Elastic mechanical grain interactions in polycrystalline materials; analysis by diffraction-line broadening

Abstract

Experimental investigations have revealed that the Neerfeld–Hill and Eshelby–Kröner models, for grain interactions in massive, bulk (in particular, macroscopically isotropic) polycrystals, and a recently proposed effective grain-interaction model for macroscopically anisotropic polycrystals, as thin films, provide good estimates for the macroscopic (mechanical and) X-ray elastic constants and stress factors of such polycrystalline aggregates. These models can also be used to calculate the strain variation among the diffracting crystallites, i.e. the diffraction-line broadening induced by elastic grain interactions can thus be predicted. This work provides an assessment of diffraction-line broadening induced by elastic loading of polycrystalline specimens according to the various grain-interaction models. It is shown that the variety of environment, and thus the heterogeneity of the stress–strain states experienced by each of the individual grains exhibiting the same crystallographic orientation in a real polycrystal, cannot be accounted for by traditional grain-interaction models, where all grains of the same crystallographic orientation in the specimen frame of reference are considered to experience the same stress–strain state. A significant degree of broadening which is induced by the heterogeneity of the environments of the individual crystallites is calculated on the basis of a finite element algorithm. The obtained results have vast implication for diffraction-line broadening analysis and modelling of the elastic behaviour of massive polycrystals.     

Mesoscale strain measurement in deformed crystals: A comparison of X-ray microdiffraction with electron backscatter diffraction

Mapping of residual stresses at the mesoscale is increasingly practical thanks to technological developments in electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray microdiffraction using high brilliance synchrotron sources. An analysis is presented of a Cu single crystal deformed in compression to about 10% macroscopic strain. Local orientation measurements were made on sectioned and polished specimens using EBSD and X-ray microdiffraction. In broad strokes, the results are similar to each other with orientations being observed that are on the order of 5° misoriented from that of the original crystallite. At the fine scale it is apparent that the X-ray technique can distinguish features in the structure that are much finer in detail than those observed using EBSD even though the spatial resolution of EBSD is superior to that of X-ray diffraction by approximately two orders of magnitude. The results are explained by the sensitivity of the EBSD technique to the specimen surface condition. Dislocation dynamics simulations show that there is a relaxation of the dislocation structure near the free surface of the specimen that extends approximately 650 Å into the specimen. The high spatial resolution of the EBSD technique is detrimental in this respect as the information volume extends only 200 Å or so into the specimen. The X-rays probe a volume on the order of 2 µm in diameter, thus measuring the structure that is relatively unaffected by the near-surface relaxation.     

Basal slip localization in zinc single crystals. The Considère analyses

The tensile and compression tests were performed on zinc single crystals oriented for slip in the basal slip system. During the first stage of the stress–strain curve, the localized necking was typical of strain localization in the tensile specimens. Single or multiple necks were formed along the specimen length. The range of temperatures and the strain rates for single necking of the sample was determined. The formation of such necking depends on strain hardening characteristics and can be predicted by the Considère criterion. On the other hand, propagation of the necked area along the sample length was not predictable by this criterion. Localized sliding and specimen kinking was indicative of the strain localization observed for different specimens compressed under the same conditions, i.e. temperature and strain rate. A decrease in the compression force and in the cross-sectional area with anvil displacements produced localized sliding. On the other hand, a continuous increase in the compression force was representative of tests leading to specimen kinking.     

扫描型热像系统均匀性校正方法研究

随着热像系统时域噪声等效温差（NETD）的不断下降,残余固定图形噪声（RFPN）的不稳定性成为制约系统性能,特别是制约系统识别能力的一个关键因素。通过分析热像系统响应非均匀性产生的机理,介绍一种扫描型热像系统获得场景平均辐照度点的方法,实现了以场景平均辐照度点为校正基准点的动态校正。采用该方法研制的热像系统在（0～50）℃场景动态范围内可使系统的RFPN小于15mK。通过样机冬、夏两季外场试验以及各种环境试验,验证了该校正方法在热像系统温度发生变化以及场景辐照度发生变化时具有良好的适应性。     

基于激光器激射特性的新型应变传感系统

报道了一种基于掺铒光纤激光器瞬态特性的新型应变传感系统.用光纤环反射镜和光纤Bragg光栅(FBG)构成Fabry-Perot线型腔.腔内插入一个长周期光纤光栅(LPG)，其透射谱的中心波长为1574.4nm.FBG的带宽为0.23nm，不受力时其反射波长为1557.98nm，位于LPG的透射谱左沿；当FBG受力时激射波长向长波方向移动，激光通过LPG时透射损耗增大，腔损耗的增加将使激光激射延迟时间增加.因此，应变的大小可以通过激光产生的延迟时间来测量.这种新型应变传感器的分辨率和灵敏度由抽运光脉冲的高、 关键词： 应变传感 光纤激光器 时域测量 光纤Bragg光栅     

3004铝合金“反常”锯齿屈服现象的研究

在应变速率为5.56×10^-5s^-1—5.56×10^-3s^-1的范围内，在不同温度下(从223K至773K)，对3004铝合金进行系列拉伸试验，探索其锯齿屈服规律；通过激活能的计算、内耗研究、微观组织观察和能谱分析，探讨锯齿屈服的机理与物理本质.结果表明，3004铝合金在形变过程中会出现动态应变时效现象；发现了一种“反常”的锯齿屈服现象：在出现锯齿屈服的温区内，存在锯齿屈服临界应变量转变温度T_t， 关键词： 动态应变时效 锯齿屈服 铝合金 内耗     

非本征型法布里-珀罗干涉仪光纤布拉格光栅应变温度传感器及其应用

介绍了光纤布拉格光栅非本征型法布里珀罗干涉仪集成复用传感器的结构、应变和温度同时监测的原理 ;观察到光纤布拉格光栅反射谱和非本征型法布里珀罗干涉仪干涉谱间的串扰 ,用 3dB带宽平均波长法减小了该串扰 ,提高了测量精度 ;将该传感器应用于三维编织复合材料的应变及温度同时监测。实验结果表明温度精度为± 1℃ ,应变精度为± 2 0 μ ,可满足实际应用的要求     

国产金属箔式应变片在低温和强磁场下工作特性的研究

HT- 7U超导模型线圈实验中 ,研究了国产金属箔式应变片在低温和强磁场下的工作特性 ;测量了应变片从室温液氮温度液氦温度的输出示应变曲线 ,以及磁场强度从 0 T- 4T时应变片的输出示应变曲线。实验测得 ,对所选用的应变片 ,从室温降至液氮温度 (77.4K)的热输出为 - 3 6 4 7με,降至液氦温度 (4.2 K)的热输出为 - 3 999με,磁场从 0 T升至 4T的输出示应变为2 3 5με。     

动态塑性试验技术

对动态塑性试验技术作了扼要综述。简单介绍了各种试验方法的基本原理及其应用范围,并评述了各自所具有的特点和不足之处。