Materials Science Forum Vols. 638-642

Abstract: For investigating the twinning and detwinning behaviour under cyclic loading conditions in-situ stress measurements with different applied strain amplitudes were performed at the beamline 7T-MPW at BESSY II. Intensity measurements of the (10-10), (11-20) and (0002) reflections served for the determination of the twinned volume fraction. The measurements of the (hkil) dependent strains and stresses gave information on the load partitioning between different grain orientations. The intensity measurements performed in the compression regime showed that the evolution of the (0002) reflection intensity depends on the strain amplitude. For strain amplitudes ≥ 0.75 % an increase in intensity is observed whereas for smaller strain amplitudes the (0002) intensity decreases with increasing cycle numbers. In the tensile regime an increase in the (0002) reflection intensity is found for the whole range of applied strain amplitudes.

Abstract: The ternary ceramic Ti3AlC2 has an interesting combination of electrical, thermal and mechanical properties. Single crystal elastic constants under the Reuss approximation for the micromechanical state were obtained by analysing the shifts of neutron diffraction peaks while a polycrystalline sample was subjected to a compressive load varying from 5 to 300 MPa. The values of Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio computed from the single crystal compliances are in good agreement with those obtained directly from strain gauges and from the average changes in the a and c unit cell parameters.

Abstract: An innovative experimental set-up for fast X-ray diffraction analysis on polycrystalline materials has been established at the synchrotron radiation facility ANKA (Karlsruhe, Germany). Key components of the set-up are two fast microstrip line detectors arranged symmetrically around the incident beam in the backscatter region. The capabilities of the set-up are tested by means of in-situ heat treatment experiments on SAE 4140 steel samples. In this feasibility study the heat was introduced by means of either a heating stage or by means of a gas tungsten arc welding torch. It will be shown that the evolution of thermal and elastic lattice strains can be monitored at a sampling rate of up to 4 Hz at a bending-magnet synchrotron beamline. Since the sampling rate may be increased further at a insertion device synchrotron beamline providing higher photon flux, our setup appears to be feasible for monitoring laser treatments in real time.

Abstract: The results of investigations of the influence of the treatment based on a direct passage of pulsed electric current of high density through the simple parts with a copper-composite joint, coatings and a grinded surface causing residual stress relaxation and redistribution of the stresses are presented in the paper.

Abstract: The x-ray diffraction characteristics of different materials are discussed in this paper. It is found that the accurate determination of real stress is not easy to obtain when two diffraction peaks with low diffraction intensity are shown and the residual stress of stainless steel, aluminum, titanium alloy materials etc are determined by X-ray method. Five kinds of uniform intensity girders made from common carbon steel (Q235), austenite stainless steel (1Cr18Ni9Ti), martensitic stainless steel(A335P92), aluminium alloy(LY12) and titanium alloy(TA15) are determined repeatedly using uniform intensity girder demarcation method. It is proved by experiment results that X-ray diffraction peaks at some angles can’t well reflect the real change of stress.

Abstract: There are few reports that evaluated quantitatively the effect of the PWHT (Post Weld Heat Treatment) on the weld residual stress relaxation. We studied the residual stress for butt welding of thick plate. We conducted the experiment and the thermo-elastic-plastic finite element analysis. We became to be able to estimate the residual stress distribution of the butt weld. Also we clarified the effect of the PWHT on the weld residual stress.

Abstract: Laser shock processing (LSP) is consolidating as an effective technology for the improvement of metallic materials surface properties involving their fatigue life. The main acknowledged advantage of the LSP technique consists on its capability of inducing a relatively deep compression residual stresses field into metallic alloy pieces allowing an improved mechanical behaviour, explicitly the life improvement of the treated specimens against wear, crack growth and stress corrosion cracking. Progress accomplished by the authors in the line of practical development of the LSP technique at an experimental level, aiming its integral assessment from an interrelated theoretical and experimental point of view, is presented in this paper. Concretely, experimental results on the residual stress profiles and associated surface properties modification successfully reached in typical materials (especially Al and Ti alloys) under different LSP irradiation conditions are presented, a correlated analysis of the residual stress profiles obtained under different irradiation strategies and the evaluation of the corresponding induced surface properties as roughness and wear resistance being also presented. Through a coupled theoretical- experimental analysis the real possibilities of the LSP technique as a possible substitutive of related traditional surface modification techniques as, for example, shot peening.

Abstract: Residual stress measurements on a single bead weld on a steel plate had been performed at the High Flux Reactor of the Joint Research Centre in 2003. For these measurements a relatively old diffractometer had been used. The results obtained were characterized by significant scatter of the data, and the measurement quality suffered from the short movement ranges of the specimen positioning table as well. In 2008, a second, nominally identical, specimen from the same activity was investigated on a second diffractometer, which allowed the repetition of the residual stress measurements using different measurement settings. The present paper compares the old and the new measurement results, with a view to assessing the impact of the instrumental settings on their quality. It has been found that the overall stress distributions from the 2003 and the 2008 measurements were in fact very similar. Nevertheless, the new settings used, such as in-situ specimen rocking, extended measurement duration, increased density of measurement positions and spatial resolution among others, have been found to have considerable impact on the real and on the apparent scatter of the experimental results showing that the presented methodologies can be used for improvement of neutron diffraction measurements.

Abstract: In order to study on the effects of grinding of rail head on rolling contact fatigue of rails, residual stress measurements were conducted for rails processed under different grinding conditions. In this study, residual stresses in rails used for a service line were measured with the method of X-ray stress measurement. The triaxial stress analysis was conducted using a new method for an area detector type X-ray stress analysis proposed by the authors. Four grinding conditions were used to rail specimens. The distributions of residual stresses in the surface layer of the rail head were obtained. It was found that the tensile residual stresses were generated at the field-side of the ground rai1, and that the triaxial stress state was formed in the surface of the rail head widely.

Abstract: The residual stress profile in a shot-peened Al alloy component was studied by a recently proposed method based on the known procedure of progressive thinning and X-ray Diffraction measurements. The effect the cyclic stress on the fatigue life was studied in detail, showing the correlation between nominal load and residual stress relaxation. Besides showing the expected decrease of compressive stress with the load and number of cycles, the present work highlights the importance of changes in the through-the-thickness residual stress distribution.