons at temperatures of 950--I000~C, confining pressure of 1.3 GPa, differential stress of 1.5--1.67 GPa, and total strain of 75%--81%. It is evident that the transition pressure of quartz-coesite at differential stress and intensely-strained conditions is far lower than the pressure for coesite stability at isostatic pressure. In other words, the stress condition of coesite occurrence is not unique. The decrease in confining pressure for quartz-coesite transition under differential stress conditions is controlled by a combined effect of the maximum principal stress that provides a high stress environment, and differential stress that causes sample deformation. Coesite was produced in the plastically-deformed samples in this study, but it can occur in both semi-brittle and plastic deformation regimes as seen in previous studies. Phase transition in semi-brittle deformation regime is caused by local mechanical instability induced by shear deformation, and phase transition in plastic flow regime is due to strain instability induced by the presence of a high dislocation density within intensely-deformed quartz crystals.     

Effects of Strain Rate,Temperature and Grain Size on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure Evolutions of Polycrystalline Nickel Nanowires: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Through molecular dynamics(MD)simulation,the dependencies of temperature,grain size and strain rate on the mechanical properties were studied.The simulation results demonstrated that the strain rate from 0.05 to 2 ns~(–1 )affected the Young’s modulus of nickel nanowires slightly,whereas the yield stress increased.The Young’s modulus decreased approximately linearly;however,the yield stress firstly increased and subsequently dropped as the temperature increased.The Young’s modulus and yield stress increased as the mean grain size increased from 2.66 to6.72 nm.Moreover,certain efforts have been made in the microstructure evolution with mechanical properties association under uniaxial tension.Certain phenomena such as the formation of twin structures,which were found in nanowires with larger grain size at higher strain rate and lower temperature,as well as the movement of grain boundaries and dislocation,were detected and discussed in detail.The results demonstrated that the plastic deformation was mainly accommodated by the motion of grain boundaries for smaller grain size.However,for larger grain size,the formations of stacking faults and twins were the main mechanisms of plastic deformation in the polycrystalline nickel nanowire.     

形变金属Ni位错组态的透射电镜观察

用透射电子显微镜观察了金属Ｎｉ在不同塑性形变下的位错组态。通过透射电镜观察到了位错的胞状结构、滑移带及典型的位错塞积群。结果表明：金属Ｎｉ的塑性变形机制为位错滑移。     

变形晶粒三叉晶界迁移过程的晶体相场模拟

【目的】研究纳米多晶材料受力变形过程中微观结构(如内部晶界,位错等)的演化过程,揭示纳米多晶材料受应力作用的微观机理。【方法】通过晶体相场(Phase field crystal,PFC)模型,模拟多晶样品在外加应力作用下的变形过程,分析内部畸变能的变化情况。【结果】在外加双轴动态加载作用下,当应变较小时,样品中的晶粒没有发生较大的变形,以位错沿着晶界运动为主。随着应变的增加,样品开始出现晶粒旋转、晶粒吞并、大小角晶界迁移运动、三叉晶界发射和接收位错等现象。晶界释放位错有助于减少晶界表面能;吸收位错则增加了晶界表面能。【结论】晶体相场方法可以有效模拟多晶体材料塑性变形过程的微观结构演化。     

塑性形变对高强度管线钢组织与韧性的影响

通过扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜以及相应的力学性能测试，观察和分析了X100级管线钢塑性形变前后的微观组织及其韧性变化情况.结果表明：在相同的温度和时间条件下，随着应变量增加，针状铁素体和粒状贝氏体组织均发生形变，高密度位错在M/A岛周围积聚并形成亚晶界和晶界；形变后的晶粒变小，内部仍分布着许多亚晶界结构，且晶界的M/A组织和形变后组织内部缺陷降低了材料的冲击功；X100级管线钢在-34 °C以内的应变时效敏感系数满足要求.     

深冲铝板坯冷轧显微组织、织构与力学性能

研究了不同冷轧工艺参数的深冲铝板坯（wA1＞99．75％）的显微组织、织构，测定了不同方向的力学性能；由D－500全自动X射线衍射仪建测极图，按Bunge的方法计算取向分布函数（ODF）；通过透射电镜观察变形显微结构．结合冷轧变形亚组织结构和织构特征，讨论了位错胞结构与板坯塑性变形和力学性能的关系，以及对板坯塑性各向异性的影响，预测材料深冲性能．分析认为，材料力学性能决定于变形组织结构和织构，随冷变形量增大，位错缠结胞变形并发生取向排列形成显微带，使材料产生力学性能各向异性及加工硬化．本研究显微组织和织构特征及力学性能分析结果表明，接近50％冷轧变形量的板坯中变形亚组织均匀、多种织构混存，有利于降低材料深冲制耳率．并经工业制罐试验验证．     

Influence of different rolling processes on microstructure and strength of the Al–Cu–Li alloy AA2195

The influence of different rolling processes on precipitation behaviour, crystallography texture, grain morphology, and their consequent effects on tensile properties for Al–Cu–Li alloy AA2195 was investigated in the present work. The H-T8 samples (hot rolled ?+ ?T8) presented better tensile strength and ductility (with serious strength anisotropy) than the HC-T8 samples (hot rolled ?+ ?cold rolled ?+ ?T8), due to their different microstructures and textures. The higher dislocation density was found in the H-T8 samples, which promoted the nucleation of main strengthening phase T₁ in the matrix and suppressed the grain boundary precipitation, resulted in better strength and ductility. The increase of the dynamic recovery (DRV) during hot rolling enhanced the generation of Brass texture, and brought serious strength anisotropy. The cold rolling was performed after the hot-rolling process for the HC-T8 samples which increased deformation energy and resulted in full recrystallization of the deformed microstructure during the following solution treatment. The formation of recrystallized microstructure reduced the dislocation density and the heterogeneous precipitate nucleation positions which limited the strengthening phase precipitation in matrix and accelerated the precipitation along grain boundaries, resulted in fewer T₁ precipitates, coarse grain-boundary precipitates (GBPs), and wider precipitate-free zones (PFZs). The localized strain may be concentrated on the grain boundary to induce the dislocation pile-up, breaking of the GBPs, and intergranular fracture during stretching.     

Microstructure and improved mechanical properties of ultrafine-grained Mo-12Si-8.5B (at.%) alloys with addition of ZrB2

Multi-hierarchical Mo-12Si-8.5B-x Zr B_2(x=0,0.5,1.0,1.5,2.5 wt%)alloys consisting of three ultrafine-grained(UFG,0.47–0.81μm)phases of Mo_5Si B_2(T2),Mo_3Si and Mo solid solution(α-Mo)were prepared by mechanical alloying following hot pressing.Microstructure observations showed that the intermetallic phases(Mo_3Si and T2)distributed dispersedly in the continuousα-Mo matrix associated with the homogeneously embedded nanoscaled particles(10–225 nm)in the grain interiors and at the grain boundaries.The Mo-12Si-8.5B-x Zr B_2alloys exhibited monotonically increasing compressive strength to 3.13 GPa with increasing content of Zr B_2,and the fracture toughness increased about 27%and reached at 11.5 MPa m~(1/2)at 1.0 wt%Zr B_2,rendering the Mo-12Si-8.5B-1.0 wt%Zr B_2alloy possessing the best combined mechanical properties of high strength and high toughness.The underlying reason for the superior mechanical properties of the Mo-12Si-8.5B-x Zr B_2alloys is that the dispersedly distributed nanosized particles in the UFG multi-phased-matrix can not only effectively block the dislocation motion to increase the strength but also store the dislocations to increase the strain hardening ability during mechanical deformation.     

Deformation mechanism of fine structure and its quantitative relationship with quasi-static mechanical properties in near β-type Ti-4.5Mo-5.1Al-1.8Zr-1.1Sn-2.5Cr −2.9Zn alloy

The deformation mechanism of the fine structure composed of primary α phase (α_p) and acicular secondary α phase (α_s) on quasi-static mechanical properties is still not very clear. The main controversy is focused on the role of α_p in the mechanical behavior. In this paper, the microstructure of the heat-treated near β-type Ti-4.5Mo-5.1Al-1.8Zr-1.1Sn-2.5Cr-2.9Zn alloy after tensile tests was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). And the results showed that in the slight deformation region the dislocations were accumulated at the intersection of α_p and β matrix separated by α_s, while only a few dislocations nucleated in β matrix. In the severe deformation region, a large quantity of dislocations in both α_p and β matrix were observed. It can be inferred that α_p deformed firstly and then activated the deformation of β matrix, that is, the thickness of α_p and the inter-particle spacing of α_s played a dominant role in the deformation process. The quantitative relationship between the yield strength and the microstructure parameters is consistent with this inference. By adjusting the solution treatment parameters and the subsequent aging treatment, three fine structures were obtained, and the corresponding mechanical properties were determined. Furthermore, the yield strength can be described by the mathematical model σ_y ​= ​756.4 ​+ ​135.6/h_p^1/2 +32.2/d_s^1/2, where h_p and d_s are the thickness of α_p and the inter-particle spacing of α_s, respectively.     

新型铜基自润滑材料的制备

实验设计以Cu-Ni-Sn-Pb雾化合金粉末为基体,添加钨、纳米Al2O3强化相,以二硫化钼和1.5%,2.0%,2.5%,3%,4%不同质量分数石墨作为固体润滑相组成新的复合材料体系,利用粉末冶金技术制备一种新型铜基自润滑材料.应用数码显微镜、X射线衍射和显微硬度仪等分析技术,对实验样品的制备工艺、组织结构和性能进行了研究.结果表明:优化的烧结工艺为温度880~900℃,烧结时间3 h;随着石墨增加使得样品的硬度和强度降低;2%石墨铜基自润滑材料的密度为6.41 g/cm3,硬度为38 HV,可以初步满足低速运转条件下机械自润滑零件的应用.     

Dynamic recrystallization behavior of the Ti–48Al–2Cr–2Nb alloy during isothermal hot deformation

The hot deformation behavior of the as-cast Ti–48Al–2Cr–2Nb alloy was investigated by isothermal compression tests at deformation temperatures ranging from 1000℃ to 1200℃,and strain rates from 0.001 s~(-1)to 0.1 s~(-1).The single peak stress features common to all flow curves indicate that DRX is the dominating softening mechanism.The calculated values of the hot deformation activation energy Q and stress index n are 296.5 kJ mol~(-1)and 3.97,respectively.Based on this,the Arrhenius type constitutive equation was successfully established.The DRX critical condition model and relationship among DRX volume fractions,deformation temperatures and strain rates were obtained to optimize the process.Combined with microstructure analysis,it's concluded that 1200℃/0.01s~(-1)is the optimization parameter.Besides,both DDRX and CDRX were observed in theγphase evolution.The deformation mechanism from the inter-grain dislocation motion to the grain boundary migration and grain rotation was discussed.     

Microstructural evolution of a recycled aluminum alloy deformed by equal channel angular pressing process

The microstructural evolution of a recycled aluminum alloy after equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) up to four passes was investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microhardness tests were performed to determine the associated changes in mechanical properties. An ultrafine-grained material has been obtained with a microstructure showing a mixture of highly strained crystallites. A high density of dislocations was achieved as a result of severe plastic deformation (SPD) through the die. Changes in mechanical behavior are also revealed after ECAP due to strain hardening. Thermal analysis and TEM micrographs obtained after annealing indicate the succession of the recovery, recrystallization, and grain growth phenomena. Moreover, the energy stored during ECAP may be related to the dislocation density introduced by SPD. We finally emphasize the role played by the precipitates in this alloy.     

热成形条件下TC4钛合金的相变特征

以钛合金TC4为例评述了热成形条件下金属固态相变特征、影响因素和相变规律的研究现状,讨论了工艺条件、相变过程、微观组织与力学性能之间的因果关系. 指出传统相变研究没有考虑塑性变形对相变的影响,因而不能用于分析热成形过程中相变对热塑性加工零件微观组织和力学性能的影响. 给出了作者近期得到的TC4钛合金变形与相变的实验结果;结果证明,热塑性变形对相变有明显影响,主要表现为应变速率增加会对相变有阻止作用,应变增加对相变有促进作用.     

中间软化回火在弹簧钢形变强化遗传中的作用

作者采用透射电镜、扫描电镜和X射线衍射仪等实验设备,研究了55SiMnVB钢在遗传强化处理过程中,中间软化回火对钢中显微组织、位错密度和力学性能的影响。结果表明,高温形变强化效果在相变再结晶过程中的遗传,实际是位错结构与位错密度的遗传;中间软化回火,不仅降低了钢的硬度而便于加工,而且继承了高温形变所产生的位错结构并使其稳定,使高温形变亚结构能够遗传给次生马氏体,从而获得比常规热处理稍高的强度。     

Effects of gadolinium addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-9Al alloy

This research aims to study the significance of Gd addition (0wt%-2wt%) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-9Al alloy. The effect of Gd addition on the microstructure was investigated via X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The Mg-9Al alloy contained two phases, α-Mg and β-Mg17Al12. Alloying with Gd led to the emergence of a new rectangular-shaped phase, Al₂Gd. The grain size also decreased marginally upon Gd addition. The ultimate tensile strength and microhardness of Mg-9Al alloy increased by 23% and 19%, respectively, upon 1.5wt% Gd addition. We observed that, although Mg-9Al-2.0Gd alloy exhibited the smallest grain size (181 μm) and the highest dislocation density (5.1×1010 m-2) among the investigated compositions, the Mg-9Al-1.5Gd alloy displayed the best mechanical properties. This anomalous behavior was observed because the Al₂Gd phase was uniformly distributed and present in abundance in Mg-9Al-1.5Gd alloy, whereas it was coarsened and asymmetrically conglomerated in Mg-9Al-2.0Gd.     

基于分子动力学的 α‐SiO2 晶体力学性能

采用分子动力学方法, 结合Tersoff势函数, 模拟α-SiO₂晶体在应变加载下的力学性能, 并考察温度对α-SiO₂力学性能的影响. 结果表明: α-SiO₂在常温加载过程中经历了弹性变形、 塑性变形及断裂变形3个阶段, 获得的屈服强度为22.6 GPa, 断裂强度为36 GPa; 在塑性变形阶段观察到α-SiO₂从晶相向非晶转化的相变过程; 随着温度的升高, α-SiO₂的屈服强度和弹性模量逐渐降低; 温度越高断裂应力和断裂应变越低, α-SiO₂晶体在高温单轴加载下易出现断裂.