Hf-基非晶合金的力学性能研究

 利用MTS810实验机和分离式霍普金森压杆（SHPB）,对Hf_44.5Cu₂₇Ni_13.5Ti₅Al₁₀块体非晶合金进行了准静态和动态压缩实验,应变速率范围为10^-4~10³ s^-1,给出了不同应变速率下非晶合金的应力-应变曲线,并对其压缩断口形貌进行了扫描电镜观察。结果表明：在准静态压缩条件下,Hf_44.5Cu₂₇Ni_13.5Ti₅Al₁₀非晶合金不具有应变速率敏感性,在由放射区和扇形区组成的断口形貌上观察到纳米级韧窝和60 nm左右的周期性条纹结构;在动态压缩条件下,随着应变速率的增加,动态屈服强度明显减小,合金具有应变速率敏感性,同时断裂表面为夹杂着脉络条纹的絮状结构。进一步观察发现,动态压缩断口上存在3种特征断裂形貌：树枝状条纹、典型脉络花纹和合金熔体。     

Cu-Au体系非对称异质外延行为的分子动力学研究

利用分子动力学模拟方法研究了Cu/Au(001)和Au/Cu(001)异质外延岛的演化行为. 研究结果显示：Cu-Au体系的相互外延行为呈现出明显的非对称性. Cu在Au(001)基体表面可以形成完整的外延结构，而Au在Cu(001)基体表面外延将导致失配位错的出现. 导致非对称外延生长行为的根本原因是外延岛的应变状态的差异和外延岛自身性质的不同. 随着外延岛的长大，Cu外延岛与Au(001)基体的微观失配度由最初的接近宏观失配度的9%左右迅速单调下降，并最终趋于晶格匹配；而Au在Cu(001)基体表面外延的微观失配度则呈现出振荡增加趋势. Cu/Au(001)体系的基体形变主要发生在外延岛的边缘，而Au/Cu(001)体系的基体形变主要发生在外延岛内部所对应的区域.     

Deformation and Fracture Behavior of PP/Ash Composites

In the present work, the deformation and fracture behavior of PP/ash composites with different ash content was investigated. The effect of a silane coupling agent was also analyzed. From uniaxial tensile tests, an increase in the stiffness with ash content was found as a result of the incorporation of the stiffer filler within the PP matrix. On the other hand, a decrease in tensile strength and strain at break with filler loading was observed. This result was attributed to the increased number of debonded large particles with filler content, which subsequently led to the formation of critical-size flaws. On the other side, the composites displayed higher values of fracture parameters than the matrix as a result of the development of a particle induced toughening mechanism. However, fracture properties were also found to decrease with ash content. This could be attributed to the increase in the number of critical-size flaws that induced premature failure. The incorporation of a silane coupling agent in the formulations led to composites with slightly improved tensile and fracture properties. This was probably due to improved interaction between PP and ash in the first case and a better dispersion of ash particles in the matrix and/or changes in the crystallization behavior of PP, in the latter case.     

Precipitation in solution-treated aluminium–4 wt% copper under cyclic strain

Solution-treated Al–4 wt% Cu was strain-cycled at ambient temperature and above, and the precipitation and deformation behaviours investigated by TEM. Anomalously rapid growth of precipitates appears to have been facilitated by a vacancy super-saturation generated by cyclic strain and the presence of continually refreshed dislocation density to provide heterogeneous nucleation sites. Crystallographic texture appears to be responsible for latent hardening in specimens tested at room temperature. Increasing temperatures lead to a gradual hardening throughout life due to precipitation. Specimens machined at 45° from the rolling direction, which exhibit rapid precipitation hardening, show greater texture hardening due to increased axial stress required to cut precipitates in specimens. In the temperature range 100–200°C, precipitation of Θ″ is suppressed by cyclic strain, and precipitation of Θ′ promoted. The rapid growth of precipitates generated by cyclic strain operates with diminishing effect at higher temperatures due to faster recovery of non-equilibrium vacancy concentrations. Θ′ precipitates generated under cyclic strain are smaller and more finely dispersed than those produced via quench-ageing due to heterogeneous nucleation on dislocations and possess a low aspect ratio and rounded edges of the broad faces caused by the introduction of ledges into the growing precipitates by dislocation cutting. Frequency effects indicate that dislocation action is responsible for the observed reduction in aspect ratio. Accelerated formation of grain-boundary precipitates appears partially responsible for rapid inter-granular fatigue failure at elevated temperatures, resulting in coexistent fatigue striations and ductile dimples on the fracture surface.     

In situ EBSD during tensile test of aluminum AA3003 sheet

Miniature tensile-test specimens of soft-annealed, weakly textured AA3003 aluminum sheet in 0.9 mm thickness were deformed until fracture inside a scanning electron microscope. Tensile strength measured by the miniature tensile test stage agreed well with the tensile strength by regular tensile testing. Strain over the microscope field of view was determined from changes in positions of constituent particles. Slip lines were visible in secondary electron images already at 0.3% strain; activity from secondary slip systems became apparent at 2% strain. Orientation rotation behavior of the tensile load axis with respect to the crystallographic axes agreed well with previously reported trends for other aluminum alloys. Start of the fracture and tensile crack propagation were documented in secondary electron images. The region of fracture nucleation included and was surrounded by many grains that possessed high Schmid factors at zero strain. Crystal lattice rotation angles in the grains surrounding the initial fracture zone were higher than average while rotations inside the initial fracture zone were lower than average for strains from zero to 31%. The orientation rotation behavior of the tensile load axes of the grains around the fracture zone deviated from the average behavior in this material.     

Effect of thermomechanical processing on the creep behaviour of Udimet alloy 188

Udimet alloy 188 was subjected to grain-boundary engineering involving thermomechanical processing in an attempt to improve the creep performance and determine the effects on creep deformation processes. The as-received sheet was cold-rolled to either 10, 25 or 35% reduction per pass followed by a solution treatment at 1191°C for 1 h plus air cooling. This sequence was repeated four times and the resultant microstructure and grain-boundary character distribution were described using electron backscatter diffraction. The fraction of general high-angle grain boundaries tended to increase with increased cold rolling. The 10 and 25% cold-rolled materials exhibited lower creep rates than the 35% cold-rolled material. The measured creep stress exponents and activation energies suggested that dislocation creep with lattice self-diffusion was dominant at 760°C for stresses ranging between 100 and 220 MPa. A transition in the creep exponent below the applied stresses of 100 MPa indicated that a different secondary creep mechanism was rate-controlling at low stresses. A significant amount of grain-boundary cracking was observed both on the surface and subsurface of deformed samples, but surface cracks were greater in number and size than those within the bulk. The cracking behaviour was similar in both vacuum and air environments, indicating that grain-boundary cracking was not caused by environment. To assess the mechanisms of crack nucleation, in situ scanning electron microscopy was performed during elevated-temperature (T ≤ 760°C) tensile-creep deformation. Sequential secondary electron imaging and electron backscatter diffraction orientation mapping were performed in situ to allow the evolution of crack nucleation and linkage to be followed. Cracking occurred preferentially along general high-angle grain boundaries and less than 15% of the cracks were found on low-angle grain boundaries and coincident site lattice boundaries. A fracture initiation parameter analysis was performed to identify the role of slip system interactions at the boundaries and their impact on crack nucleation. The parameter was successful in separating the population of intact and cracked general high-angle boundaries at lower levels of strain, but not after crack coalescence dominated the fracture process. The findings of this work have significant implications regarding grain-boundary engineering of this alloy and potentially for other alloy systems.     

Effect of the microstructural porosity parameters on the fracture and deformation of copper during creep at 773 K

The parameters of intergranular fracture of copper during creep under tension at T = 773 K and σ = 12.5 MPa are determined, and the contribution of grain-boundary porosity to the increase in the creep rate at stage III is estimated. The increase in the creep rate is shown to occur due to the pore-induced decrease in the grain boundary area, an increase in the mobile-dislocation density, and the deformation of the material because of the formation of pores and cracks.     

Analysis of creep due to grain-boundary diffusion in hexagonal microstructures

For steady-state deformation caused by grain-boundary diffusion in hexagonal microstructures, the stress distribution on grain boundaries and the macroscopic strain rates are analysed by taking the effects of viscous grain-boundary sliding into account. The maximum normal stress and the extent of stress concentration are shown to decrease as the grain-boundary viscosity increases. For infinite viscosity and/or extremely small grain sizes, the distribution of the normal stress becomes uniform on grain boundaries. The strain rates are predicted by both the stress analysis and the energy balance method, and the two strain rates are consistent with each other. The predicted strain rates also decrease as the grain-boundary viscosity increases. The present analysis reveals that the grain-size exponent is dependent on the grain size and the grain-boundary viscosity: the exponent becomes unity for small grain sizes and/or high viscosity, while it is three for large grain sizes and/or low viscosity. Recent experimental observations that the strain rates of nano-sized grain are much lower than those predicted by grain-boundary diffusion are explained by the increasing contribution of viscous grain-boundary sliding with decreasing grain size.     

Influence of particle size on the low and high strain rate behavior of dense colloidal dispersions of nanosilica

Shear thickening is a non-Newtonian flow behavior characterized by the increase in apparent viscosity with the increase in applied shear rate, particularly when the shear rate exceeds a critical value termed as the critical shear rate (CSR). Due to this remarkable property of shear-thickening fluids (STFs), they are extensively used in hip protection pads, protective gear for athletes, and more recently in body armor. The use of STFs in body armor has led to the development of the concept of liquid body armor. In this study, the effect of particle size is explored on the low and high strain rate behavior of nanosilica dispersions, so as to predict the efficacy of STF-aided personal protection systems (PPS), specifically for ballistic applications. The low strain rate study was conducted on cone and plate rheometer, whereas the high strain rate characterization of STF was conducted on in-house fabricated split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) system. Spherical nanosilica particles of three different sizes (100, 300, and 500 nm) as well as fumed silica particles of four different specific surface areas (Aerosil A-90, A-130, A-150, and A-200), respectively, were used in this study. The test samples were prepared by dispersing nanosilica particles in polypropylene glycol (PPG) using ultrasonic homogenization method. The low strain rate studies aided in determining the CSR of the synthesized STF dispersions, whereas the high strain rate studies explored the impact-resisting ability of STFs in terms of the impact toughness and the peak stress attained during the impact loading of STF in SHPB testing.     

Nonequilibrium state of grain boundaries and spontaneous grain-boundary slippage in bicrystals

Variables (order parameters) that are related to plastic deformation sites and complement the local densities of grain-boundary defects are separated out in a bicrystal being deformed under creep. By solving an evolutionary equation for the order parameters, it is shown that the nonuniformity and periodicity of spontaneous grain-boundary slippage in bicrystals and an increase in the grain-boundary strain rate under the conditions of boundary-lattice dislocation interaction may be attributed to the occurrence of local nonequilibrium regions (autosolitons).     

Slip-accommodated superplastic flow in Zn-22 wt%Al

Experiments were conducted on the Zn-22 wt% Al eutectoid that contained nanometre-scale dispersion particles. These particles were introduced in the matrix of the alloy via powder metallurgy followed by cryomilling. Transmission electron microscopy observations made on specimens crept at a strain rate near the centre of the superplastic region (the intermediate-stress region or region II in the sigmoidal relationship between stress and strain rate) reveal clear evidence for lattice dislocation activities during superplastic flow. Such evidence is demonstrated in part by the presence of attractive particle-dislocation interactions that are only noted in some of the grains. It is suggested that each one of these grains serves as an obstacle for a group of grains sliding together as a unit. In addition, the configurations of the lattice dislocations in the interiors of the blocking grains are suggestive of viscous glide and single slip in the blocking grain. Combining the present findings with earlier observations reported for superplastic deformation leads to the conclusion that the generation and movement of lattice dislocations provide an accommodation process for grain-boundary sliding.     

A molecular dynamics study of the mechanical properties of h-BCN monolayer using a modified Tersoff interatomic potential

Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we investigate the mechanical properties of hexagonal BCN monolayer, a newly synthesized two-dimensional material with an atom ratio of B/C/N = 1:1:1. The Tersoff potential is modified to get good agreement between predicted and measured fracture strengths of graphene. With this modified Tersoff potential, we perform extensive MD simulations to study the effect of temperature, strain rate and vacancy defect on the mechanical properties of h-BCN. It is found that h-BCN is a strong material with fracture strength of 81.4–93.5 GPa, albeit ∼35% lower than that of graphene. Similar to graphene, temperature has strong effect on the mechanical properties of h-BCN. As the temperature increases from 10 K to 1300 K, the fracture strength and strain of h-BCN drops by 55% and 62%, respectively. The strain rate is found to have a moderate effect. When the strain rate increases from 0.00002 to 0.0125 ps⁻¹, the fracture strength and strain of h-BCN increases 6.1% and 12%, respectively. As for the atomic defect, a very small concentration (0.028%) of vacancy in h-BCN is able to cause a 28% reduction in fracture strength and a 35.5% reduction in fracture strain. These findings have significance for its future applications in nanodevices.     

Threshold stress for superplasticity in solid solution magnesium alloys

The effect of alloying elements on the threshold stress for superplasticity was investigated using two binary solid solutions, namely, Mg–Al and Mg–Y alloys. Both alloys exhibited superplasticity, and in spite of the absence of fine particles showed threshold-stress-like behavior. Different origins were suggested for the threshold-stress-like behavior after considering grain growth during deformation. The threshold-stress-like behavior in Mg–Al alloys originates from the effects of microstructural instability (grain-growth hardening). On the other hand, analysis of grain-boundary segregation suggested that the threshold-stress-like behavior in Mg–Y alloy originates from the segregation of yttrium in grain boundaries and its interaction with grain-boundary dislocations.     

Dynamics of plastic deformation: Waves of localized plastic deformation in solids

Conclusions It has been shown here that a localized plastic deformation in structurally inhomogeneous media can be of a wave nature and can propagate in the form of nonlinear plastic waves, not only at the microscopic level but also at the mesoscopic level. It has been established that there is an interrelationship between this new effect and grain-boundary slippage (an effect which has been under study for a long time) and also with certain types of quasiviscous fracture in plastically deformable materials.We have discussed certain specific practical problems in the mechanics of plastic deformation, and for certain types of fracture. In the future, these problems will be discussed at a more profound level and in greater detail, because of experimental studies which are presently being carried out on the dynamics of deformation for various types of loading and fracture [17, 18, 31]. We hope that the approach proposed here for a theoretical study of the localization of deformation and fracture can be taken to study such effects as splitting off [31], the influence of defect fluxes on grain-boundary slippage [22], superplasticity [23], the behavior of tectonic faults and boundaries of various types [32], electroplastic and magnetoplastic effects, and high-temperature localization of deformation [25].The general nature of the approach proposed here results from the circumstance that a localization of deformation is present explicitly or implicitly during plastic deformation, and the behavior of this deformation plays a role of fundamental importance in the propagation of plastic deformation through a material.The author wishes to thank V. E. Panin for a constant discussion of this problem and I. O. Nedavnii for carrying out the numerical calculations.V. V. Kuibyshev Tomsk State University. Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science. Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 19–41, April, 1992.     

Tensoresistive effect in thin metal films in the range of elastic and plastic strain

The tensoresistive effect in single-layer Cr, Fe, Mo, Ni, and Pd films and double-layer Fe/Cr, Cu/Cr, Ni/Cr, and Pd/Fe films is studied in the range of elastic and plastic strain. The influence of the surface and grain-boundary scatterings of electrons on strain sensitivity S ^ρ of the single-layer films is analyzed. Sensitivities Sρ of the single- and double-layer films to elastic and plastic strains are compared. It is found that the volume and grain-boundary scatterings of electrons are main contributors to S ^ρ in the Fe/Cr film system. Grain-boundary scattering is equally effective under elastic and plastic strain, as judged by a high coefficient of electron grain-boundary scattering (R ≌ 0.36–0.41).     

各向异性油藏水平井多角度人工裂缝线性单元计算方法

考虑各向异性油藏渗透率张量的表征,利用Green函数和拉普拉斯变换建立裂缝流动的一维单元,裂缝的流量分布采用节点线性插值,裂缝内的流动处理为线性积分,耦合地层与人工裂缝的流动,建立有限导流裂缝井底压力的求解方法.结果表明:多裂缝压裂水平井存在压裂裂缝线性流、地层线性流、系统径向流3种流动形态,压裂裂缝条数越多,相同的生产时间,无因次井底压降越小;裂缝条数对流动影响明显.随着裂缝条数的增加,压降变化减小;裂缝长度和导流能力有相似的变化.人工裂缝与井筒角度越大,产能越大,当裂缝垂直于井筒时,产量最大;地层最大渗透率方向垂直于人工裂缝时产量最大,平行裂缝时产量最小.当人工裂缝垂直于井筒,并同时垂直于地层最大渗透率方向时,达到最大产量值.     

Fracture of composites based on polyethylene and elastic particles

The composites based on low-density polyethylene with elastomer filling particles are studied. A fracture mechanism induced by the fracture of filler particles or their separation from the matrix polymer is revealed. The fracture of the composites is caused by the growth of formed rhombic pores. The natural relative elongation in a neck is shown to be an important characteristic of a polymer. If the relative elongation in a neck is lower than the strain of appearance of rhombic pores, they form at the stage of uniform tension after necking, and the composite remains plastic. If the relative elongation in a neck is higher than the strain of formation of rhombic pores, they nucleate during necking, and the material undergoes quasi-brittle fracture. Good adhesion between the matrix polymer and elastic particles hinders the appearance of rhombic pores in a neck and, thus, retains high deformation properties of the composites.     

Strain rate induced crystallization in bulk metallic glass-forming liquid

We report on the solidification of Au49, Ag5.5, Pd2.3, Cu26.9, Si16.3 bulk metallic glass under various strain rates. Using a copper mold casting technique with a low strain rate during solidification, this alloy is capable of forming glassy rods of at least 5 mm in diameter. Surprisingly, when the liquid alloy is splat cooled at much higher cooling rates and large strain rates, the solidified alloy is no longer fully amorphous. Our finding suggests that the large strain rate during splat cooling induces crystallization. The pronounced difference in crystallization behavior cannot be explained by the previously observed strain rate effect on viscosity alone. A strain rate induced phase separation process is suggested as one of the explanations for this crystallization behavior. The strain-rate-dependent critical cooling rate must be considered in order to assess the intrinsic glass forming ability of metallic liquid.     

Numerical simulation of deformation behavior of Al particles impacting on Al substrate and effect of surface oxide films on interfacial bonding in cold spraying

In this study, a comprehensive examination of the deformation behavior of Al particles impacting on Al substrate was conducted by using the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) method to clarify the deposition characteristics of Al powder and the effect of surface oxide films in cold spraying. It was found that the deformation behavior of Al particles is different from that of Cu particles under the same impact conditions owing to its lower density and thus less kinetic energy upon impact. The results indicated that a higher velocity was required for Al particles to reach the same compression ratio as that of Cu particles. On the other hand, the numerical results showed that the oxide films at particle surfaces influenced the deformation and bonding condition between the particle and substrate. The inclusions of the crushed oxide films at the interfaces between the depostied particles inhibit the deformation.     

High temperature deformation and extended plasticity in Mg single crystals

The high temperature deformation behavior of Mg single crystals was precisely investigated using orientation imaging microscopy. For this purpose, Mg single crystals of various orientations were tensile tested in vacuum at temperatures between 473 and 673?K. A strain rate of 4.2?×?10^?4?s^?1 was employed. The elongations to fracture depended strongly on crystal orientation, the lowest fracture strains being associated with multiple slip. Single crystals in which single slip was activated exhibited extended ductilities corresponding to more than 1.5 in true strain. The strong orientation dependence of the ductility can also be correlated with the ease of occurrence of dynamic recrystallization (DRX), which took place in the multiple-slip specimens. The role of twinning in the initiation of DRX is also discussed.