Establishment and Application of UFC-ACC Heat Transfer Coefficient Model

Based on medium plate runout table ultra-fast cooling( UFC)-accelerated cooling equipment( ACC) system,a heat transfer coefficient model was constructed. Firstly,according to the measured data,heat transfer coefficients under different roll speed and water volume were calculated by using an inverse heat conduction method. Secondly,a monofactorial heat transfer coefficient calculation formula was obtained. Finally,the heat transfer coefficient model based on medium plate runout table UFC-ACC system was constructed by intercept function,slope function,interaction influence function and linear or nonlinear influencing factors. The precision of these models was validated by comparing model prediction value with measured data,and the results were in good agreement with practical needs,and the average deviation was less than 5%.

Heat transfer characteristics for double-jet in different flow regions on a thick plate

During multi-jet cooling,the complex hydrodynamic characteristics caused by the interaction between jets will affect the heat transfer of the plate.To further clarify the heat transfer characteristics in different flow regions,the double-jet cooling experiments were completed on a 50-mm-thick plate with the initial cooling temperature and jet angle in the range of 300–900°C and 0°–60°,respectively.The inverse heat conduction was used to calculate the surface temperature and heat flux.Furthermore,the rewetting phenomenon,maximum heat flux and maximum cooling speed were studied.The results show that increasing the angle between jet and wall normal would increase the wetting front’s width downstream of the jet point.When the jet angle was 60°,the maximum value increased by 37.29 mm compared with that when the angle was 0.The correlation between the width of the wetting front and the radial temperature gradient was further confirmed.In addition,it was found that the maximum heat flux would be affected by the duration of transition boiling,but not affected by complete wetting time.The results clarified the heat transfer mechanisms under various initial cooling temperature and inclination angle conditions on plate cooling in different flow regions,and provided valuable data for controlling heat transfer efficiency and improving cooling uniformity.

Hot Deformation Behavior and Microstructural Characteristics of Ti–46Al–8Nb Alloy

Hot deformation behavior, microstructural evolution and flow softening mechanism were investigated in Ti-46A1-8Nb alloy via isothermal compression approach. The true stress-strain curves exhibited typical work hardening and flow softening, in which the dependence of the peak stress on temperature and strain rate was obtained by hyperbolic sine equation with Zener-Hollomon （Z） parameter, and the activation energy was calculated to be 446.9 kJ/mol. The microstructural analysis shows that the alternate dark and light deformed ribbons of Al-rich and Nb-rich regions appeared and were associated with local flow involving solute segregation. The Al segregation promoted flow softening mainly arising from the recrystaUization of V phase with low stacking fault energy. The coarse recrystallized 7 and several massive phase were observed at grain boundaries. While in the case of Nb segregation, t/B2 phase harmonized bending of lamellae, combined with the growth of recrystallized γ grains and α ＋ β ＋ γ→α＋ γ transition under conditions of temperature and stress, leading to the breakdown of α2/γ lamellar colony. During the hot compression process, gliding and dissociation of dislocations occurred in γ phase that acted as the main softening mechanism, leading to extensive γ twins and cross twins in α/γ lamellae and at grain boundaries. In general, homogeneous microstructure during the hot defor- mation process can be obtained in TiAl alloy with high Nb addition and low Al segregation. The deformation substructures intrinsically promote the formability of Ti--46Al-8Nb alloy.