Establishment and evaluation of a co-effect structure with thermal concentration-rotation function in transient regime

The advanced heat flux manipulating structures inspired by TO-based spatial mapping have aroused wide interests owing to huge potential in high-efficient thermal energy utilization.However,most researches are limited to the realization of single function in one specific structure and appropriate evaluation of the energy transfer process is relatively lacking.In this work,based on time-dependent two-dimensional heat conduction equation,a co-effect structure capable of accomplishing concentration and rotation functions simultaneously is established and validated by finite element simulations compared with the conventional single concentrator and singe rotator.In addition,from the perspective of thermodynamics,the transformed local entropy production rate and total entropy production are theoretically derived and applied to evaluate the quality of energy transfer processes.The proposed co-effect structure can help to explore other potential mass/flux manipulating devices and the evaluation method is valuable for the further manufacturing as well as optimization of these devices in engineering applications.

Numerical simulation and control of welding distortion for double floor structure of high speed train

The welding heat source models and the plastic tension zone sizes of a typical weld joint involved in the double floor structure of high speed train under different welding parameters were calculated by a thermal-elastic-plastic FEM analysis based on SYSWELD code.Then,the welding distortion of floor structure was predicted using a linear elastic FEM and shrinkage method based on Weld Planner software.The effects of welding sequence,clamping configuration and reverse deformation on welding distortion of floor structure were examined numerically.The results indicate that the established elastic FEM model for floor structure is reliable for predicting the distribution of welding distortion in view of the good agreement between the calculated results and the measured distortion for real double floor structure.Compared with the welding sequence,the clamping configuration and the reverse deformation have a significant influence on the welding distortion of floor structure.In the case of30 mm reverse deformation,the maximum deformation can be reduced about 70%in comparison to an actual welding process.

Effect of Nb and Mo on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Ductility-Dip Cracking of Ni–Cr–Fe Weld Metals

A series of Ni-Cr-Fe welding wires with different Nb and Mo contents were designed to investigate the effect of Nb and Mo on the rnicrostructure, mechanical properties and the ductility-dip cracking susceptibility of the weld metals by optical microscopy （OM）, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction as well as the tensile and impact tests. Results showed that large Laves phases formed and distributed along the interdendritic regions with high Nb or Mo addition. The Cr-carbide （M23C6） was suppressed to precipitate at the grain boundaries with high Nb addition. Tensile testing indicates that the ultimate strength of weld metals increases with Nb or Mo addition. However, the voids formed easily around the large Laves phases in the interdendritic area during tensile testing for the weld metal with high Mo content. It is found that the tensile fractographs of high Mo weld metals show a typical feature of interdendritic fracture. The high Nb or Mo addition, which leads to the formation of large Laves phases, exposes a great weakening effect on the impact toughness of weld metals. In addition, the ductility-dip cracking was not found by OM in the selected cross sections of weld metals with different Nb additions. High Nb addition can eliminate the ductility-dip cracking from the Ni-Cr-Fe weld metals effectively.

Effect of Aging on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 1460 Alloy

Effects of the aging temperature on the hardening response, the tensile properties and the precipitate micro- structure evolution of 1460 alloy were studied in this work. It was found that Al3 （Sc, Zr） and δ′ （Al3Li） phases were precipitated from the matrix at the very early aging stage, while the precipitation of T1 （Al2CuLi） and θ′ （Al2Cu） was much slower than that of the δ′ phase. When aging at higher temperature （160 and 190 ℃）, the δ′, T1 and θ′ phases tended to form simultaneously and grow up very quickly. Conversely, the δ′ and θ″ （Al2Cu） phases were precipitated separately and more dispersive at lower aging temperature （130 ℃）. Taken together, the alloy aged at 160 ℃ exhibited improved mechanical properties owing to the uniform dispersion of the fine T1 precipitates.