Papers by Keyword: Compositional Design

Abstract: In the die manufacturing process of ceramic extrusion die, the residual stress was produced resulted from the thermal expansion coefficient mismatch between ceramic die and die core of graphite. As a result, the longitudinal cracks were formed in the ceramic extrusion die. The thermal residual stress formed in the cooling process was analyzed by finite element simulation method. The result indicated that the thermal expansion coefficient was the primary factor which could affect the tensile stress of ceramic extrusion die. Then, the thermal expansion coefficient, elastic modulus and poisson's ratio of ceramic extrusion die material were selected as design variables, and the largest tensile stress that less than allowable stress of ceramic die material was determined as the objective function, the material component were optimized according to the finite element simulation. The longitudinal cracks were eventually avoided.

Abstract: The present paper investigates the bulk metallic glass formation in Co-based alloy systems with the guidance of the cluster line and minor-alloying principles. The selected basic ternary Co-B-Si alloy compositions are intersecting points of cluster lines, defined by linking special binary clusters to the third element. Then these basic ternary alloys are further minor-alloyed with Nb and quaternary bulk metallic glasses are obtained only by 4-5 at. % Nb minor-alloying of the basic composition Co68.6B25.7Si5.7 that is developed from dense-packed cluster Co8B3. The bulk metallic glasses are expressed approximately with a unified simple composition formula: (Co8B3)1(Si,Nb)1. In addition, a quantity of Fe substitution for Co further improves the glass-forming abilities.

Abstract: For steel with combination of high strength (~2000MPa) and toughness, along with low cost, the designed structure should be low-temperature tempered, fine lath martensite with high density of dislocation, coated by film of austenite with considerable thickness and distributed with fine ε (η) or (and) complex carbide. Correspondently, the steel should contain less than 0.5 (wt%) of carbon, certain amount of alloying elements for lowering Ms, such as Ni, Mo and (or) Mn, carbide forming element, e.g. Nb, as well as Si or (and) Al, the element depressing the formation of cementite, the brittle phase in high strength steel. The heat treatment process is suggested as: austenitizing at a temperature slightly above Ac3, followed by quenching at Ms-Mf, partitioning either at quenching temperature or at slightly above Ms for a few minutes, cooling down to room temperature and tempering at low temperature about half an hour.