Papers by Author: Radik R. Mulyukov

Abstract: A new method of microstructure design in axisymmetric gas turbine engine components made of superalloys is proposed. The method is based on obtaining three types of microstructures by means of superplastic roll forming: coarse-grained one with coherent nano-sized precipitates of the  phase, the second with ultrafine grains of both phases and the third combining coarse deformed matrix grains surrounded by thin layers of fine matrix grains and coarsened precipitates of  phase.

Abstract: The effect of ultrasonic treatment on the microstructure, microhardness and thermal stability of pure nickel after high pressure torsion (HPT) was studied. It was shown that the ultrasonic treatment reduces internal stresses induced by severe plastic deformation. The higher the intensity of ultrasound in the range studied, the stronger is this effect. Also it was revealed that grain growth in nickel processed by HPT followed by ultrasonic treatment occurs at higher temperatures than that in nickel as-processed by HPT, i.e. the thermal stability of nanostructured nickel is increased.

Abstract: On the basis of generalization of research results obtained at the Institute for Metals Superplasticity Problems, principles of fabrication of bulk ultrafine-grained and nanostructured materials by multiple isothermal forging are formulated. Multiple isothermal forging is shown to be a universal high-performance deformation technique for the grain refinement in metals and alloys maximally exploiting the potential of dynamic recrystallization.

Abstract: Deformation methods of nanostructuring (DMNs) of materials are proposed to classify into severe plastic deformation (SPD) and mild plastic deformation (MPD) methods according to fundamentally different low- and high-temperature grain refinement mechanisms they exploit. A general analysis of the fundamentals and nanostructuring efficiency of three most developed DMNs, high pressure torsion (HPT), equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP), and multiple isothermal forging (MIF) is done with a particular attention to ECAP and MIF. It is demonstrated that MIF is the most efficient method of DMNs allowing one to obtain the bulkiest nanostructured samples with enhanced mechanical properties.