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In this research, the surface of magnesium alloy AZ31 is modified by friction stir processing (FSP). The modification process consists of synthesis AZ31/ZnO composite by establishing holes at surface which are filled with nano ZnO and FSP was carried out at traverse speed 45 mm/ min. and rotational speed of 1100 rpm. Nano ZnO is a biocompatible material and it was used previously for coating AZ31 alloy in lightweight industrial applications. However, the novile surface composite of AZ31/ZnO established in solid-state processing (FSP). The results show that the corrosion product layer has increased passivity at the modified surface which exhibited lower corrosion rate (51%) than that of base alloy AZ31, due to the presence of nano ZnO particles. On the other hand; the hardness increased which can be attributed to the grains refinement (from 15 to 4.3 µm) and the formation of nanocomposite at the surface. The research shows a promise in lab-based studies, that can be a way to manufacture large-scale biomaterials.
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Ni-16Mo and ODS alloys were fabricated by the powder metallurgical processes, and their microstructures and tensile properties were investigated. Ni-16Mo-7Cr and Ni-16Mo-7Cr-0.3Ti-0.35Y2O3 (in wt.%) alloys were prepared by mechanical alloying, uniaxial hot pressing, and heat treatment processes. Microstructural observations of these alloys revealed that the Ti and Y2O3 additions to a Ni-16Mo alloy were significantly effective to refine the grain size and form nano-sized Y-Ti-O oxide particles. Consequently, the tensile strengths at room temperature and 700°C were considerably enhanced. This improvement of tensile properties can be mainly attributed to the formation of nano-sized oxide particles, as well as the refined grain size. It is thus concluded that Ni-16Mo alloy with Ti and Y2O3 additions would be very effective in improving the mechanical properties especially at elevated temperatures.
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As a novel processing technology for high surface integrity, dual shot peening enables improvement in residual compressive stress, hardness gradient, and a reduction in surface roughness, thus effectively enhancing the fatigue resistance of mechanical components. The modelling and experiments on the dual shot peening of 18CrNiMo7-6 carburized gear steel have been conducted. A dual-shot peening finite element model based on the dislocation density constitutive equation that considers hardness gradient, residual stress, and surface roughness has been developed. Extensive peening tests and surface integrity characterisation using TEM and EBSD were conducted. The correlation between peening parameters and surface integrity and the underlying mechanism have been explored. The results from modelling and the experimental dual shot peening tests are in good agreement, with the maximum errors of residual stress and microhardness less than 15.1% and 7.4%, respectively. For an effective dual shot peening process, high-intensity peening with medium shots is recommended as the first step, and low-intensity peening as the second step. This process increases the surface residual compressive stress and hardness to -950 Mpa and 790 HV, respectively, while maintaining a reduced surface roughness.
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The forming limit of AZ31 alloy, a representative Mg-Al-Zn-based wrought alloy, and the effect of severe plastic deformation (SPD) by examining the microstructure change caused by dynamic recrystallization led by high temperature and high dislocation density at 300℃ using a biaxial alternate forging (BAF) were investigated in this study. As a result of BAF test for AZ31 Mg alloy, significant cracks on the ends of workpieces occurred after 7 passes. The microstructure of as-extruded specimen showed the non-uniform distribution of the relatively coarse grains and the fine grains considered to be sub-grains. However, as the number of passes increases, the area of coarse grains gradually disappeared and the fine grains became more dominant in the microstructures. The result of tensile test for workpieces with each forging pass showed an increase in strength depending on pass number was shown with a slight increase of elongation. The Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) results exhibited that, the microstructure showed the presence of coarse grains and twins after only 1 pass, while the grains appeared to be significantly refined and uniformly distributed after 3 pass, at which the strength and elongation began to increase, simultaneously.
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The deformation behaviour of materials at the micro-scale level is different from that at the macro-scale level due to the effect of grain size (GS). The mechanism of the influence on martensitic transformation by GS is still unclear, and there are relatively few studies on the relationship between grain refinement and martensitic transformation, most of which focus on the relationship between the initial GS of the material and martensitic transformation. Therefore, in this study, the interaction between grain refinement and martensitic transformation was investigated using a dislocation density-based multiscale constitutive model that incorporated dislocation sliding, strain-induced martensitic transformation (SIMT) related to grain size, and grain refinement. The proposed model evaluated the GS-dependent deformation behaviour of 316L stainless steel (SS). Subsequently, a genetic algorithm was used to determine the parameters of the established model, and the calculated results were compared with that of the experimental data to verify the accuracy of the model. The developed multiscale constitutive model was implemented in Abaqus user subroutine to further investigate the deformation mechanism and validate its accuracy. The results demonstrated that the GS had a significant effect on the SIMT, with the volume fraction of martensite increasing with a rise in the initial austenite GS. In addition, grain refinement affected SIMT and the growth rate of martensite content decreased with the grain refinement caused by deformation. The formation of martensite led to grain refinement, with the refined grains producing negative feedback on the SIMT, thus inhibiting the occurrence of martensitic transformation. This study revealed the microscopic deformation mechanism of 316L SS and provided a constitutive model for micro-forming.
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The methods of severe plastic deformation (SPD) of metals and metal alloys are very attractive due to the possibility of refinement of the grains to nanometric sizes, which facilitates obtaining high mechanical properties. This study investigated the influence of SPD in the process of hydrostatic extrusion (HE) on the anisotropy of the mechanical properties of the CuCrZr copper alloy. The method of HE leads to the formation of a characteristic microstructure in deformed materials, which can determine their potential applications. On the longitudinal sections of the extruded bars, a strong morphological texture is observed, manifested by elongated grains in the direction of extrusion. In the transverse direction, these grains are visible as equiaxed. The anisotropy of properties was mainly determined based on the analysis of the static mini-sample static tensile test and the dynamic impact test. The obtained results were correlated with microstructural observations. In the study, three different degrees of deformation were applied at the level necessary to refine the grain size to the ultrafine-grained level. Regardless of the applied degree of deformation, the effect of the formation of a strong morphological texture was demonstrated, as a result of which there is a clear difference between the mechanical properties depending on the test direction, both by the static and dynamic method. The obtained results allow for the identification of the characteristic structure formed during the HE process and the more effective use of the CuCrZr copper alloy in applications.
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A fading mechanism during casting of treated Al-B-Sr master alloys in an aluminium-silicon cast alloy was investigated. Two different master alloys, the Al-3%B-3%Sr and Al-4%B-1%Sr were demonstrated for the efficiency test both grain refinement and modification microstructure. From experimental result, the addition of Al-3%B-3%Sr master alloy led to a refined grain size and fully modified eutectic Si. However, smaller grain sizes were found with Al-4%B-1%Sr master alloy addition while eutectic Si had coarser acicular morphology. The formation of high amounts of SrB6 compound in the Al-3%B-3%Sr master alloy resulted to increase of grain size and eutectic Si. In fading mechanism test when holding the melt for prolong time, the agglomeration of the SrB6 and AlSiSr compounds at the bottom of the casting specimen was important factors that decreased both grain refinement and modification efficiency. The stirring of the melt before pouring was found that the grain size and Si morphology were improved.
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In this work, 25 wheels were cast with three different grain refiners: Al5Ti1B, Al3Nb1B and MTS 1582. Samples were machined from the wheels to check the mechanical properties. It was found that Nb grain refinement had the lowest grain size (260 mm) and highest tensile properties (yield strength of 119-124 MPa and ultimate tensile strength of 190-209 MPa). Al5Ti1B and MTS 1582 revealed quite similar results (110 MPa yield and 198 MPa ultimate tensile strength). The fading of the grain refining effect of Al5TiB1 master alloy was observed in both Nb and Ti added castings whereas during the investigated time interval, the fading was not observed when MTS 1582 was used.
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Content available remote Superplasticity of high-entropy alloys: a review
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High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are a new class of engineering materials with unique mechanical and functional properties. Superplastic forming of HEAs might be a viable route for actual applications of these alloys. Accordingly, the superplastic behaviors of HEAs and medium-entropy alloys (MEAs) were summarized in this monograph, along with reviewing the basics of high-entropy alloys and fine-grained superplasticity. Moreover, the HEAs were introduced and the phase formation rules were discussed. Furthermore, the influences of grain refinement (by thermomechanical processing and severe plastic deformation (SPD) methods) and deformation conditions (temperature and strain rate) with special attention to the high strain rate superplasticity were summarized. The significance of thermal stability of the microstructure against grain coarsening was noticed, where the effects of multi-phase microstructure, formation of pinning particles, and favorable effects of the addition of alloying elements were explained. The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on the thermally activated grain boundary sliding (GBS), precipitation of secondary phases (especially the Cr-rich σ phase), dissolution of phases, deformation-induced (dynamic) grain growth, partial melting, and dynamic recrystallization (DRX) were discussed for different HEAs and MEAs. The final part of this overview article is dedicated to the future prospects and research directions.
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Content available remote Effect of cold rolling on microstructure and hardness of annealed Al-Cu-Mg alloy
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The dislocation slips during the hot- and cold-rolling processes, the texture evolution and the Goss-oriented grain refinement during the annealing of the Al-Cu-Mg alloy were investigated using optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Results shown that {111} <110> octahedral slip systems and {110} <111> non-octahedral slip systems can be activated during the hot- and cold-rolling. When the dislocation slips in {111} planes are suppressed, the cross-slip from the {111} planes to the {110} planes can be activated to coordinate deformation. The strain gradients between the adjacent grains of the alloy with the large cold rolling reduction during annealing are dramatically decreased by the strain homogenization, which suppresses the growth of {110} < 001 > Goss-oriented grains. The activation of {110} <111> slip systems may be led to the decrease of the intensity of {112} <111> Copper texture, and the effect of {110} <111> slip systems on the evolution of {001} < 100 > Cube texture is very small. With the increase of the cold rolling reduction and annealing temperature, the hardness of the annealed and rolled Al-Cu-Mg alloy all increases, strain hardening and grain refinement are responsible for the enhanced hardness.
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Thermal stress forming (thermoforming) technology has good advantages in small-batch, complex surface, brittle, and hard material processing. A large bending angle is the main objective of thermal stress forming. However, the problem of small bending angle has always existed. Especially in the case of larger workpiece thickness (h ≥ 1 mm), the bending angle is smaller. To solve the aforementioned problems, a new method (end blocking method, EBM) is proposed. The bending angle and deformation mechanism of this method with different plate thickness and processing parameters are investigated. Finally, the microstructure and properties of the heating zone are observed. The results show that the new method (9.05 deg) can increase the bending angle by 37.71 times with the traditional method (0.24 deg). The reason is that the new method can form a large bending moment in the heating zone and increase the bending angle effectively. Moreover, the method can still achieve a large bending angle (the traditional method: 0.02 deg, the new method: 2.75 deg, increased by 137.5 times), when the plate is thick (h = 1.2 mm). The bending angle obtained by the new method increases with the increment in laser power or the decrement in scanning speed. By contrast, the change in laser diameter has minimal effect on bending angle. In addition, because the new method can produce large compressive stress in the heating zone, the compressive stress can effectively refine the grains and increase the microhardness by 1.22 times. Therefore, this method can effectively improve the microstructure and properties of the heating zone. This method only needs a simple baffle, and the whole process is simple and practical. The new method in this study uses the laser as the heat source and is also suitable for flame thermoforming and high-frequency induction thermoforming.
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Content available remote Niekonwencjonalne metody kształtowania plastycznego
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W artykule przedstawiono koncepcje czterech niekonwencjonalnych metod przeróbki plastycznej: kucia z oscylacyjnym skręcaniem, kucia z poprzecznym ruchem stempla, walcowania z poprzecznym ruchem walców oraz kucia segmentowego. Metody te umożliwiają wytwarzanie wyrobów o nietypowych właściwościach użytkowych oraz istotne zmniejszenie wymaganych sił nacisku narzędzi kształtujących. Wdrożenie zaprezentowanych sposobów kształtowania plastycznego pozwoliłoby na rozszerzenie asortymentu produkcji wielu przedsiębiorstw działających w branży metalowej.
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Concepts of four unconventional metal forming methods: compression with oscillatory torsion, compression with transverse punch motion, rolling with transverse rolls motion and incremental forging are presented in the paper. The methods enable manufacturing products with unique functional properties and significant reduction of the required press load. Industrial implementation of the presented metal forming techniques would allow to extend the assortment of many metal parts manufacturers.
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Content available remote Microstructure refinement mechanism of undercooled Cu55Ni45 alloys
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Different undercooling degrees of Cu55Ni45 alloy were obtained by the combination of molten glass purification and cyclic superheating, and the maximum undercooling degree reached 284 K. The microstructure of the alloy was observed by metallographic microscope, and the evolution of microstructure was studied systematically. There are two occasions of grain refinement in the solidification structure of the alloy: one occurs in the case of low undercooling, and the other occurs in the case of high undercooling. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technology was used to analyze the rapid solidification structure under high undercooling. The features of flat polygonal grain boundary, high proportion of twin boundary, and large proportion of large angle grain boundary indicate recrystallization. The change in microhardness of the alloy under different undercooling degrees was studied by microhardness tester. It was found that the average microhardness decreased sharply at high undercooling degrees, which further confirmed the recrystallization of the solidified structure at high undercooling degrees.
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In this study, novel composite strips based on 2017A-T4 aluminium alloy (Al-Cu-Mg) produced by accumulative roll bonding (ARB) were developed. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the ultrafine-grained sheets under quasistatic and dynamic loadings were investigated. The initial microstructure characterization with an Optical Microscope and a Scanning Electron Microscope indicated that the ARBed sheets formed a compact material with the homogeneous and identical thickness for the individual bonded layers. Besides, the presence of precipitates was identified in all the processed strips with diverse sizes, quantities and distribution. Moreover, from Electron Back Scatter Diffraction, the microstructure was noticeably refined with increasing theARBcycles to reach 1.7 mof the grain size at the fifth cycle. The microhardness measurement and the tensile test were carried out for both natural ageing and ARBed specimens. Accordingly, the tensile stress acts on the individual layers rather than the entire sample that conduct to a reduction in the overall properties for the ARBed strips. Furthermore, a stabilization in the mechanical properties for the three first ARB cycles was noted, whereas, the domination of the dynamic recrystallization was responsible for a significant drop after the fourth cycle which is considered as the transition state. The characteristics of the compression deformation were examined under dynamic and quasi-static loadings conditions by using the Split–Hopkinson Pressure Bar system and the universal testing machine, respectively. The strain hardening behaviour was investigated using the Hollomon analysis. It was found that the thermal softening played a crucial role when compared to the strain hardening for all the studied strips. Moreover, the strain rate under the dynamic loading has a minor effect on the stress flow of the ARBed sheets compared to the as-received material.
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The paper presents the results of research on GX120Mn13 modification performed with the SiZr38 inoculant. The microstructure of Hadfield cast steel in as-cast condition was studied through optical microscopy before and after inoculant introduction into the liquid steel. After heat treatment, mechanical properties and wear resistance tests were conducted to analyse the influence of the inoculant. The wear rate was determined according to the Standard Test Method for Determination of Slurry Abrasivity (ASTM G-75). The results show that average grain diameter, area of eqiuaxed grains crystallization and secondary dendrite arm spacing were lower after inoculation. After inoculation, the ultimate tensile strength and proof strength were higher by 8% and 4% respectively, in comparison to the initial state. The results of abrasion wear tests show that the introduction of 0.02 wt. % of zirconium significantly improved wear resistance, which was 34% better in comparison to steel without zirconium.
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In this study, severe plastic deformation (SPD) process of hydrostatic tube cyclic extrusion–compression (HTCEC) was performed through two passes on the commercially pure copper tubes with the purpose of fabricating relatively long ultrafine-grained (UFG) tubes. In HTCEC process, the presence of pressurized hydraulic fluid around the piece plays a key role in the reduction of the friction load and, consequently, in the reduction of required pressing load. In principle, this facilitates the production of long and large tubes. After processing by HTCEC, the mechanical characteristics and microstructure evolution were examined. Microstructure analysis revealed that after the first pass of HTCEC process, an ultrafine cell microstructure with an average size of ~ 993 nm was attained. After two passes of HTCEC, the average size of cells/subgrains was reduced to ~ 340 nm. This was while the average grain size of the annealed sample was 41 μm. Also, after two passes of HTCEC process, a remarkable increase in the yield strength from 154 to 336 MPa, and the ultimate strength from 223 to 414 MPa was observed. Furthermore, the mean value of microhardness increased from 74 to 149 HV, and a more uniform distribution of microhardness along the thickness was seen, compared to the first pass of HTCEC. Meanwhile, unlike most conventional SPD methods, the value of elongation to failure was slightly lessened from 59.5 to 41.6%. SEM fractography analysis denoted that mostly ductile fracture occurred in the HTCEC-processed samples. In general, two main advantages of HTCEC process can be the production of relatively long ultrafine-grained tubes and the significant increase in the strength and hardness besides a low loss of ductility.
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The lightweight magnesium–aluminum alloys are extensively used in automotive and aerospace industries due to their high-specific strength and low alloying cost, Grain refining via alloying and hot deformation is known as a viable technique for the enhancement of mechanical properties of these alloys. Accordingly, in the present work, grain size refinement and improvement of tensile properties of Mg-10Al magnesium alloy ingot via strontium addition (up to 1 wt%) and hot working (extrusion process) were studied. It was revealed that the addition of Sr up to 0.05 wt% leads to grain refinement of Mg-Al-Sr alloys with the resulting best strength-ductility combination. The as-cast alloys were quite brittle with total elongations well below 5% and their ultimate tensile strength (UTS) values were below 200 MPa, which was attributed to the coarse as-cast structure with a high content of brittle intergranular β-Mg17Al12 phase. It was also found that the aspect ratio of the Al4Sr particles increases by increasing strontium content, which contributes to the deterioration of tensile properties at high strontium contents. Homogenization treatment at elevated temperatures led to the dissolution of the β phase, while the thermally stable Al4Sr particles remained undissolved. The extruded alloys showed remarkably higher strength and ductility compared to the as-cast ingots, which were related to the remarkable grain refinement induced by the recrystallization processes during the hot extrusion process, the disappearance of the deleterious network of the intergranular eutectic constituent, and providing high solute Al content. As a result, UTS of ~ 406 MPa and total elongation of ~ 24% were obtained for the extruded alloy with 0.05 wt% Sr.
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The effects of the working temperatures (260 °C, 200 °C and 130 °C) on microstructure formation in the AA 6063 alloy, processed upto ten passes by cyclic expansion extrusion (CEE) was studied. The microstructures of the CEE-processed specimens in the convergent and extrusion regions (center and edge) were examined after every two passes. The EBSD analysis revealed a decrease in the average grain size from 22 ± 5 µm to 2 ± 0.5 µm after four passes, with a simultaneous presence of a large fraction of HAGBs (45%) at 130 °C processing temperature. The TEM observations also confirmed the presence of nano-grains of sizes in the range of 50–100 nm. The CEE-processed specimen showed the highest improvement in hardness and ultimate tensile strength from 38 ± 3.4 HV and 118 ± 6 MPa to 122 ± 1 HV and 267 ± 2 MPa, respectively, after four passes at 130 °C. The specimens processed at 260 °C (ten passes), and 200 °C (four passes) showed moderate improvement in strength of 184 ± 3 MPa and 216 ± 3 MPa, respectively. On further straining (at 200 °C and 130 °C after six to ten passes), continuous dynamic recovery and dynamic re-crystallization took place which led to grain growth during SPD and, as a result, the alloy lost its strain hardening capacity and there was a decrease in the mechanical properties. At higher number of passes, the grains were elongated and coarsened, i.e., a non-equiaxed microstructure was seen after ten passes at 200 °C and 130 °C. In contrast, the specimen processed at 260 °C after ten passes, showed a homogeneous microstructure with near-equiaxed grains with 38% of HAGBs. A lower processing temperature produced a microstructure with a fine grain size distribution after a lower number of passes.
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This work demonstrates that the combined addition of Al10Sr and Al5TiB master alloys to the AlMg5Si2Mn effectively refines the grain microstructure and partially modifies the eutectic Mg2Si phase. Thorough spectroscopic characterization reveals that the grain refinement effect is due to Al3Ti particles acting as nucleation sites for α-Al grains, and the increased nucleation temperature of α-Al is due to Al10Sr addition. It is also determined that TiB2 particles can act as nucleation substrates for the primary Mg2Si phase. The prepared alloy sample with the finest microstructure (treated with both Al10Sr and Al5TiB) exhibits the greatest corrosion resistance among all tested samples.
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Content available remote Niekonwencjonalne metody kształtowania plastycznego
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W artykule przedstawiono koncepcje czterech niekonwencjonalnych metod przeróbki plastycznej: kucia z oscylacyjnym skręcaniem, kucia z poprzecznym ruchem stempla, walcowania z poprzecznym ruchem walców oraz kucia segmentowego. Metody te umożliwiają wytwarzanie wyrobów o nietypowych właściwościach użytkowych oraz istotne zmniejszenie wymaganych sił nacisku narzędzi kształtujących. Wdrożenie zaprezentowanych sposobów kształtowania plastycznego pozwoliłoby na rozszerzenie asortymentu produkcji wielu przedsiębiorstw działających w branży metalowej.
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Concepts of four unconventional metal forming methods: compression with oscillatory torsion, compression with transverse punch motion, rolling with transverse rolls motion and incremental forging are presented in the paper. The methods enable manufacturing products with unique functional properties and significant reduction of the required press load. Industrial implementation of the presented metal forming techniques would allow to extend the assortment of many metal parts manufacturers.
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