Marina Kazachenok

Effect of the nanostructuring of a Cu substrate on the fracture of heat-resistant Si-Al-N coatings during uniaxial tension

The effect of the nanostructuring of the surface layers in a Cu substrate on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and fracture mechanisms of heat-resistant Si-Al-N coatings during uniaxial tension is studied. The nanostructuring of a substrate is performed by the following two methods: bombardment by Zr+ ion beams and ultrasonic impact treatment. Depending on the state of the substrate, different spallation mechanisms are found to operate in the Si-Al-N coatings during mechanical loading. The maximum shear strength of the coating/substrate interface is shown to be achieved due to ion bombardment of the substrate.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF STRESS-STRAIN LOCALIZATION IN THE TITANIUM SURFACE MODIFIED BY AN ELECTRON BEAM TREATMENT

Numerical simulation is performed to investigate the mesoscale stress-strain localization in a surface-modified commercial titanium alloy. The calculated crystalline microstructure corresponds to that observed in experiments and is accounted for in an explicit way as initial conditions of a dynamic boundary-value problem. The latter is stated in terms of plane strain developing in microstructure subjected to tension and is solved numerically by the finite-difference method. Elastic-plastic constitutive models were built to describe the experimental mechanical response both of the substrate and of the modified layer. Plastic strain localization is found to depend on the grain yield strength.

Multiscale surface roughening of commercial purity titanium during uniaxial tension

The mechanisms of the surface roughening of the titanium specimens during uniaxial tension were demonstrated. By means of optical profilometry and electron backscattered diffraction it was shown that the formation of surface roughening is a multilevel process. The correlation between the density of slip in some grains, and grain rotation, and their displacement towards the free surface was investigated.

Strain Localization in Titanium with a Modified Surface Layer

Plastic flow localization in commercially pure titanium (VT1-0 according to the Russian classification) with the surface modified by low-energy high current electron beams has been numerically studied. The structure and mechanical properties of the modified surface layer and titanium substrate correspond to the experimentally observed ones and are taken into account explicitly as initial data of a dynamic boundary value problem. The tension of titanium structures with a modified surface layer is simulated by the finite difference method in a plane strain formulation. The dependence of the plastic strain localization parameters on the mechanical properties of structural elements in the titanium substrate has been determined.

Computational mesomechanics of titanium surface-hardened by ultrasonic treatment

This paper studies plastic strain localization and stress-strain evolution in commercial titanium specimens with an ultrasonically treated surface. A dynamic plane strain boundary-value problem is numerically solved by the finite difference method. The microstructure and mechanical properties of the composition are specified in the calculations based on microhardness measurements, mechanical tensile tests, and metallographic studies. The dependences of the plastic flow localization characteristics on the geometry and mechanical properties of ultrasonically treated surface layers have been established. Plastic strain localization is found to depend on the geometry and mechanical properties of ultrasonically treated surface layers.

Micromechanical model of deformation-induced surface roughening in polycrystalline materials

A micromechanical model has been developed to describe deformation-induced surface roughening in polycrystalline materials. The three-dimensional polycrystalline structure is taken into account in an explicit form with regard to the crystallographic orientation of grains to simulate the micro- and mesoscale deformation processes. Constitutive relations for describing the grain response are derived on the basis of crystal plasticity theory that accounts for the anisotropy of elastic-plastic properties governed by the crystal lattice structure. The micromechanical model is used to numerically study surface roughening in microvolumes of polycrystalline aluminum and titanium under uniaxial tensile deformation. Two characteristic roughness scales are distinguished in the both cases. At the microscale, normal displacements relative to the free surface are caused by the formation of dislocation steps in grains emerging on the surface and by the displacement of neighboring grains relative to each other. Microscale roughness is more pronounced in titanium, which is due to the high level of elastic-plastic anisotropy typical of hcp crystals. The mesoscale roughness includes undulations and cluster structures formed with the involvement of groups of grains. The roughness is quantitatively evaluated using a dimensionless parameter, called the degree of roughness, which reflects the degree of surface shape deviation from a plane. An exponential dependence of the roughness degree on the strain degree is obtained.

The effect of Al intermediate layer on thermal resistance of EB-PVD yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings on titanium substrate

The yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings sprayed on titanium substrates by the electron beam physical vapor deposition were subjected to thermal annealing in air at 1000°C for 1, 30 and 60 min. The delamination and fracture of the coatings are studied by the scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It is shown that a magnetron sputtered Al interlayer between the coating and the substrate considerably improves the thermal resistance of ceramic coatings.

Structure changes in the surface layers of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy under electron beam treatment

Optical, atomic force, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis were used to study the effect of electron beam treatment on surface morphology and the structure of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy. It is shown that a multilayer structure of lamellar α-phase, nanosized α′′-phase and intermetallic α2-phase are formed in Ti-6Al-4V specimens as a result of electron beam radiation. The redistribution of alloying elements in surface layers of specimens was revealed through energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

The effect of laser treatment of WC-Co coatings on their failure under thermal cycling

The given paper studies the effect of surface laser treatment of WC-Co coatings on their surface morphology, phase composition and thermal cycling behavior. The coatings were sprayed on stainless steel substrates with the use of a high velocity oxy fuel spraying process. Application of the scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction showed that re-melting of the coating surface layer during laser treatment induced changes in its phase composition as well as the formation of regular rows of globular asperities on the coating surface. The latter resulted in a sharp increase in thermal shock resistance of the laser treated WC-Co coatings under water quench tests; its underlying mechanism are proposed and discussed in the paper.

The effect of ultrasonic impact treatment on surface roughening of commercially pure titanium during tensile test

The effect of ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) on surface roughening of commercially pure titanium specimens under uniaxial tension was investigated. It was shown that the inhibition of the dislocation glide in the specimens subject to the preliminary UIT led smoothing of their surface profile at the meso-and microscale levels. Macroscopic roughening of the surface of the untreated specimens and specimens subjected to preliminary UIT was the same and was determined by the deformation of the underlying grains.