Determination of creep behaviour of Ti60 alloy by small punch creep test

The small punch (SP) creep test has distinct advantages in the creep property assessment of materials at elevated temperatures. However, there are few creep properties of Ti alloys obtained by the SP creep test in the current literature. In this paper, the SP creep behaviour of Ti60 alloy has been evaluated under various loads in the range 550–800 N over a temperature range 873–973 K. The SP creep curves obviously indicated the primary, secondary and tertiary stages of creep. The test results have been compared with those of conventional creep tests. The European Code of Practice (CoP) for Small Punch Testing, Dorn equation and Monkman–Grant relationship have also been used to analyse the results of the SP creep tests. The ratio of load of the SP creep tests to equivalent stress of conventional creep tests, the load exponent value of steady deflection rate and activation energy for creep deformation were estimated from the SP creep tests. In conclusion, it was found that dislocation creep may be the main mechanism that dominates the SP creep deformation of Ti60 alloy in the range of load and temperature.     

Finer-Scale Extraction of Viscoelastic Properties from Nanoindentation Characterised by Viscoelastic–Plastic Response

Abstract:  Motivated by recent progress in viscoelastic indentation analysis, the identification of viscoelastic properties from materials exhibiting elastic, viscous and plastic material behaviour by means of nanoindentation is dealt with in this paper. Based on existing solutions for pure viscoelastic material behaviour, two methods allowing us to consider the effect of plastic deformation are presented: (i) the so-called double-indentation technique, with the second indentation characterised by pure viscoelastic material response and (ii) the use of spherical indenter geometries instead of commonly used pyramidal indenters avoiding plastic deformation at all. Both methods are applied to three different polymers, giving access to the model parameters of the fractional dash-pot which is used to describe the viscoelastic behaviour. The results obtained are compared with results from standard (single) indentation tests using a Berkovich indenter. Moreover, the influence of the maximum load, determining the amount of plastic material response, on the identified model parameters is investigated. Finally, the creep-compliance functions identified by nanoindentation are compared with the respective macroscopic creep-compliance functions obtained from bending-beam rheometer tests.     

硅橡胶压磁复合材料力学性能纳米压痕实验研究

通过纳米压痕测试技术对非晶Fe_73.5Cu₁Nb₃Si_13.5B₉/硅橡胶压磁复合材料薄膜的力学性能进行了研究, 讨论了加载速率、 保载时间、 峰值载荷等试验参数对模量和硬度测试结果的影响。进一步分析了纳米压痕实验表征非晶Fe_73.5Cu₁Nb₃Si_13.5B₉/硅橡胶压磁复合材料薄膜蠕变行为的可行性, 通过合理确定压痕蠕变实验参数, 获得该材料的蠕变应力指数。结果表明: 相对峰值载荷, 加载速率对测试结果影响更为显著, 而保载时间对硬度和模量测试结果几乎没有影响。     

Time‐Dependent Mechanical Response of APbX3 (A = Cs,CH3NH3; X = I,Br) Single Crystals

The ease of processing hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite (HOIPs) films, belonging to a material class with composition ABX₃, from solution and at mild temperatures promises their use in deformable technologies, including flexible photovoltaic devices, sensors, and displays. To successfully apply these materials in deformable devices, knowledge of their mechanical response to dynamic strain is necessary. The authors elucidate the time‐ and rate‐dependent mechanical properties of HOIPs and an inorganic perovskite (IP) single crystal by measuring nanoindentation creep and stress relaxation. The observation of pop‐in events and slip bands on the surface of the indented crystals demonstrate dislocation‐mediated plastic deformation. The magnitudes of creep and relaxation of both HOIPs and IPs are similar, negating prior hypothesis that the presence of organic A‐site cations alters the mechanical response of these materials. Moreover, these samples exhibit a pronounced increase in creep, and stress relaxation as a function of indentation rate whose magnitudes reflect differences in the rates of nucleation and propagation of dislocations within the crystal structures of HOIPs and IP. This contribution provides understanding that is critical for designing perovskite devices capable of withstanding mechanical deformations.     

基于纳米压痕法的羟基磷灰石/聚乳酸复合材料力学性能表征

采用准静态和动态纳米压痕技术研究了羟基磷灰石/聚乳酸（HA/PLA）复合材料在微纳尺度的表面力学性能。在静态模式下研究了保载和卸载时间对模量和硬度测试结果的影响。结果发现,当保载时间小于45 s时,由于蠕变使保载和卸载时间对测试结果产生显著影响;保载时间短且卸载时间长时,在卸载段会形成"鼻子",为了避免"鼻子"选择保载时间为45 s。在动态模式下研究了材料的动态力学性能,结果表明,存储模量和硬度均随着压入深度的增加而减小。压痕和划痕实验结果均表明：HA显著提高了PLA的力学性能,与纯PLA相比,9wt% HA/PLA复合材料的模量增加了35.5%,硬度增加了44.7%,蠕变深度下降了9.5%,相同载荷下的最大划痕深度和残余深度均小于纯PLA,表现出良好的弹性恢复能力和抗变形能力。     

Effect of severe plastic deformation on creep behaviour of a Ti–6Al–4V alloy

This paper examines the effect of severe plastic deformation on creep behaviour of a Ti–6Al–4V alloy. The processed material with an ultrafine-grained (UFG) structure (d ≈ 150 nm) was prepared by multiaxial forging. Uniaxial constant stress compression and constant load tensile creep tests were performed at 648–698 K and at stresses ranging between 300 and 600 MPa on the UFG processed alloy and, for comparison purposes, on its coarse-grained (CG) state. The values of the stress exponents of the minimum creep rate n and creep activation energy Q _c were determined. Creep behaviour was also investigated by nanoindentation method at room temperature under constant load. The microstructure was examined by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscope equipped with an electron back scatter diffraction unit. The results of the uniaxial creep tests showed that the minimum creep rates of the UFG specimens are significantly higher in comparison with those of the CG state. However, the differences in the minimum creep rates of both states of alloy strongly decrease with increasing values of applied stress. The CG alloy exhibits better creep resistance than the UFG one over the stress range used; the minimum creep rate for the UFG alloy is about one to two orders of magnitude higher than that of the CG alloy. The indentation creep tests showed that annealing had little effect on the creep behaviour in UFG Ti alloy at room temperature.     

Room temperature nanoindentation creep of nanoscale Ag/Fe multilayers

This paper deals with room temperature indentation creep behavior of nanoscale Ag/Fe multilayers. The constant-load nanoindentation test results reveal that all the multilayers exhibit steady-state creep after transient creep occurring at first 150 s and decreasing periodicity leads to a decrease in the stress exponent and an increase in creep rate. The dependence of the stress exponent and creep rate on the periodicity indicates that the creep process is dominated by dislocation glide-climb mechanism and the increasing fraction of grain boundaries and interfaces provide effective diffusion paths for the creep climb that determines the whole creep rate.     

基于纳米压痕技术的碳纤维/环氧树脂复合材料各组分原位力学性能测试

基于纳米压痕技术对碳纤维/环氧树脂复合材料各组分的原位硬度、 弹性模量和蠕变性能进行了测试, 实验得到了基体、 纤维和微小厚度界面层的力学性能。结果表明, 从环氧树脂基体到碳纤维过渡过程中, 硬度和弹性模量有明显的梯度变化, 并且纤维和树脂基体的原位弹性模量平均值与其非原位性能有一定的变化, 实验得到纤维的原位弹性模量有所下降, 环氧树脂的弹性模量有所增加。试件制备过程中的机械研磨对其表面产生的残余应力和复合后两种材料的相互影响是组分材料原位性能变化的主要原因。各组分的蠕变性能呈现出明显的差异。     

Superplasticity

Superplasticity is the phenomenon of extraordinary ductility exhibited by some alloys with extremely fine grain size, when deformed at elevated temperatures and in certain ranges of strain rate. To put the phenomenology on a proper basis, careful mechanical tests are necessary. These are divided into (i) primary creep tests, (ii) steady state deformation tests, and (iii) instability and fracture tests, all of which lead to identification of macroscopic parameters. At the same time, microstructural observations establish those characteristics that are pre-requisites for superplastic behaviour. Among the macroscopic characteristics to be explained by any theory is a proper form of the equation for the strain rate as a function of stress, grain size and temperature. It is commonly observed that the relationship between stress and strain rate at any temperature is a continuous one that has three distinct regions. The second region covers superplastic behaviour, and therefore receives maximum attention. Any satisfactory theory must also arrive at the dependence of the superplastic behaviour on the various microstructural characteristics. Theories presented so far for microstructural characteristics may be divided into two classes: (i) those that attempt to describe the macroscopic behaviour, and (ii) those that give atomic mechanisms for the processes leading to observable parameters. The former sometimes incorporate micromechanisms. The latter are broadly divided into those making use of dislocation creep, diffusional flow, grain boundary deformation and multimechanisms. The theories agree on the correct values of several parameters, but in matters that are of vital importance such as interphase grain boundary sliding or dislocation activity, there is violent disagreement. The various models are outlined bringing out their merits and faults. Work that must be done in the future is indicated.     

Ti65合金的初级蠕变和稳态蠕变

使用透射电镜(TEM)研究了Ti65合金在600~650℃、120~160 MPa条件下的蠕变变形行为及其微观变形机制。结果表明：初级蠕变变形机制主要由受攀移控制的位错越过α₂相的过程主导;稳态蠕变阶段蠕变机制主要由受界面处扩散控制的位错攀移的过程主导,且应力指数为5~7。在初级蠕变阶段α₂相与位错的相互作用是α₂相对合金高温强化的主要方式,在稳态蠕变阶段沿α/β相界分布的硅化物阻碍位错运动与限制晶界滑移是硅化物对合金强化的主要方式。     

X70管线钢的室温蠕变及其对流变应力的影响

利用MTS万能试验机研究了X70管线钢在不同应力加载速率和不同加载过程下的室温蠕变现象,以及室温蠕变对流变应力的影响.结果表明,X70管线钢有明显的室温蠕变现象存在,应力加载速率和加载过程对室温蠕变变形量有明显的影响,而且室温蠕变显著提高了材料的流变应力.并根据位错理论对实验结果进行了分析解释.     

Small punch and uniaxial creep fracture behaviours of modified SUS304H steel at various temperatures

Commercial austenitic stainless steel SUS304H with small amount of vanadium addition was used in this study. Small punch (SP) creep and uniaxial tensile creep tests were conducted at 650, 700, and 750 °C to measure creep lives and the minimum displacement rates or the minimum creep strain rates. The measured parameters were compared between the two test methods, seeking empirical relationships among the parameters using Larson-Miller Parameter and Monkman-Grant relation. Magnitude of the applied stress (MPa) in the uniaxial tensile creep test was approximately equal to the applied load value (N) in the SP creep test at all test temperatures. It was shown that during the creep deformation of the SP creep specimen, crack initiation and accompanying crack growth occur simultaneously. Competing failure mechanisms of creep deformation and crack growth may affect the SP creep life and consequently determine the proportionality function, α, in the relation between the SP load and the tensile creep rupture stress in creep tests.     

重组竹顺纹受压蠕变性能及预测模型

为研究重组竹顺纹受压蠕变性能,对12个重组竹受压试件进行了蠕变试验,通过分析蠕变增长率和Burgers模型中各参数,得到重组竹受压试件受压蠕变变化规律。结果表明,重组竹在持续受压荷载作用下,应力水平较低时,蠕变变形发展稳定,不会发生承载力破坏;应力水平较大时(达到60%极限载荷水平),将会直接导致重组竹受压屈曲破坏,蠕变变形呈非稳定性增长;重组竹受压蠕变应变增长率随时间增加而逐渐增大,其增长速率则呈减速状态,受压蠕变的应变增长率随应力比增加而增大。基于试验结果,分析了重组竹受压蠕变试验的弹性变形、黏弹性变形和黏性变形的变化规律,对不同荷载水平的Burgers模型参数进行确定,并进一步推导了Burgers模型参数随应力水平的变化规律。基于此,建议考虑荷载水平的重组竹受压蠕变预测模型,模型预测结果与试验曲线一致。      

基于纳米压痕测试的超细晶Si_2N_2O-Si_3N_4陶瓷室温蠕变特性

目的陶瓷材料由于其固有硬脆性,难以利用传统单轴拉伸与压缩实验测试其蠕变性能,而纳米压痕测试技术对试样形状尺寸没有特殊要求,因此利用纳米压痕测试技术研究Si2N2O-Si3N4超细晶陶瓷的室温蠕变性能。方法针对1600,1650,1700℃条件下烧结制备的Si2N2O-Si3N4超细晶陶瓷,采用纳米压痕技术测试材料在最大载荷分别为5000,6000和7000μN条件下的载荷-位移曲线,并通过拟合计算获得了3种材料室温蠕变应力指数。结果 3种材料均呈现明显的加载效应。结论研究表明,在相同载荷下,压入深度和蠕变位移都随着材料烧结温度的升高而增大,且相同材料的蠕变应力指数,随着保压载荷的增大而减小。对比分析发现,在1600℃条件下烧结制备的Si2N2O-Si3N4超细晶陶瓷,晶粒细小均匀,晶界数多,室温下表现出较强的蠕变性能。     

Fretting fatigue behaviour of Ni-free high-nitrogen stainless steel in a simulated body fluid

Abstract

Fretting fatigue behaviour of Ni-free high-nitrogen steel (HNS) with a yield strength of about 800 MPa, which was prepared by nitrogen gas pressurized electroslag remelting, was studied in air and in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS(-)). For comparison, fretting fatigue behaviour of cold-rolled SUS316L steel (SUS316L(CR)) with similar yield strength was examined. The plain fatigue limit of HNS was slightly lower than that of SUS316L(CR) although the former had a higher tensile strength than the latter. The fretting fatigue limit of HNS was higher than that of SUS316L(CR) both in air and in PBS(-). A decrease in fatigue limit of HNS by fretting was significantly smaller than that of SUS316L(CR) in both environments, indicating that HNS has better fretting fatigue resistance than SUS316L(CR). The decrease in fatigue limit by fretting is discussed taking into account the effect of friction stress due to fretting and the additional influences of wear, tribocorrosion and plastic deformation in the fretted area.     

Control of epoxy creep using graphene

The creep behavior of epoxy-graphene platelet (GPL) nanocomposites with different weight fractions of filler is investigated by macroscopic testing and nanoindentation. No difference is observed at low stress and ambient temperature between neat epoxy and nanocomposites. At elevated stress and temperature the nanocomposite with the optimal weight fraction, 0.1 wt% GPLs, creeps significantly less than the unfilled polymer. This indicates that thermally activated processes controlling the creep rate are in part inhibited by the presence of GPLs. The phenomenon is qualitatively similar at the macroscale and in nanoindentation tests. The results are compared with the creep of epoxy-single-walled (SWNT) and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) composites and it is observed that creep in both these systems is similar to that in pure epoxy, that is, faster than creep in the epoxy-GPL system considered in this work.     

Identification of Logarithmic-Type Creep of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates by Means of Nanoindentation

Abstract:  In order to relate the complex macroscopic behaviour of concrete with finer-scale properties of cement paste, aggregates, porous space, etc. multiscale models are developed. Here, in addition to homogenisation schemes establishing the relation between the properties of the constituents, e.g. matrix and inclusions, and the properties of the composite material, experimental methods for identification of finer-scale properties are required. Recently, the elastic properties of the main clinker phases in ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and calcium-silicate-hydrates (CSH) were identified by nanoindentation (NI). In this paper, the NI technique is extended towards identification of the viscous, time-dependent behaviour of CSH, i.e. the main finer-scale binding phase in OPC-based material systems. Hereby, a logarithmic-type creep behaviour is identified, corresponding perfectly to the creep behaviour encountered for mortars and concrete.     

Variation in Creep Rupture of γ′ Strengthened Superalloys with Stacking Fault Energy of Matrices

The correlation between the creep rupturebehaviour and the stacking fault energy of matricesof γ′strengthened superalloys has been studied dur-ing constant load creep.At high temperature andintermediate stress,the creep rupture time andstrain strongly depend on the stacking fault energyof matrices rather than the creep friction stress,butat higher stress,the role of grain boundary carbidesbecomes more obvious.However,in the considerably extensive stressrange investigated here,the mean creep rate is apower function of the stacking fault energy ofmatrices and the power index decreases with in-creasing initial applied stress.Particularly,at inter-mediate stresses the product of this index and theinitial applied stress compensated by the shearmodulus is same for two series of superalloys.Hence,this product may be a criterion predictingthat the matrix deformation controls high tempera-ture creep rupture.     

钛合金高温短时蠕变与应力松弛的关系研究*

蠕变或应力松弛被认为是钛合金板材热成形降低回弹的主要机理。目前对热校形阶段中的蠕变与应力松弛的区别及联系尚缺乏深入研究。本文主要进行了钛合金高温短时蠕变及应力松弛实验, 利用TEM对实验后的显微组织进行了观察。分别研究了温度、应力及时间对蠕变和应力松弛行为的影响规律, 从蠕变率-时间和蠕变-时间角度建立了蠕变与应力松弛之间的联系。研究表明: 钛合金在低温低应力下蠕变以原子扩散为主, 高温高应力下以位错滑移和攀移为主, 而应力松弛在不同温度时均以位错攀移为主要变形机制, 基于蠕变数据预测的应力松弛行为与实验结果符合较好。     

原位微米/纳米TiC颗粒弥散强化304不锈钢的高温蠕变特性

以304SS不锈钢为母合金采用原位合成工艺制备微米/纳米TiC颗粒弥散强化304不锈钢(TiC-304SS强化钢),研究了强化钢和母合金的高温蠕变性能。结果表明：原位生成的TiC颗粒大多呈多边形,在母合金中均匀分布且与其良好结合。TiC颗粒的加入对强化钢的母合金晶粒有明显的细化作用。在700/100 MPa蠕变条件下母合金304SS蠕变后晶粒明显长大,且沿应力方向拉长。而TiC颗粒的加入抑制了母合金晶粒的长大,阻止了蠕变变形。显微组织和蠕变性能的结果表明,在强化钢和母合金的蠕变过程中位错的运动符合位错攀移机制。但是与304SS母合金相比,TiC颗粒的加入提高了TiC-304SS强化钢的蠕变表观应力指数和蠕变激活能。门槛应力、载荷传递和微结构的增强,是TiC-304SS强化钢的蠕变增强特征。