The macro-plasticity power function constitutive model (MPFCM), the modified macro- plasticity power function constitutive model (MMPFCM) and the micro-plasticity constitutive model (MCM) taking the material int...The macro-plasticity power function constitutive model (MPFCM), the modified macro- plasticity power function constitutive model (MMPFCM) and the micro-plasticity constitutive model (MCM) taking the material intrinsic length were established to characterize the microindentation size effects of pure aluminum, respectively. The experimental results indicated MPFCM only determined precisely in the great indentation load. While a modified one named MMPFCM was subsequently established taking account of the parameters variation with the increase of indentation depth. The conventional dimensional analysis method was employed to determine the strength coefficient K and the strain hardening exponent n of this modified model. And then MCM taking account of size effects was proposed based on the Taylor dislocation model. The first- order steepest gradient descent method was adopted to obtain the material intrinsic length for the geometrically necessary dislocations. The parameters of MCM were identified by using the UMAT subroutine of ABAQUS software. The average absolute relative error of MCM is relatively lower than that of the macro-one. Although the precision of the modified one is also high, the applied scope is limited, only for the microindentation material. In addition, the intrinsic length 5.09 bun of pure aluminum is also obtained based on the strain gradient theory.展开更多
The conventional forming limit diagram (FLD) is described as a plot of major strain versus minor strain. However, FLD is dependent on forming history and strain path. In the present study, a forming limit stress-bas...The conventional forming limit diagram (FLD) is described as a plot of major strain versus minor strain. However, FLD is dependent on forming history and strain path. In the present study, a forming limit stress-based diagram (FLSD) has been adopted to predict the fracture limit of aluminum alloy (AA) 5052-O1 sheet. Nakazima test is simulated by plastic constitutive formula derived from the modified Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model. An in situ tensile test with scanning electron microscope (SEM) is proposed to determine the parameters in GTN model. The damage evolution is observed and recorded, and the parameters of GTN model are identified through counting void fraction at three damage stages of AA5052-O 1. According to the experimental results, the original void volume fraction, the volume fraction of potential nucleated voids, the critical void volume fraction, the void volume fraction at the final failure of material are assigned as 0.002 918, 0.024 9, 0.030 103, 0.048 54, respectively. The stress and strain are obtained at the last loading step before crack. FLSD and FLD of AA5052-O 1 are plotted. Compared with the experimental Nakazima test and uniaxial tensile test, the predicted results show a good agreement. The parameters determined by in situ tensile test can be applied to the research of the forming limit for ductile metals.展开更多
The elliptical cross-section spiral equal-channel extrusion (ECSEE) process is simulated by using Deform-3D finite element software. The ratio m of major-axis to minor-axis length for ellipse-cross-section, the tors...The elliptical cross-section spiral equal-channel extrusion (ECSEE) process is simulated by using Deform-3D finite element software. The ratio m of major-axis to minor-axis length for ellipse-cross-section, the torsion angle u, the round-ellipse cross-section transitional channel L1, the elliptical rotation cross-section transitional channel L2 and the ellipse-round cross-section transitional channel L3 are destined for the extrusion process parameters. The average effective strain eave on cross-section of blank, the deformation uniformity coefficient a and the value of maximum damage dmax are chosen to be the optimize indexes, and the virtual orthogonal experiment of L16 (45) is designed. The correlation degree of the process factors affecting eave, a and dmax is analyzed by the numerical simulation results using the weights and grey association model. The process parameters are optimized by introducing the grey situation decision theory and the ECSEE optimal combination of process parameters is obtained: u of 120 , m of 1.55, L1 of 7 mm, L2 of 10 mm, and L3 of 10 mm. Simulation and experimental results show that the material can be refined with the optimized structural parameters of die. Therefore, the optimization results are satisfactory.展开更多
This review highlights very recent achievements and new developments of severe plastic deformation(SPD) technology for producing bulk ultrafine-grain(UFG) and even nanocrystalline(nc) materials.These numerous modified...This review highlights very recent achievements and new developments of severe plastic deformation(SPD) technology for producing bulk ultrafine-grain(UFG) and even nanocrystalline(nc) materials.These numerous modified and novel SPD methods include cyclic forward-backward extrusion,axi-symmetric forward spiral extrusion,vortex extrusion,simple shear extrusion,planar twist extrusion,tubular channel angular pressing,cone-cone method,high-pressure tube twisting,tube channel pressing and elliptical cross-section spiral equal-channel extrusion.According to classification,these new methods are categorized into the extension of equal-channel angle pressing(ECAP),high-pressure torsion(HPT),twist extrusion(TE) and constrained groove pressing(CGP),respectively.The principles of various new SPD technologies are described in detail.In addition,the microstructure revolution characteristics and mechanical properties of materials produced by SPD process,as well as the applications of SPD techniques to UFG materials,are also reported.Furthermore,this article reviews recent progresses in determining the refinement and/or deformation mechanisms,e.g.dislocation deformation mechanism,twin deformation mechanism and grain boundary sliding and torsional deformation mechanism,and further orientation of SPD technology.展开更多
By using instrumental micro-indentation technique, the microhardness and Young's modulus of SiC particles reinforced aluminum matrix composites were investigated with micro- compression-tester (MCT). The micro-inde...By using instrumental micro-indentation technique, the microhardness and Young's modulus of SiC particles reinforced aluminum matrix composites were investigated with micro- compression-tester (MCT). The micro-indentation experiments were performed with different max- imum loads, and with three loading speeds of 2.231, 4.462 and 19.368 mN/s respectively. During the investigation, matrix, particle and interface were tested by micro-indentation experiments. The results exhibit that the variations of Young's modulus and microhardness at particle, matrix and interface were highly dependent on the loading conditions (maximum load and loading speed) and the locations of indentation. Micro-indentation hardness experiments of matrix show the indentation size effects, i.e. the indentation hardness decreased with the indentation depth increas- ing. During the analysis, the effect of loading conditions on Young's modulus and microhardness were explained. Besides, the elastic-plastic properties of matrix were analyzed. The validity of cal- culated results was identified by finite element simulation. And the simulation results had been pre- liminarily analyzed from statistical aspect.展开更多
In this paper, Fourier and Wavelet transformation were adopted to analyze shape char- acteristics, with twelve simple shapes and two types of second phases from real microstructure mor- phology. According to the resul...In this paper, Fourier and Wavelet transformation were adopted to analyze shape char- acteristics, with twelve simple shapes and two types of second phases from real microstructure mor- phology. According to the results of Fast Fourier transformation (FFT), the Fourier descriptors can be used to characterize the shape from the aspects of the first eight Normalization amplitudes, the number of the largest amplitudes to inverse reconstruction, similarity of shapes and profile roughness. And the Diepenbroek Roughness was rewritten by Normalization amplitudes of FFT results. Moreover, Sum Square of Relative Errors (SSRE) of Wavelet transformation (WT) signal sequence, including approximation signals and detail signals, was introduced to evaluate the simi- larity and relative orientation among shapes. As a complement to FFT results, the WT results can retain more detailed information of shapes including their orientations. Besides, the geometric sig- natures of the second phases were extracted by image processing and then were analyzed by means of FFT and WT.展开更多
基金Fund by the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(No.2011ZE53059)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51275414)
文摘The macro-plasticity power function constitutive model (MPFCM), the modified macro- plasticity power function constitutive model (MMPFCM) and the micro-plasticity constitutive model (MCM) taking the material intrinsic length were established to characterize the microindentation size effects of pure aluminum, respectively. The experimental results indicated MPFCM only determined precisely in the great indentation load. While a modified one named MMPFCM was subsequently established taking account of the parameters variation with the increase of indentation depth. The conventional dimensional analysis method was employed to determine the strength coefficient K and the strain hardening exponent n of this modified model. And then MCM taking account of size effects was proposed based on the Taylor dislocation model. The first- order steepest gradient descent method was adopted to obtain the material intrinsic length for the geometrically necessary dislocations. The parameters of MCM were identified by using the UMAT subroutine of ABAQUS software. The average absolute relative error of MCM is relatively lower than that of the macro-one. Although the precision of the modified one is also high, the applied scope is limited, only for the microindentation material. In addition, the intrinsic length 5.09 bun of pure aluminum is also obtained based on the strain gradient theory.
基金Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (03H53048)
文摘The conventional forming limit diagram (FLD) is described as a plot of major strain versus minor strain. However, FLD is dependent on forming history and strain path. In the present study, a forming limit stress-based diagram (FLSD) has been adopted to predict the fracture limit of aluminum alloy (AA) 5052-O1 sheet. Nakazima test is simulated by plastic constitutive formula derived from the modified Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model. An in situ tensile test with scanning electron microscope (SEM) is proposed to determine the parameters in GTN model. The damage evolution is observed and recorded, and the parameters of GTN model are identified through counting void fraction at three damage stages of AA5052-O 1. According to the experimental results, the original void volume fraction, the volume fraction of potential nucleated voids, the critical void volume fraction, the void volume fraction at the final failure of material are assigned as 0.002 918, 0.024 9, 0.030 103, 0.048 54, respectively. The stress and strain are obtained at the last loading step before crack. FLSD and FLD of AA5052-O 1 are plotted. Compared with the experimental Nakazima test and uniaxial tensile test, the predicted results show a good agreement. The parameters determined by in situ tensile test can be applied to the research of the forming limit for ductile metals.
基金co-supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51275414)Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No. 2011ZE53059)+1 种基金National Defense Basic Research Program (No. 51318040105)Graduate Starting Seed Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University(No. Z2011006)
文摘The elliptical cross-section spiral equal-channel extrusion (ECSEE) process is simulated by using Deform-3D finite element software. The ratio m of major-axis to minor-axis length for ellipse-cross-section, the torsion angle u, the round-ellipse cross-section transitional channel L1, the elliptical rotation cross-section transitional channel L2 and the ellipse-round cross-section transitional channel L3 are destined for the extrusion process parameters. The average effective strain eave on cross-section of blank, the deformation uniformity coefficient a and the value of maximum damage dmax are chosen to be the optimize indexes, and the virtual orthogonal experiment of L16 (45) is designed. The correlation degree of the process factors affecting eave, a and dmax is analyzed by the numerical simulation results using the weights and grey association model. The process parameters are optimized by introducing the grey situation decision theory and the ECSEE optimal combination of process parameters is obtained: u of 120 , m of 1.55, L1 of 7 mm, L2 of 10 mm, and L3 of 10 mm. Simulation and experimental results show that the material can be refined with the optimized structural parameters of die. Therefore, the optimization results are satisfactory.
基金supported by the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 2011ZE53059)the Graduate Starting Seed Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University (Grant No. Z2011006)
文摘This review highlights very recent achievements and new developments of severe plastic deformation(SPD) technology for producing bulk ultrafine-grain(UFG) and even nanocrystalline(nc) materials.These numerous modified and novel SPD methods include cyclic forward-backward extrusion,axi-symmetric forward spiral extrusion,vortex extrusion,simple shear extrusion,planar twist extrusion,tubular channel angular pressing,cone-cone method,high-pressure tube twisting,tube channel pressing and elliptical cross-section spiral equal-channel extrusion.According to classification,these new methods are categorized into the extension of equal-channel angle pressing(ECAP),high-pressure torsion(HPT),twist extrusion(TE) and constrained groove pressing(CGP),respectively.The principles of various new SPD technologies are described in detail.In addition,the microstructure revolution characteristics and mechanical properties of materials produced by SPD process,as well as the applications of SPD techniques to UFG materials,are also reported.Furthermore,this article reviews recent progresses in determining the refinement and/or deformation mechanisms,e.g.dislocation deformation mechanism,twin deformation mechanism and grain boundary sliding and torsional deformation mechanism,and further orientation of SPD technology.
基金the support received from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51275414)the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No. 2011ZE53059)
文摘By using instrumental micro-indentation technique, the microhardness and Young's modulus of SiC particles reinforced aluminum matrix composites were investigated with micro- compression-tester (MCT). The micro-indentation experiments were performed with different max- imum loads, and with three loading speeds of 2.231, 4.462 and 19.368 mN/s respectively. During the investigation, matrix, particle and interface were tested by micro-indentation experiments. The results exhibit that the variations of Young's modulus and microhardness at particle, matrix and interface were highly dependent on the loading conditions (maximum load and loading speed) and the locations of indentation. Micro-indentation hardness experiments of matrix show the indentation size effects, i.e. the indentation hardness decreased with the indentation depth increas- ing. During the analysis, the effect of loading conditions on Young's modulus and microhardness were explained. Besides, the elastic-plastic properties of matrix were analyzed. The validity of cal- culated results was identified by finite element simulation. And the simulation results had been pre- liminarily analyzed from statistical aspect.
基金the support received from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.51275414)the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No.2011ZE53059)
文摘In this paper, Fourier and Wavelet transformation were adopted to analyze shape char- acteristics, with twelve simple shapes and two types of second phases from real microstructure mor- phology. According to the results of Fast Fourier transformation (FFT), the Fourier descriptors can be used to characterize the shape from the aspects of the first eight Normalization amplitudes, the number of the largest amplitudes to inverse reconstruction, similarity of shapes and profile roughness. And the Diepenbroek Roughness was rewritten by Normalization amplitudes of FFT results. Moreover, Sum Square of Relative Errors (SSRE) of Wavelet transformation (WT) signal sequence, including approximation signals and detail signals, was introduced to evaluate the simi- larity and relative orientation among shapes. As a complement to FFT results, the WT results can retain more detailed information of shapes including their orientations. Besides, the geometric sig- natures of the second phases were extracted by image processing and then were analyzed by means of FFT and WT.