Yuting Lv

Investigation on Deformation Behavior of Nickel Aluminum Bronze by Neutron Diffraction and Transmission Electron Microscopy

The deformation behavior, deformation microstructures, and generated inter-phase stresses of nickel aluminum bronze were investigated by in situ neutron diffraction instrument and transmission electron microscopy in this paper. Lattice strains calculated by both peak shifting and broadening by Gaussian fitting of α and κ phase neutron diffraction peak profiles at both holding stress conditions and unloaded stress conditions were compared. Twining and stacking faults in α matrix were observed after deformed by different tensile stresses. Compressive internal/residual stress in α matrix and tensile internal stress in κ phase in elasto-plastic region were calculated based on neutron diffraction analysis. The piled-up dislocations around hard κ phases increase with increasing the deformation degree, which raise the stress concentration near α/κ interface and increase the internal stresses.

Effect of Microstructures on Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Friction Stir Processed NiAl Bronze Alloy

Abstract:Friction stir processed (FSPed) NAB alloy exhibits inhomogeneous microstructures that can be divided into three subregions from the top surface to the bottom according to α phase morphologies: Widmanstatten α subregion, banded α colonies, and stream-like α colonies. In this study, a constant stress intensity range (ΔK) was used for each sample to study the effect of microstructures on the fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) of FSPed NAB alloy. The results show that α phase in banded and stream-like α colonies experiences completely dynamic recrystallization and forms equiaxed α grains during FSP. The FCGR of FSPed NAB alloy continuously decreases from the top surface to the bottom. In the subregion with stream-like α colonies, the alloy containing a higher content of equiaxed α grains and fine κiv phase, and less retained β (β′) phase exhibits the best FCG resistance. The equiaxed α grains deflect the main crack and increase crack tortuosity effect, which make a main contribution to FCG resistance of FSPed NAB alloy, while martensite β′ phase produced during FSP accelerates its fatigue crack growth. Compared to matrix alloy, FSPed NAB alloy exhibits better FCG resistance only at high ΔK levels. At low ΔK levels, the crack deflection effect caused by coarser κ phase in the matrix alloy obviously improves its FCG resistance. With the increasing ΔK, the aforementioned crack deflection effect gradually diminishes and fatigue crack prefers to propagate in a flat way, resulting in higher FCGR of matrix alloy.