Papers by Keyword: Threshold Stress

Abstract: The contribution is focused on a new methodology description for determination of threshold stress, as the third parameter in Beremin local approach to cleavage fracture that is using three-parameter Weibull statistics. Nature of the methodology lies in tensile testing of rounded notched specimens at liquid nitrogen temperature and corresponding calculations. Reactor pressure vessel steel was chosen as an example for the illustration.

Abstract: This paper is a brief review of the concept of superplasticity, which has been extensively used to explain the superplastic behavior of yttria-tetragonal zirconia polycrystals. The diverse theories develop to account for the origin of this quantity are outlined. In addition to that, a modern approach to this concept is reported. This new contribution can give rise to a revision of the until-now established concept of invariant microstructure associated to superplasticity.

Abstract: Nanostructured ferritic alloys (NFA) of Fe-9Cr-0.2Ti-0.3Y₂O₃ (in mass) incorporating nanoscale oxide particles, was produced by mechanical milling (MM) followed by hot pressing (HP). The formation process of the nanoscale oxide particles were structurally characterized at each step of the elaboration processes by means of transmission electron microscope (TEM). The observations of structure of the mixed powders and the nanoscale oxide particles in the NFA after MM indicated that the initial powders, coupled with the original yttria powders, get fractured by severe plastic deformation and ultrafine bcc grains (~20 nm) of the matrix, and Y2O3 nanocrystals with irregular edges are formed during MM. The addition of titanium (Ti) promotes the formation of amorphous phase of [YM_amorphous during MM. Microstructure of the NFA observed by TEM exhibited a very fine structure of nanostructured grains in which large number of nanoscale oxide particles were distributed after HP process. HRTEM observations of partially and fully crystallized oxide nanoparticles in the matrix of NFA gain an insight into the formation mechanism of nanoscale oxide particles in HP process. The formation process of nanoscale oxide particles consist of the reaction between Y2O3 fragments and titanium (Ti) and crystallization of [YM_amorphous.Threshold stress which can quantitatively shows the effect of dispersion strengthening was carefully evaluated on the basis of higher magnified images of the nanoscale oxide particles. Different values of threshold stress were obtained due to the various dispersions of the nanoscale oxide particles within different areas. That may be the reason why the threshold stress cannot be clearly obtained by the results of creep tests.

Abstract: For uses at high temperatures, magnesium alloys containing rare earths have proven to be very suitable. High proportions of melting precipitates contribute to strengthening, even at temperatures above 200°C. If these alloys are extruded, their creep resistance rises even further due to the resulting fine-grained structure. In this paper, magnesium alloys with 10% Gd and additional small amounts of La and Nd are compared with WE43 for compression creep at temperatures of 240°C and stresses between 80 and 150 MPa. The minimum creep rates are determined and the stress exponent evaluated in accordance with the Norton equation. By calculating the threshold stress, the true stress exponents are determined.

Abstract: The creep behavior of oxide-bearing Fe-0.6%O steel was studied in the temperature range of 550-700°C at stresses ranging from 100 to 400 MPa. The creep data showed high values of an apparent stress exponent n close to 16 for power-law creep. In addition the apparent experimental activation energy was much higher than that for the lattice diffusion in -iron. Analysis of creep data revealed that the deformation behavior was strongly affected by the threshold stresses, which are associated with the interaction between moving dislocations and fine incoherent oxide particles. Analysis of deformation behavior in terms of threshold stress leads the true stress exponent of 8; the activation energy for creep became close to value of activation energy for lattice diffusion at 700°C and for pipe-diffusion in the temperature range of 550–650°C.

Abstract: High-temperature deformation of an artificially aged 6082-Al alloy was conducted in the present investigation. Tensile tests were carried out at temperatures of 623, 673 and 723 K at various strain rates ranging from 5x10-5 to 2x10-2 s-1. The behavior of the alloy is characterized by high stress exponent, n and high apparent activation energy, Qa that are higher than what is usually observed in Al and Al solid-solution alloys under similar experimental conditions, which implies the presence of threshold stress; this behavior results from dislocation interaction with second phase particles. The threshold stress, σo values were seen to decrease exponentially with temperature. By incorporating the threshold stress in the analysis, the true activation energy, Qt was calculated to be close to that of dislocation pipe diffusion in Al. Analysis of the experimental data of the alloy in terms of the Zener- Hollomon parameter vs. normalized effective stress, revealed a single type of deformation behavior with an n value of ~7. Measurements showed that the values of elongation percent at failure increase with strain rate and temperature.

Abstract: The variety of metal forming processes can be arranged according to some essential features such as structure, properties and structure evolution of the metal being deformed, deformation temperature and dynamics of its changing during deformation, interrelation between flow stress, strain and strain rate, temperature and structural parameters etc. These features in the aggregate compose rheological behavior of the metal being deformed and the rheological equation’s database for simulation of metal forming processes in cold, warm, hot and superplastic state. Taking these ideas into account, the authors would like to present some basic elements of these rheological models database i.e. classification of metallic materials as objects of deformation, classification of deformation modes in dependence on temperature regimes, thermal-kinetic map of metal processing and, as a result of this analysis, a set of rheological models related to certain modes of metal forming processes, which can be used as basic elements of computer software systems for simulation of these processes.

Abstract: The superplasticity of a hot-rolled AZ31 Mg alloy was investigated by uniaxial tensile tests at temperature range 250-450oC and strain rate range 0.7×10-3-1.4×10-1s-1. Superplastic formability of the alloy was evaluated by gas bulging test at elevated temperatures. The threshold stress for grain boundary sliding (GBS) was calculated and the topography during superplastic deformation was observed by SEM. It is found that, at 400 oC and 0.7×10-3 s-1, the maximum elongation reaches 362.5%. GBS is the predominant deformation mechanism and characterized by a pronounced improvement in homogeneity with increasing temperatures, indicating a transformation of GBS mode from cooperative GBS (CGBS) to individual GBS (IGBS). The improved homogeneity of GBS can be interpreted in terms of decreased threshold stress with increasing temperatures. Gas bulging test demonstrates that the temperature for the best superplastic formability is 400 oC and a hemispherical part with a specific limiting dome height of 0.51 was obtained, suggesting good application prospect for this alloy.

Abstract: In general, the mechanical behavior of superplastic spatially extended crystalline systems (SP-SECS) is characterized by a sigmoidal relationship between the applied stress and the steady state strain rate. The sigmoidal curve is defined by three regions: low stress - region I, intermediate stress or superplastic - region II and high stress - region III. The region I is known as the region where the threshold stress exists, but there are controversies on their existence. In this way, some experimental results reported in the past are analyzed. Earlier investigations have reported the apparent activation energy for creep in SP-SECS as a function of the applied stress, where it is exhibited a marked dependence of impurities or precipitates concentration. In addition, recent experimental evidences have revealed that the unified interpretation of creep, plasticity and superplasticity is the deductive rule [1]. In order to describe the interaction between precipitates at grain boundaries and dislocations during deformation processes a phenomenological expression for the threshold stress at the Grain Boundary in SP-SECS is described in this work.

Abstract: The superplastic deformation behavior of a fine-grained 7075 Al has been investigated to clarify the issue of threshold stress. A series of mechanical tests has been conducted at various temperatures for the specimens with various grain sizes. The quantitative constitutive parameters have been determined from load relaxation test by applying the internal variable theory of structural superplaticity (SSP) proposed by Chang et al. The GBS flow could be formulated as a viscosity-type equation, characterized by the Newtonian exponent of 1.0. The unresolved issue of threshold stress is clarified and identified as a critical stress required for the GBS. The micro-mechanical roll of grain size refinement has also been manifested in terms of proposed constitutive parameters.