激光冲击对E690高强钢激光熔覆修复微观组织的影响

为研究激光冲击对E690高强钢激光熔覆修复层微观组织的影响,选用专用金属粉末对E690高强钢试样预制凹坑进行激光熔覆修复,并使用脉冲激光对激光熔覆层进行冲击强化处理,同时采用扫描电镜、透射电镜和X射线应力分析仪分别对激光冲击前后激光熔覆层的微观组织和表面残余应力进行检测。结果表明:激光熔覆修复后,激光熔覆层组织为等轴晶,熔覆层与E690高强钢基体之间冶金结合良好,其表面残余应力为均匀分布的压应力。经激光冲击后,激光熔覆层截面晶粒得到细化,并观察到大量的形变孪晶,互相平行的孪晶界分割熔覆层粗大晶粒,在激光熔覆层的晶粒细化过程中发挥着重要作用;试样表层位错在{110}滑移面上发生交滑移,在晶界周围形成了位错缠结。经激光冲击后,激光熔覆层冲击区域表面残余压应力数值相较于冲击前提升了1.1倍。     

激光冲击强化提高纯铜耐磨性能的研究

应用激光冲击强化对纯铜表面进行处理改善其耐磨性能。采用球磨实验分析了激光冲击强化前后的耐磨性能, 利用X-射线衍射仪和电子背散射衍射技术对表层的相结构和晶粒形态分布进行了分析, 并对耐磨性能提高机理进行了讨论。结果表明, 纯铜经激光冲击强化后其比磨损率降低了19.5%, 同时由于表面粗糙度增大, 使得初期摩擦系数增加, 但随着摩擦周数的增加, 激光冲击强化作用明显, 摩擦系数下降。这是由于激光冲击强化在纯铜中引入大量细化晶粒、孪晶和亚结构, 阻碍了位错的运动, 增强了变形抗力, 从而提高了材料的耐磨性能。     

AlSb/GaAs(001)失配位错的高分辨电子显微学研究

用200kV六硼化镧光源的高分辨透射电子显微镜观察了AlSb/GaAs(001)外延薄膜的失配位错,结合解卷处理方法把[110]高分辨电子显微像转换为试样的结构投影图,其分辨率接近电子显微镜的信息极限.根据赝弱相位物体近似像衬理论,通过分析AlSb薄膜完整区解卷像的衬度随试样厚度的变化,确定了哑铃原子对中Al和Sb原子的位置.在此基础上构建出失配位错的结构模型,再结合模拟像与实验像的匹配,确定了AlAs型界面以及Lomer和60°两类失配全位错的核心结构.     

激光冲击强化对激光增材TC4钛合金组织和抗氧化性的影响

近年来,激光增材制造技术(3D打印)成为科学研究及工业应用领域的热点。为了研究激光冲击强化对增材制造TC4钛合金性能的影响,本文采用能量为5 J,波长为1 064 nm,脉宽为10 ns,光斑直径为3 mm的脉冲激光对3D打印TC4钛合金进行激光冲击强化,分析了激光冲击强化前后材料的显微硬度、显微组织、残余应力以及高温氧化性能。结果表明,经过激光冲击强化后,材料的显微硬度比激光冲击强化前提高了8%,影响层深度达到0.4 mm,强化区域的晶粒得到细化,位错增多,并产生形变孪晶;激光冲击强化的残余压应力数值高达472 MPa,材料的高温抗氧化性能也得到改善。     

分子束外延生长GaN薄膜中的一种早期位错结构

利用高分辨电子显微术，对在GaP基体上由分子束外延生长六角GaN晶体薄膜中的晶体缺陷结构进行了研究．实验中发现了GaN薄膜外延生长过程中产生的一种典型早期刃型位错结构．此晶体缺陷位于一大块GaN晶粒内部，其外观类似于一段（1120）晶界．它由一条（1120）高能孤立晶界段及其两端的两个1/6［1120］不完全刃型位错组成．从大晶格失配材料之间分子束外延生长的机理上对这种缺陷结构的形成进行了解释． 关键词：     

3C-SiC薄膜小角晶界附近位错核心的原子组态研究

用LaB₆灯丝200 kV高分辨透射电镜拍摄了有小角晶界的3C-SiC/(001)Si 薄膜的[110]高分辨电子显微像. 用像解卷技术把本不直接反映晶体结构的实验像转化为结构像. 首先, 从完整区的结构像中分辨开间距仅为0.109 nm的Si和C原子柱; 随后按赝弱相位物体近似像衬理论, 分析像衬随晶体厚度的变化规律, 辨认出Si和C原子; 进而在原子水平上得出小角晶界附近两个复合位错的核心结构, 构建了结构模型并计算了模拟像. 实验像与模拟像的一致程度验证了结构模型的正确性. 于是, 在已知完整晶体结构的前提下, 仅从一帧实验高分辨像出发, 推演出原子的种类和位错核心的原子组态. 还讨论了3C-SiC 小角晶界的形成与晶界附近出现复合位错的关系.     

微激光冲击DZ17G合金的表面完整性影响研究

为了在不影响柱状晶组织的前提下改善DZ17G定向凝固合金的力学性能,采用微激光冲击强化方法进行表面处理,通过X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜和显微硬度计,测试分析微激光冲击对DZ17G定向凝固合金表面完整性的影响。试验结果表明:在水下无吸收保护层微激光冲击处理后,合金表面发生了烧蚀、熔融,1次冲击后形成光滑熔融区,但随着冲击次数增加而形成了大量微小烧蚀孔洞和难熔颗粒;表层组织仍由和两相组成,柱状晶内形成了高密度位错和位错缠结,但未发生晶粒细化;硬度在深度上呈梯度分布,冲击1次后硬化层深度仅为100 m,表面硬度值达到503 HV,提高了22.7%,而且硬度值和硬化层深度都随着冲击次数增加而增大。     

强激光冲击铝合金改性处理研究

利用新型聚偏1.1-二氟乙烯（PVDF）压电传感器,实现了对激光引发的冲击波压力的实时测量,得到激光引发的冲击波峰压在铝中成指数型的衰减规律;观测了不同约束层材料在铝靶表面产生的激光冲击波,研究了不同约束层对冲击效果的影响;最后用激光冲击强化装置对7050-T7451航空铝合金结构材料进行了冲击强化处理,对试件激光冲击区存在的残余压应力及位错密度进行了测量。结果显示经激光冲击处理的试件表面具有极高的残余压应力,可达-200MPa以上。激光冲击处理后铝合金的位错密度得到显著的提高,疲劳寿命提高到175％～428％。这些重要结果对激光冲击改性处理技术的实际应用具有指导性作用。     

晶体相场法研究晶粒缩小过程中的位错湮灭与晶界迁移

通过晶体相场法模拟了与基体三种不同取向圆形晶粒在缩小过程中晶界上的位错湮灭机制与晶界迁移机制.研究结果表明:当圆形晶粒和基体的取向差17°时,圆形晶粒和基体形成位错核心重叠的大角晶界,用位错模型难以解释该演化过程,但结果表明圆形晶粒半径的平方与演化时间成线性关系,该关系与弯曲晶界迁移理论相互印证;当取向差为4°时,圆形晶粒和基体形成由分离位错构成的小角晶界,在该晶粒缩小的过程中,位错以径向攀移为主且会发生晶粒转动以调整位错间距,随着位错间距的减小相互靠近的位错发生反应;当取向差为10°时,晶界既有位错核心重叠较小的部分也有由分离位错构成的部分,在晶粒缩小时晶界演化表现为位错径向攀移和切向运动,两种运动的耦合运动使得能相互反应的位错相互靠近并发生反应.     

激光喷丸改善TC6钛合金组织和力学性能

为了使激光冲击强化技术能较好地应用于TC6钛合金的发动机叶片,对TC6钛合金进行试验研究。通过X射线衍射仪、透射电子显微镜等测试技术分析了不同参数下TC6钛合金的微观组织变化,用显微硬度计和残余应力测试仪分别表征表层硬度和残余应力变化,并测试材料冲击后的振动高周疲劳性能。试验结果表明:激光冲击材料后表面组织得到明显细化,随着冲击次数的增加,先后出现了高密度位错、位错胞、亚晶和纳米晶。性能方面,表面硬度在冲击一次即可提高19%,硬度影响深度达到700 m;与此同时表面残余应力最高达到-608.5 MPa,在500 m深度上仍具有-100 MPa左右的应力存在。经三次冲击后,标准疲劳试片的疲劳极限提高近20%。     

Surface nanocrystallization mechanism of a rare earth magnesium alloy induced by HVOF supersonic microparticles bombarding

A nanostructured surface layer with a thickness up to 60 μm was produced on a rare earth Mg-Gd-Y magnesium alloy using a new process named HVOF-SMB (high velocity oxygen-fuel flame supersonic microparticles bombarding). The microstructural features of the treated surface at various depth of the deformed layer were characterized by optical microscopy (OM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) with an aim to reveal the formation mechanism. Results showed that three steps during grain refinement process were found, i.e., twinning dominates the plastic deformation and divides the coarse grains into finer twin platelets at the initial stage, stacking faults are generated and a number of dislocation slip systems are activated leading to the cross slips with increasing strain and strain rate, eventually high-density dislocation networks, dislocation cells and dislocation arrays are formed, which further subdivides the twin platelets and residual microbands into sub-microstructures. As a result, homogeneous nanostructure with a grain size of about 10-20 nm is formed through dynamic recrystallization in the topmost surface layer. Based on the experimental observations, a grain refinement mechanism induced by plastic deformation with higher strain rate during the HVOF-SMB treatment in the rare earth Mg-Gd-Y alloy was proposed.     

Atomistic simulations of interactions between the 1 / 2⟨111⟩ edge dislocation and symmetric tilt grain boundaries in tungsten

The strength of polycrystals is largely controlled by the interaction between lattice dislocations and grain boundaries. The atomistic details of these interactions are difficult to discern even by advanced high-resolution microscopy methods. In this paper we present results of atomistic simulations of interactions between an edge dislocation and three symmetric tilt grain boundaries in body-centred cubic tungsten. Our simulations reveal that the outcome of the dislocation–grain-boundary interaction depends sensitively on the grain boundary structure, the geometry of the slip systems in neighbouring grains, and the precise location of the interaction within the grain boundary. A detailed analysis of the evolution of the grain boundary structures and local stress fields during dislocation absorption and transmission is provided.     

Dislocation dynamics in nanocrystalline nickel

It is believed that the dynamics of dislocation processes during the deformation of nanocrystalline materials can only be visualized by computational simulations. Here we demonstrate that observations of dislocation processes during the deformation of nanocrystalline Ni with grain sizes as small as 10 nm can be achieved by using a combination of in situ tensile straining and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Trapped unit lattice dislocations are observed in strained grains as small as 5 nm, but subsequent relaxation leads to dislocation recombination.     

Microscopical study of the formation of adiabatic shear bands in 4340 steel during dynamic loading

In this study, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron probe microanalyser were used to analyse the changes in microstructure of AISI 4340 steel specimens caused by impact at high strain rates and large strains. The structures of the steel prior to dynamic deformation and after dynamic deformation were examined to understand on a microscale level, the mechanism of formation of adiabatic shear bands (ASBs). The study also includes the structural changes that occur during post-deformation annealing processes which may relate to understanding of the mechanism of formation of ASBs. Prior to deformation, the tempered steel specimens consisted of lenticular laths of α-ferrite with precipitated platelet and spherical M₃C carbides. After impact, the structure inside the shear band was characterized by refined and recrystallized grains immersed in dense dislocation structures. In addition, residual carbide particles were observed inside the shear bands due to deformation induced carbide dissolution. Regions away from the shear bands developed ‘knitted’ dislocation walls, evolving gradually into sub-boundaries and highly misoriented grain boundaries at increasing strains, leading to grain refinement of the ferrite. After impact, annealing the shear bands at 350?°C resulted in an increase in hardness regardless of the heat treatment before impact, amount of deformation and the time of annealing. This is because of the occurrence of extensive reprecipitation of dissolved carbides that existed in the steel structure prior to deformation. It is concluded that dynamic recovery/recrystallization, development of dislocation structures and carbide dissolution all contribute simultaneously to the formation of ASBs in quench-hardened steels.     

A model of grain refinement and strengthening of Al alloys due to cold severe plastic deformation

This paper presents a model which quantitatively predicts grain refinement and strength/hardness of Al alloys after very high levels of cold deformation through processes including cold rolling, equal channel angular pressing (ECAP), multiple forging (MF), accumulative roll bonding (ARB) and embossing. The model deals with materials in which plastic deformation is exclusively due to dislocation movement within grains, which is in good approximation the case for many metallic alloys at low temperature, for instance aluminium alloys. In the early stages of deformation, the generated dislocations are stored in grains and contribute to overall strength. With increase in strain, excess dislocations form and/or move to new cell walls/grain boundaries and grains are refined. We examine this model using both our own data as well as the data in the literature. It is shown that grain size and strength/hardness are predicted to a good accuracy.     

Microstructures of grain boundaries in (001)-oriented strontium bismuth tantalate thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition

(001)-oriented strontium bismuth tantalate thin films have been grown on Pt/TiO₂/SiO₂/Si (100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The room-temperature current–electric field dependence of the films has been investigated, which revealed a space-charge-limited conduction mechanism. The microstructures of grain boundaries and structural defects in these films were also examined by transmission electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, respectively. The grains of the films deposited at 550 °C exhibited polyhedral morphologies, and the average grain size was about 50 nm in length and 35 nm in width. At a small misorientation angle (8.2°) tilt boundary, a regular array of edge dislocations with about 3-nm periodic distance was observed, and localized strain contrast near the dislocation cores was also observed. The Burgers vector b of the edge dislocation was determined to be [110]. At a high misorientation angle (39.0°) tilt grain boundary lattice strain contrast associated with the distortion of lattice planes was observed, and the mismatching lattice images occurred at about 2 nm along the boundary. The relationship between microstructural defects at grain boundaries and leakage currents of these films is also discussed. Received: 8 September 2000 / Accepted: 18 December 2000 / Published online: 28 February 2001     

In-situ transmission electron microscopy study of dislocation processes at precipitate-free zones in a γ ′-strengthened superalloy

In precipitation-strengthened polycrystals, precipitate-free zones (PFZs) often form along grain boundaries. These PFZs lower the yield strength. In this investigation, thin foils of the commercial γ′-strengthened nickel-based superalloy Nimonic PE16 have been strained inside a transmission electron microscope and the relevant dislocation processes in the PFZs and in the γ′-strengthened material next to them have been observed under load. Since the PFZs are only solid solution strengthened, they are softer than the interior of the γ′-strengthened grains. Many different slip systems are activated in the PFZs even at relatively low external stresses. Multiple slip allows for compatible deformation of neighbouring grains. Extensive cross-slip and double cross-slip in the PFZs lead to a high dislocation multiplication rate. Easy creation of dislocations in the PFZs and pile-ups at the border between the PFZs and the γ′-strengthened interior of the grains enhance the propagation of slip across grain boundaries and thus lower the yield strength of the material.     

强流脉冲电子束诱发纯镍表层纳米结构的形成机制

利用强流脉冲电子束（HCPEB）技术对多晶纯镍进行了表面处理,并采用扫描电镜和透射电镜对强流脉冲电子束诱发的表面及亚表面的微观组织结构进行了分析.实验结果表明,HCPEB辐照后表面熔化,形成了深度约为2 μm的重熔层,快速的凝固使重熔层中形成晶粒尺寸约为80 nm的纳米结构.位于轰击表面下方5—15 μm深度范围内强烈塑性变形引起的位错墙和其内部的亚位错墙结构是该区域的主要结构特征.这些缺陷结构通过互相交割细化晶粒,最终导致尺寸约为10 nm的纳米晶粒的形成. 关键词： 强流脉冲电子束 纳米结构 多晶纯镍 位错墙     

Microstructural evolution of AZ31 magnesium alloy subjected to sliding friction treatment

Microstructural evolution and grain refinement mechanism in AZ31 magnesium alloy subjected to sliding friction treatment were investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy. The process of grain refinement was found to involve the following stages: (I) coarse grains were divided into fine twin plates through mechanical twinning; then the twin plates were transformed to lamellae with the accumulation of residual dislocations at the twin boundaries; (II) the lamellae were separated into subgrains with increasing grain boundary misorientation and evolution of high angle boundaries into random boundaries by continuous dynamic recrystallisation (cDRX); (III) the formation of nanograins. The mechanisms for the final stage, the formation of nanograins, can be classified into three types: (i) cDRX; (ii) discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation (dDRX); (iii) a combined mechanism of prior shear-band and subsequent dDRX. Stored strain energy plays an important role in determining deformation mechanisms during plastic deformation.