Mechanoluminescence induced by elastic and plastic deformation of coloured alkali halide crystals at fixed strain rates

Mechanoluminescence (ML) emission from coloured alkali halide crystals takes place during their elastic and plastic deformation. The ML emission during the elastic deformation occurs due to the mechanical interaction between dislocation segments and F-centres, and the ML emission during the plastic deformation takes place due to the mechanical interaction between the moving dislocations and F-centres. In the elastic region, the ML intensity increases linearly with the strain or deformation time, and in this case, the saturation region could not be observed because of the beginning of the plastic deformation before the start of the saturation in the ML intensity. In the plastic region, initially the ML intensity also increases linearly with the strain or deformation time, and later on, it attains a saturation value for large deformation. When the deformation is stopped, initially the ML intensity decreases at a fast rate; later on, it decreases at a slow rate. The decay time for the fast decrease of the ML intensity gives the relaxation time of dislocation segments or pinning time of the dislocations, and the decay time of the slow decrease of the ML intensity gives the diffusion time of holes in the crystals. The saturation value of the ML intensity increases linearly with the strain rate and also with the density of F-centres in the crystals. Initially, the saturation value of the ML intensity increases with increasing temperature, and for higher temperatures the ML intensity decreases with increasing temperature. Therefore, the ML intensity is optimum for a particular temperature of the crystals. From the ML measurements, the relaxation time of dislocation segments, pinning time of dislocations, diffusion time of holes and the energy gap between the bottom of the acceptor dislocation band and interacting F-centre level can be determined. Expressions derived for the ML induced by elastic and plastic deformation of coloured alkali halide crystals at fixed strain rates indicates that the ML intensity depends on the strain, strain rate, density of colour centres, size of crystals, temperature, luminescence efficiency, etc. A good agreement is found between the theoretical and experimental results.     

Temperature Fall and Rise of Plastics During Uniaxial Stretching

Dumbbell specimens of common plastics—polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyamide—were uniaxially stretched and the surface temperature was measured by thermography. The surface temperature decreased at small strain below the yield point and then increased at larger strain. The endothermic deformation in the elastic regime was unexpected. It might be a characteristic of polymer material, which is possessed of free volume. The endotherm is interpreted by the volume increment with stretching as represented by Poisson's ratio. The temperature rise at larger strain is not surprising for plastic deformation over the yield point. The exotherm is interpreted in terms of the melting of crystallites and re-crystallization induced by large deformation.     

Predicting the onset of rafting of γ′ precipitates by channel deformation in a Ni superalloy

The growth or shrinkage, normal to {001}, of the interfaces between the γ matrix and cuboidal γ′ precipitates is examined for a Ni-base superalloy, by considering the force acting on the interfaces. The force is produced by the precipitate coherency misfit and the stress produced by plastic deformation in channels of the γ matrix. A simple expression, which directly addresses the origin of the surface force, is given. The plastic deformation within the initially active γ matrix channels exerts the force to cause rafting. The subsequent activation of other types of channels also promotes the rafting in the same direction as the first active channels, when the plastic strain of the former channels increases. These issues are also discussed in terms of analysis based on those dislocations caused by the precipitate misfit and those produced by the plastic deformation.     

Modeling microstructure evolution of binary systems subjected to irradiation and mechanical loading

We study a change in mechanical properties of binary systems subjected to irradiation influence described by ballistic flux of atomic mixing having regular and stochastic contributions. By using numerical modeling based on the phase field approach we study dynamics of deformation fields in a previously irradiated system and in the binary system deformed during irradiation. An influence of both deterministic and stochastic components of ballistic flux onto both yield strength and ultimate strength is studied. We have found that degradation of mechanical properties relates to the formation of percolating clusters of shear bands. Considering a hardening coefficient we analyze stages of plastic deformation of both initially irradiated alloy and alloy subjected to sustained irradiation. Stability of binary alloy under mechanical loading in the form of shear strain with a constant rate and cyclic deformation is discussed.     

Effects of elastic and plastic deformations on the electron work function of metals during bending tests

The high sensitivity of the electron work function (EWF) to surface conditions has attracted increasing interest in the application of the electron work function (EWF) to investigate tribological phenomena using the Kelvin probing technique. In this study, the correlation between the EWF and both the elastic and plastic deformation of copper and aluminium during bending tests was investigated. It was demonstrated that, in the elastic range, tensile strain decreased the EWF, while compressive strain increased the EWF. However, in the plastic range, the EWF always decreased with plastic deformation irrespectively of whether it was tensile or compressive. The mechanism responsible for the variation in EWF with elastic and plastic deformation is analysed and discussed.     

Variations of work function and corrosion behaviors of deformed copper surfaces

Surface work function (WF) and the corrosion behavior of copper under influence of plastic strain were investigated using experimental and computational approaches. It was observed that both the corrosion potential (Ecorr) and the WF decreased while the corrosion rate increased with an increase in plastic strain, indicating that the strained surface layer became more electrochemically active. Ecorr and WF eventually became stable when the plastic strain reached a certain level. However, the corrosion rate continuously increased. It was demonstrated that this continuous increase in corrosion rate could be dominated by the dislocation density rather than the corrosion potential. The study has shown that the WF is closely related to the corrosion potential and could thus be a sensitive parameter for investigating mechanisms responsible for corrosive wear. The investigation of the effects of plastic deformation on the corrosion behavior would help to fundamentally understand the synergism of wear and corrosion.     

Prediction of flow stress and textures of AZ31 magnesium alloy at elevated temperature

The viscoplastic behaviour of magnesium alloys at high temperatures leads to highly temperature-dependent mechanical properties. While at high strain rates a notable strain hardening response is observed, at low strain rates the material shows a smooth plastic response with negligible amount of hardening. This complicated behaviour is due to different deformation mechanisms that are active at different strain rate regimes, resulting in different strain rate sensitivity parameters. In this study we show, by utilizing both numerical simulations and experiments, that this behaviour can be predicted by a model that combines two deformation mechanisms, grain boundary sliding mechanism and dislocation glide mechanism. We discuss the importance of each deformation mechanism at different strain rate regimes based on the findings of modelling and experimental results for AZ3 magnesium alloy. By developing a model that includes the above-mentioned two deformation mechanism, the prediction of flow properties is expanded to a wide range of strain rate regimes compared to previous study. The obtained numerical findings for the stress–strain behaviour as well as texture evolution show good agreement with the experimental results.     

Plastic deformation and quasi-periodic vibrations in a tribological system

A one-dimensional macroscopic model is used to analyze the plastic deformation of materials without coating and with a plastic hardening coating or a plastic nonhardening coating at friction. The calculations show that mechanical vibrations can be excited in a tribological system and that their frequency decreases sharply when going from elastic to plastic deformation. One of the causes of the development of plastic deformation in the surface layer and in the sublayer of the material under a hard coating is found to be a decrease in the elastic properties of the material because of frictional heating. An intense plastic shear in the material under the hard coating can cause its failure due to incompatible strains of the coating and the base.     

Shear-Banding Evolution Dynamics during High Temperature Compression of Martensitic Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

The isothermal compression dynamics of ternary Ti-6 Al-4 V alloy with initial martensitic structures were investigated in the high temperature range 1083-1173 K and moderate strain rate regime 0.01-10 s~(-1).Shear banding was found to still dominate the deformation mechanism of this process,despite its nonadiabatic feature.The constitutive equation was derived with the aid of Zener-Hollomon parameter,which predicted the apparent activation energy as 534.39 kJ/mol.A combination of higher deformation temperature and lower strain rate suppressed the peak flow stress and promoted the evolution of shear bands.Both experiments and calculations demonstrated that a conspicuous temperature rise up to 83 K could be induced by severe plastic deformation.This facilitated the dynamic recrystallization of deformed martensites,as evidenced by the measured microhardness profiles across shear bands.     

Correlation between full width at half maximum (FWHM) of XRD peak with residual stress on ground surfaces

The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of XRD profiles is used to characterize different material properties and surface integrity features. However, there is no literature available that discusses the nature of the correlation between the FWHM of XRD peaks with induced surface residual stress upon grinding with simultaneous occurrence of plastic deformation, formation of white layer, grain elongation, change in microhardness, etc. AISI 1060 steel samples were ground under different grinding domains, i.e. conventional abusive grinding, conventional grinding, cBN grinding and high speed grinding with moderately deep cut. Induction of tensile and compressive residual stress, microstructural changes, white layer formation, grain refinement, plastic deformation, grain elongation and change in microhardness were observed upon grinding AISI 1060 steel. A correlation was established between the FWHM of XRD peaks and surface residual stress when simultaneous changes in microhardness and microstructure, grain elongation, plastic deformation and formation of white layer take place due to grinding. The correlation between FWHM of XRD peak and residual stress appears to be nonlinear due to simultaneous change in other aspects of surface integrity.     

温度和应变速率耦合作用下纳米晶Ni压缩行为研究

本文利用低温力学测试系统研究了电化学沉积纳米晶Ni在不同温度和宽应变速率条件下的压缩行为. 借助应变速率敏感指数、激活体积、扫描电子显微镜及高分辨透射电子显微镜方法, 对纳米晶Ni的压缩塑性变形机理进行了表征. 研究表明, 在较低温度条件下, 纳米晶Ni的塑性变形主要是由晶界位错协调变形主导, 晶界本征位错引出后无阻碍的在晶粒内无位错区运动, 直至在相对晶界发生类似切割林位错行为. 并且, 在协调塑性变形时引出位错的残留位错能够增加应变相容性和减小应力集中; 在室温条件下, 纳米晶Ni的塑性变形机理主要是晶界-位错协调变形与晶粒滑移/旋转共同主导. 利用晶界位错协调变形机理和残留位错运动与温度及缺陷的相关性揭示了纳米晶Ni在不同温度、不同应变速率条件下力学压缩性能差异的内在原因.     

激光冲击强化“残余应力洞”的形成机制

利用ABAQUS有限元软件进行了单个圆形高斯光斑的激光冲击强化数值模拟,分析材料表面光斑中心区域形成的"残余应力洞"现象,并通过分析材料的动态力学响应特征揭示了"残余应力洞"的形成机制。结果表明:在冲击波加载时,光斑边界处会产生很强的剪切应力,形成向四周传播的表面稀疏波和向材料内部传播的剪切波。当稀疏波同时传播到光斑中心,发生相遇、汇聚,使材料产生急剧的上下位移过程,造成冲击波加载塑性变形后的二次塑性变形。二次塑性变形中形成了较大的剪切塑性应变,并降低了冲击波加载阶段产生的轴向和径向塑性应变,使残余压应力降低,从而形成"残余应力洞"。     

爆炸载荷下纳米晶铜晶粒度分布及影响因素研究

 采用爆炸动态加载使粗晶铜发生高应变率塑性大变形的方法制备了纳米晶铜。利用X射线衍射法对其晶粒度进行了检测,借助于LS-DYNA3D非线性有限元程序对试样变形过程进行了数值模拟,在此基础上对应变和应变率进行了统计,分析了宏、细观应变对晶粒细化程度的影响。结果表明：采用爆炸加载法可制备出纳米晶铜,平均晶粒度范围可有效控制在100 nm以内;爆炸加载过程中应变率高达10⁴ s^-1,应变的提高有利于晶粒细化;在爆炸加载方向晶粒度成不均匀分布。     

Strain-rate-induced bcc-to-hcp phase transformation of Fe nanowires

Using molecular dynamics simulation method, the plastic deformation mechanism of Fe nanowires is studied by applying uniaxial tension along the [110] direction. The simulation result shows that the bcc-to-hcp martensitic phase transformation mechanism controls the plastic deformation of the nanowires at high strain rate or low temperature; however,the plastic deformation mechanism will transform into a dislocation nucleation mechanism at low strain rate and higher temperature. Furthermore, the underlying cause of why the bcc-to-hcp martensitic phase transition mechanism is related to high strain rate and low temperature is also carefully studied. Based on the present study, a strain rate-temperature plastic deformation map for Fe nanowires has been proposed.     

关於固体的现实应力空间(续)

前文[1]综合四理论[2],[3],[4],[5]构成固体现实应力空间之一初步理论,大体反映固态静力学性质,对金属较对非金属固体反映得当,后者受范形变曲面有异于弥氏圆柱。总起来看,前文仅涉及原则概念,未触及具体问题。为使此理论对金属压力加工及材料试验研究有所帮助,本文进一步研究几个问题:1)由应力空间图形比较不同金属的静力学性质;2)受范形变效率及其计算;3)形变过程之轨迹;并得到一定数量或质量上的结论。同时,附带对前文[1]中一个实验记录图的错误作修正,包括在附录内。     

Crackling noise in plasticity

Plastic deformation is a paradigmatic problem of multiscale materials modelling with relevant processes ranging from the atomistic scale up to macroscopic scales where deformation is treated by continuum mechanics. Recent experiments, investigating deformation fluctuations under conditions where plastic deformation was expected to occur in a smooth and stable manner, demonstrate that deformation is spatially heterogeneous and temporally intermittent, not only on atomic scales, where spatial heterogeneity is expected, but also on mesoscopic scales where plastic fluctuations involve collective events of widely different amplitudes. Evidence for crackling noise in plastic deformation comes from acoustic emission measurements and from deformation of micron-scale samples both in crystalline and amorphous materials. Here we provide a detailed account of our current understanding of crackling noise in crystal and amorphous plasticity stemming from experiments, computational models and scaling theories. We focus our attention on the scaling properties of plastic strain bursts and their interpretation in terms of non-equilibrium critical phenomena.     

Damage and fracture prediction of plastic-bonded explosive by digital image correlation processing

By digital correlation processing of Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images, the paper presents the deformation and damage analysis of an energetic material—the plastic-bonded explosive (PBX) on mesoscopic scale. The analysis is made by observing the deformation field resulted from the digital image correlation (DIC) processing of the images corresponding to the loading steps and comparing with the surface profiles of the composite material so as to visualize the matter damage near a preset crack. The results show that the local deformation disturbance can reveal the material damage even happened underneath the specimen surface. The strain distribution in the front of the preset crack, can be used to predict the propagating route of the microcrack initiated from the tip of the pre-crack, which is related to the splitting fracture of the granular-based composite under compressive loading.     

Effect of elastic excitations on the surface structure of hadfield steel under friction

The structure of the Hadfield steel (H13) surface layer forming under dry friction is examined. The deformation of the material under the friction surface is studied at a low slip velocity and a low pressure (much smaller than the yields stress of H13 steel). The phase composition and defect substructure on the friction surface are studied using scanning, optical, and diffraction electron microscopy methods. It is shown that a thin highly deformed nanocrystalline layer arises near the friction surface that transforms into a polycrystalline layer containing deformation twins and dislocations. The nanocrystalline structure and the presence of oxides in the surface layer and friction zone indicate a high temperature and high plastic strains responsible for the formation of the layer. It is suggested that the deformation of the material observed far from the surface is due to elastic wave generation at friction.     

Modeling the strain rate-dependent constitutive behavior in nanotwinned polycrystalline metals

Experimental studies have demonstrated that both strain rate and temperature influence the mechanical behavior of nanostructured metals significantly. In this work, a theoretical model is developed to describe the strain-rate-dependent constitutive behavior of nanotwinned polycrystalline metals. The athermal flow stress and thermal-activated flow stress are both considered in modeling the plastic deformation of a nanotwinned metal. Numerical results are consistent with the experimental results, showing that the present model can well describe the strain rate-dependent deformation behavior of nanotwinned polycrystalline copper. Henceforth, the constitutive behaviors of nanotwinned copper at different strain rates and temperatures can be predicted, which will be useful for optimizing the dynamic mechanical properties at various temperatures for nanotwinned metals.