Critical characteristic ligament for cleavage fracture in spheroidized steels

A method is proposed to estimate the critical characteristic ligament corresponding to the onset of cleavage fracture in spheroidized steels. This parameter depends on the size of microstructural elements and orientation of the cleavage plane with reference to the local stresses as governed by the magnitude and direction of the applied load. Assuming that the probability of cleavage fracture initiation is the largest in region ahead of a pre-existing crack, the critical ligament size is determined by invoking a cleavage strength and position of the cleavage plane. Results are obtained for a mild steel microalloyed with niobium. Appropriate heat treatment were applied to produce a microstructure with very low ferrite content and predominantly spherically-shaped carbides. The size of the critical ligament is found to increase with decreasing temperature.     

Experimental and theoretical analysis of the limits to ductility of type 304 stainless steel sheet

The forming behaviour of type 304 stainless steel sheet has been investigated. The strain-hardening behaviour has been characterised in uniaxial tension tests, and the forming limits at necking and at fracture have been determined using the Marciniak punch test. The results, complemented by measurements of the fraction of martensite formed by plastic straining, have been compared with the predictions derived from the constitutive laws proposed by Iwamoto and Tsuta [Iwamoto, T., Tsuta, T., 2000. Computational simulation of the dependence of the austenitic grain size on the deformation behaviour of trip steels. Int. J. Plasticity 16, 791–804; Iwamoto, T., Tsuta T., 2002. Computational simulation on deformation behaviour of CT specimens of trip steel under mode I loading for evaluation of fracture toughness. Int. J. Plasticity 18, 1583–1606] for steels exhibiting transformation induced plasticity, and from a flow localisation analysis developed along the lines of the model of Marciniak and Kuczinski [Marciniak, Z., Kuczynski, K., 1967. Limit strains in the processes of stretch-forming sheet metal. Int. J. Mech. Sci. 9, 609–620]. A good account of the whole results can be obtained by considering the limits to ductility imposed by ductile fracture.     

Dynamic mechanical and fracture properties of an infiltrated TiC-1080 steel cermet

The dynamic mechanical and fracture properties of a TiC porous network infiltrated with1080 steel are reported. Following infiltration, the cermet is subjected to various heat treatments that affect essentially the steel matrix. Dynamic compression tests show that the heat treatments increase the fracture strength of the cermet. The quasi-static fracture toughness (K_Ic) is also increased by the heat treatments. The dynamic (initiation) fracture toughness (K_Id) is substantially higher (by about a factor of 3) than its static counterpart. Failure mechanisms consist mainly of cleavage of the TiC and matrix grains, along with minor interfacial decohesion. However, dynamic loading induces substantial damage around the crack tip, consisting essentially of cleavage of TiC grains. Microcrak toughnening is believed to be responsible for the high dynamic toughness of the material. The critical microstructural fracture event is thus identified as the spreading of TiC cleavage microcracks into the neighboring steel grains.     

超高强度平头圆柱形弹体对低碳合金钢板的高速撞击实验

为分析不同组分低碳合金钢板抗超高强度低碳合金钢弹体的高速撞击性能及破坏模式,以两种典型防弹特种钢SS、AS以及常见的Q235A钢为研究对象,通过静态拉伸、静态压缩及动态压缩测试,获得静态拉伸和压缩性能参数以及1 000~6 000 s-1应变率范围内的力学行为,分析了材料组分与力学性能的相关性。采用弹道枪加载撞击方法,获得了两种超高强度合金钢平头圆柱形弹体对3种钢板(14.5~15.9 mm厚)的弹道极限速度,通过分析获得了不同工况下的极限比吸收能,讨论了合金钢板在弹体高速撞击下破坏模式的差异,分析了材料力学性能与破坏模式的相关性。研究表明:3种合金钢板抗弹体撞击性能与材料屈服强度正相关,但其性能间的差异远小于屈服强度间的差异;在超高强度合金钢平头圆柱形弹体的高速撞击下,3种钢板的失效机制与其力学性能密切相关,Si和Mn含量高的AS钢呈硬脆性特征,其断裂失效主要取决于材料的剪切强度,而Si和Mn含量较低的SS钢和Q235A钢具有良好的塑性,其断裂失效主要取决于材料的压缩强度和剪切强度。     

Finite element and experimental method for analyzing the effects of martensite morphologies on the formability of DP steels

Abstract

In this article, we investigated the effect of martensite morphology on the mechanical properties and formability of dual phase steels. At first, three heat treatment cycles were subjected to a low-carbon steel to produce ferrite–martensite microstructure with martensite morphology of blocky-shaped, continuous, and fibrous. Tensile tests were then carried out so as to study mechanical properties, particularly the strength and strain hardening behavior of dual phase steels. In order to study the formability of dual phase samples, Forming Limit Diagram was obtained experimentally and numerically. Experimental forming limit diagram was obtained using Nakazima forming test, while Finite Element Method was utilized to numerically predict the forming limit diagram. The results indicated that the dual phase samples with fibrous martensite morphology had the highest tensile properties and strain rate hardening out of the three different microstructures. Blocky-shaped martensite morphology, on the other hand, had the worst mechanical properties. The study of the strain hardening behavior of dual phase sample by Kocks–Mecking-type plots, evinced two stages of strain hardening for all specimens with different microstructures: stages III and IV. The forming limit diagram of dual phase steels also proved that samples with fibrous martensite morphology had the best formability compared to other two microstructures. The simulated forming limit diagram manifested that there is a good agreement between experimental results and those obtained by FEM.     

Numerical experiments on the rupture of brittle solids––variation of microstructure,loading and dimensions

The significance of microstructural parameters for the damage and rupture of brittle materials is investigated by a numerical model that accounts for separation of grain interfaces. The microcracking approach refers to a specified material structure; synthetic random sampling allows for fluctuations. Thus, damage progression is simulated and the strength of material specimens is estimated by employing fracture mechanics within a microstructure that exhibits statistical variability. The issues addressed regard failure behaviour, strength level and sensitivity to microstructural parameters. Also discussed is the effect of specimen dimensions in connection with rupture.     

超细晶D6A钢动态拉伸力学特性实验研究

为了推进超细晶D6A钢在半穿甲战斗部壳体上的应用,研究了动态加载下其宏观力学行为和细观变形机理。运用旋转盘式Hopkinson拉杆技术,开展了超细晶D6A低合金钢（平均晶粒尺寸为510 nm）的动态拉伸实验,获得了不同应变率（500～1000 s?1）下超细晶钢的应力-应变曲线。运用TEM观测微观形貌,从细观层次研究了高应变率拉伸作用下超细晶钢的动态力学特性。结果表明,超细晶D6A钢具有较高的动态拉伸强度和良好的延展性。并且,晶粒细化和纳米析出相（渗碳体）是超细晶钢同时拥有高强度和较好韧性的重要因素;在动态拉伸过程中析出的大量纳米级渗碳体,与高密度晶界共同作用限制了位错运动,从而产生额外的塑性变形抗力,有效提升了超细晶钢的强度;在塑性变形阶段超细晶钢出现的明显应力下降现象,是可动位错密度增高的结果。     

Microstructure-based modelling of multiphase materials and complex structures

Micromechanical approaches are frequently employed to monitor local and global field quantities and their evolution under varying mechanical and/or thermal loading scenarios. In this contribution, an overview on important methods is given that are currently used to gain insight into the deformational and failure behaviour of multiphase materials and complex structures. First, techniques to represent material microstructures are reviewed. It is common to either digitise images of real microstructures or generate virtual 2D or 3D microstructures using automated procedures (e.g. Voronoï tessellation) for grain generation and colouring algorithms for phase assignment. While the former method allows to capture exactly all features of the microstructure at hand with respect to its morphological and topological features, the latter method opens up the possibility for parametric studies with respect to the influence of individual microstructure features on the local and global stress and strain response. Several applications of these approaches are presented, comprising low and high strain behaviour of multiphase steels, failure and fracture behaviour of multiphase materials and the evolution of surface roughening of the aluminium top metallisation of semiconductor devices.     

Modèle de comportement mécanique du béton armé corrodéMechanical model of reinforced concrete damaged by steel corrosion

This article deals with an analytical mechanical model of reinforced concrete damaged by steels corrosion. It is based on the taking into account of local bond between steel and the tensile concrete located between the cracks. Then, this model allows to quantify the coupled effect of steel cross section reduction and loss of bond strength due to steel corrosion on mechanical behaviour of reinforced concrete. To cite this article: A. Castel et al., C. R. Mecanique 330 (2002) 45–50     

热轧产品微观组织和力学性能的数学模拟

 热轧产品的微观组织和力学性能的计算机预报涉及到塑性变形 力学、传热学、金属学、冶金学、实验技术等多个学科，是近年来迅 速发展的具有广泛应用前景的应用技术. 本文综述了作为该技术基础 的力学、传热学数值分析方法和微观组织、力学性能的预报模型.     

Wear Resistance of Knives Made of DI37-VI (11Kh4V2MF3S2-VI) Steel During Cutting with Addition of An Abrasive Material

A method of heat treatment of DI37-VI steel exhibiting precipitation hardening is developed with due allowance for the steel microstructure and with determining the chemical composition of carbides and the matrix after each operation. In the case of low-temperature tempering, the mechanical properties of steel are found to be little different from its properties obtained by means of multiple high-temperature tempering (ageing); in the latter case, however, the wear resistance of steel in the case of cutting of steel bars is 1.5 times higher. It is demonstrated that the wear resistance of steel is significantly affected by the chemical composition of carbides and the matrix.     

船用945钢动态断裂行为的温度效应

借助于示波冲击实验,采用预裂纹的Charpy冲击试样,对船用945钢在不同温度下的动态断裂行为进行了研究,得到了945钢的动态断裂韧性随温度的变化规律,并对不同温度下的示波冲击曲线特征和动态断裂的微观特征进行了分析。     

Improving fatigue strength of bainite/martensite dual-phase steels in very high cycle fatigue regime by refining microstructures

Very high cycle fatigue behaviors of two bainite/martensite dual-phase steels were investigated. One of the steels was cyclic rapid heat treated and its microstructures were refined. Fatigue strength of the steel is 225 MPa higher than that without refining. Observation of fracture surfaces show that the fatigue cracks initiate at bainites for non-refined steel and at non-metallic inclusions for the refined steel. The size of inclusions is much smaller than that of bainites which results in the improvement of fatigue strength.     

Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation of microstructural changes of solid materials under plastic deformation—Part II. Experiment and simulation

The microstructure of materials introduced by rolling, drawing, heat treatment or other methods of material processing relates to the macroscopic mechanical properties of the materials, such as the strength and anisotropy. The velocity and attenuation of the ultrasonic waves propagating in the materials are known to be dependent upon such microstructural material properties. The author has proposed a theoretical modeling of an ultrasonic nondestructive method to evaluate the microstructural property changes of materials in Part I of this work. In the present paper, annealed effects on plastically deformed states of an aluminium alloy were studied using the proposed ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation method and it was found that close agreement between the simulated results and experimental data was possible.     

Fracture behaviour in tension of viscoplastic porous metallic materials saturated with liquid

The present work extends the investigation which has been initiated in Parts I and II of this study (Martin, C.L., Favier, D., Suéry, M., 1997a. Viscoplastic behaviour of porous metallic materials saturated with liquid, part I: constitutive equations. Int. J. Plasticity 13, 215–235; Martin, C.L., Favier, D. Suéry, M., 1997b. Viscoplastic behaviour of porous metallic materials saturated with liquid, Part II: experimental identification on a Sn–Pb model alloy. Int. J. Plasticity 13, 237–259) to the tensile behaviour of viscoplastic porous metallic materials saturated with liquid. Simple tensile experiments together with ring extension tests are carried out to study the fracture behaviour of this class of material. Ring tests consist in applying an internal pressure on a specimen with a ring shape. A Sn–Pb model alloy with a dendritic microstructure is used to characterise the behaviour of the material up to fracture. The liquid presence is accounted for to derive the intrinsic behaviour of the solid skeleton. The collected data are then incorporated in the model framework presented in Part I. A simple modification of the model allows the treatment of the strong asymmetry between tension and compression which is exhibited by these materials.     

Nano-Ni粉体对Fe/WC涂层组织和性能的影响

在Fe/WC喷涂材料中添加不同量的Nano-Ni粉体,采用亚音速火焰喷涂技术在Q235基体上制备涂层,利用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪等设备进行显微组织、表面形貌观察及物相分析,利用MM-W1磨损试验机和HXD-1000TM型显微硬度仪对涂层的性能进行测试.结果表明:Nano-Ni粉体可以细化涂层组织,提高涂层的致密性,随着Nano-Ni粉体添加量的增大,相应的力学性能均得到提高,在涂层形成过程中Nano-Ni粉体与喷涂材料中的其他成分形成了一些新相,如Fe-Ni固溶体和CeNi3,这些新相为改善涂层组织和提高涂层的力学性能起到积极作用.     

Effect of two drille holes on the elastic and elastic-plastic strain distribution around a Charpy V-notch

Two small holes (0.0292 in.), appropriately drilled near the root of a Charpy V-notch, have been shown to reduce markedly the Charpy V-notch transition temperature of various steels. In the present study, three experimental techniques were used to define the effect of two holes on the mechanics of deformation and fracture of notched bars loaded in three- and four-point bending: (1) two-dimensional photoelastic stress analyses were performed on models of both the standard Charpy and drilled geometries; (2) a sensitive dislocation etch-pitting technique was used to observe directly the plastic-strain fields developed in V-notch samples of Fe?3% Si alloy loaded in slow bending; and (3) the Charpy striker was instrumented to record load-time curves during impact-bending and thereby determine the dynamic fracture strength of notched and drilled mildsteel samples. It was determined that two holes donot significantly reduce the elastic stress-concentration factor although they cause considerable redistribution of the local shear stresses around the notch. Consequently, the elastic-plastic state develops quite differently in the presence of two holes, and hole drilling can increase the load-carrying capacity of notched mild-steel bars by more than 100 percent even when bars fail by brittle cleavage prior to general yielding. The implications of these results with respect to other forms of “stress-relieving notches” are discussed.     

Heat sources,energy storage and dissipation in high-strength steels: Experiments and modelling

Tensile tests on three high-strength steels exhibiting Lüders band propagation are carried out at room temperature and under quasi-static loading conditions. Displacement and temperature fields on the surface of the flat samples are measured by digital image correlation and digital infrared thermography, respectively. The true stress versus true strain curves were calculated from the displacement data, while the thermal data were used to estimate the heat sources using the local heat diffusion equation. Based on these measurements the stored and dissipated energies were estimated up to diffuse necking. A thermodynamically consistent elastic-plastic constitutive model including the von Mises yield criterion, the associated flow rule and two non-linear isotropic hardening variables is applied to describe the behaviour of the high-strength steels. It is shown that this simple model is able to reproduce both the local behaviour, such as the power associated to heat sources, and the global behaviour, such as Lüders band propagation and stored and dissipated energies. It is further shown that the ratio of dissipated power to plastic power varies during plastic straining and that this variation is captured reasonably well in the numerical simulations.