An Study of Nanoscale Mechanical Twins in GH4169 Alloy by Laser Shot Peening Processing

Abstract:

In order to study the mechanism of the fatigue strengthening using laser shot peening in GH4169 alloy, micro-structural and nanoscale mechanical twins (MT) at different depth below the top surface subjected to laser shot peening processing (LSP) were investigated by means of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations. In terms of the experimental observations and analyses, the formation of refined grains and nanoscale MT mechanism at the near surface of GH4169 alloy as a function of LSP treament can be summarized as follows: (i) two direction low density of MTs divide the initial coarse grains into submicron rhombic blocks; (ii) high density of MTs aligned in two directions subdivide the submicron rhombic blocks into nanoscale rhombic MT blocks; (iii) the third direction MT further refine the nanoscale rhombic MT blocks into nanoscale triangular MT blocks; (iv) some of subdivided blocks evolve into refined grains. An ultra-high strain rate induced by ultra-short laser pulse plays a key role in the formation of refined grains and nanoscale MT during plastic deformation of GH4169 alloy subjected to LSP treatment.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1027)
• Pages: 155-162
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1027.155
• Online since: April 2021
• Authors: Qiang Wang*
• Keywords: Laser Shot Peeing, Nanoscale Twins, Strain Rate

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