Papers by Keyword: Surface Relief

Abstract: The present work is focused on the study of crack initiation during low cycle fatigue (LCF) loading of the second generation nickel-based superalloy MAR-M247 treated with hot isostatic pressing. LCF tests were conducted on cylindrical specimens in symmetrical push-pull cycle under strain control with constant total strain amplitude and strain rate at 800 °C in air atmosphere. Selected specimens were electrolytically polished to facilitate surface relief observations. Crack initiation sites were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in dual beam microscope TESCAN LYRA 3 XMU FESEM equipped with focus ion beam (FIB). The microstructure of the material is characterised by coarse dendritic grains with numerous carbides and small casting defects. The average grain size was 2.1 ± 0.3 mm. Fractographic analysis revealed the fatigue crack initiation sites and their relation to the casting defects and material microstructure. Casting defects, carbide inclusions and interdendritic areas were found to be important crack nucleation sites. Specimens’ surface observations revealed the formation of pronounced surface relief with short worm-like markings. Fatigue crack initiation in these places is documented and discussed.

Abstract: The present paper is focused on scanning electron microscopy investigation of surface relief developed in cyclically strained specimens at high temperature. Symmetrical fatigue tests without hold times and with tensile or compressive hold times were used in strain control regime. The gauge length of specimens was analyzed after cyclic straining in a wide range of total strain amplitudes. Experimental temperature was 800 °C and selected hold time was 10 minutes.Surface relief is developed during the cyclic straining in localized plastic strain areas. Developed surface relief strongly depends on the type of fatigue test and a value of total strain amplitude. Well-developed surface persistent slip markings were observed after cyclic loading without hold times. Another group of observed slip markings with perpendicular orientation to stress axis exhibits irregular and wavy morphology. Similar markings were also observed on specimen surfaces after fatigue tests with tensile hold times as well as compressive hold times. Third group, named imperfect persistent slip markings, was observed after cyclic straining with tensile holds. In some suitably oriented grains, areas with high density of well-developed markings with irregular morphology were found.

Abstract: Persistent slip markings (PSMs) were experimentally studied in 316L steel fatigued to early stages of the fatigue life. High resolution SEM, combined with focused ion beam (FIB) technique and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to assess the true shape of PSMs in their early stage of development. General features of PSMs in fatigued metals are extrusions and intrusions. Their characteristic features were determined. They were discussed in relation with the theories of surface relief formation and fatigue crack initiation based on the formation, migration and annihilation of point defects in the bands of intensive cyclic slip - persistent slip bands (PSBs)

Abstract: Due to active development of nanoelectronics, the studies of methods of nanorelief surface formation in different materials, in particular polymers are very important. Organic polymer films in consequence of their dielectric and optical properties have been used as basis of these devices. In this paper, the possibility of UV optical record and electron beam lithography in different type of polymeric films was studied. Mechanisms of molecular structure changes: photoisomerization, destruction, cross-linking and oxidation have been discussed. The results of UV illumination of polyurethanes, polyacrylates, and some block-copolymers were described. The element analysis of polybutadiene block copolymer was performed before and after UV illumination, and the changes in optical transmission spectra of the polymer film were measured. The resolution of electron beam lithography on polymeric films also was studied.

Abstract: Macroscopic lattice deformation of martensitic transformation and shape memory effect (SME) were studied by atom force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction and so on. The results showed that stress induced martensitic surface relief was “N”-shaped. The surface relief was parallel distribution when deformation was less than 6%. When relief became to intercross, its height and width were far less than parallel relief in same deformation. Superior heat-recovery was discovered in parallel surface relief. The recovery ratio was very low in intercrossed relief. The macroscopic lattice deformation descends in virtue of relief intercrossed, then recovery process was forbidden, so that recovery ratio was descent.

Abstract: Many crucial processes of damage initiation and propagation take place dynamically in the wide observable time domain from 10-3 seconds to 103 seconds and on the many scales from 10 6 m (solitary defects places) to 10-2 m (correlated linked network of defects). The new multiscale image and video processing method is used to observe and characterize the dynamic behavior of metals under mechanical deformation, record its surface evolution, and process the observed surface statistical parameters. The calculations include many parameters of physical process and video processing parameters (size distribution, anisotropy, localization, scaling parameters, etc.). The typical multiscale analysis of the dynamic video sequence (with 103-106 frames) of deformed metal surface (depicting it time evolution) takes approximately several weeks on a single modern processor. That is why the more powerful computational resources are in extreme need. The free high-performance grid-enabled version of the video processing software is designed and tested in our Desktop Grid (DG) distributed computing infrastructure (DCI).