Deformation Behavior and Formability of Gradient Nano-grained AISI 304 Stainless Steel Processed by Ultrasonic Impact Treatment

The deformation behavior and formability of gradient nano-grained（GNG） AISI 304 stainless steel in uniaxial and biaxial states were investigated by means of tensile test and small punch test（SPT）. The GNG top layer was fabricated on coarse grains（CG） AISI 304 by ultrasonic impact treatment. The results showed that the CG substrate could effectively suppress the strain localization of NC in GNG layer, and an approximate linear relationship existed between the thickness of substrate（h） and uniform true strain before necking（ε_（unif））. Grain growth of NC was observed at the stress state with high Stress triaxiality T, which led to better ductility of GNG/CG 304 in SPT, as well as similar true strain after the onset of necking（ε_（neck）） compared with coarse 304 in tensile test. Ei-values of GNG/CG 304 with different structures were nearly the same at different punch speeds, and good formability of GNG/CG 304 was demonstrated. However, punch speed and microstructure needed to be optimized to avoid much lost of membrane strain region in biaxial stress state.

Surface grain refinement mechanism of SMA490BW steel cross joints by ultrasonic impact treatment

Ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) is a postweld technique for improving the fatigue strength of welded joints. This technique makes use of ultrasonic vibration to impact and plastically deform a weld toe and can achieve surface grain refinement of the weld toe, which is considered as the main reason for the improvement of fatigue strength. In this paper, the microstructure of the surface of a treated weld toe was observed by metallographic microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that UIT could produce severe plastic deformation on the surface layer of the weld toe and the maximum depth of plastic deformation extended to approximately 260 μm beneath the treated surface. Repeated processing could exacerbate the plastic deformation on the surface layer, resulting in finer grains. We can conclude that the surface grain refinement mechanism of SMA490BW welded joints is related to the high density of dislocation tangles and dislocation walls. © 2017, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Improvement of Surface Mechanical and Tribological Characteristics of L-PBF Processed Commercially Pure Titanium through Ultrasonic Impact Treatment

Multi-pass ultrasonic impact treatment(UIT)was applied to modify the microstructure and improve the mechanical and tribological characteristics at the near-surface region of commercially pure Ti(CP-Ti)specimens produced by the laser powder bed fusion(L-PBF)method.UIT considerably refined the L-PBF process-related acicular martensites(α′-M)and produced a well-homogenized and dense surface microstructure,where the porosity content of 1-,3-,and 5-pass UITed samples was reduced by 43,60,and 67%,respectively.The UITed samples showed an enhancement in their near-surface mechanical properties up to a depth of about 300μm.The nanoindentation results for the 3-pass UITed sample revealed an increase of about 53,45,and 220%in its nanohardness,H/E_(r),and H_(3)/E_(r)^(2)indices,respectively.The stylus profilometry results showed that performing the UIT removed the L-PBF-related features/defects and offered a smooth surface.The roughness average(R_(a))and the skewness(R_(sk))of the 3-pass UITed sample were found to be lower than those of the L-PBFed sample by 95 and 223%,respectively.Applying the UIT also enhanced the material ratio,where the maximum load-bearing capacity(~100%)in as-L-PBFed(as-built)and 3-pass UITed samples was obtained at 60-and 10-µm depths,respectively.The tribological investigations showed that applying the UIT resulted in a significant reduction of wear rate and average coefficient of friction(COF)of CP-Ti.For instance,under the normal pressures of 0.05 and 0.2 MPa,the wear rate and COF of the 3-pass UITed sample were lower than those of the L-PBFed sample by 65 and 58%,and 20 and 17%,respectively.

The Impact of Directly Observed Therapy on Preventive Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Students in Dalian, China

Preventive treatment has an essential effect on latent tuberculosis infection(LTBI)[purified protein derivative(PPD)induration≥15 mm].Between2010 and 2013,there were 6 tuberculosis(TB)outbreaks in the universities in Dalian,China.So far,in Dalian,the directly observed therapy(DOT)and

Effect of Heat Treatment on Hardness and Impact Toughness of CuCr Containing RE Alloy

The effect of heat treatment on hardness and impact toughness of CuCr containing rare earth alloy was studied by means of metallographic, XRD, SEM/EDX, TEM and mechanical property test. The results show that the heat treatment can change the hardness of CuCr alloy, and has smaller influence to its impact toughness. The optimum properties of CuCr containing RE alloy could be obtained by aging treatment at 500 ℃ for 2 h. And the causes of the above changes and the function of RE were analyzed.

Impacts of Chromium from Tannery Effluent and Evaluation of Alternative Treatment Options

The paper has focused on the challenges/impacts of tannery effluent and evaluates the alternative treatment options used to treat, recover or recycle chromium from the waste water. The paper was done entirely on secondary data by consulting literature sources including scientific journals, chapters of books, conference report papers and websites. The results of this review paper indicated that chromium is highly toxic and carcinogenic to human beings, animals, plants and the general environment (soil and water sediment). It is found out that chrome is the primary threat when ever tanning industry comes in to practice. Though many treatment options were evaluated to prevent its consequence on the environment, neither of them could achieve to treat or recover chrome 100%. Treatment options are either;inef-ficient, complicated, energy demanding, costly or applicable to a certain parts of the world due to technology or skilled man power demand. Therefore, to tackle this serious challenge stringent environmental regulation with law enforce-ment has to be exercised to use better treatment system which is widely applicable. Polluters must also know the envi-ronmental cost of their industry and treated according to polluter pay or precautionary principles. Moreover, the gen-eral public has to be aware of it and all concerned organizations and governments has to work hand in hand to reach zero discharge level or at least to attain the EPA chrome discharge

Environmental Impacts of Farm Waste Treatment Methods and Perspectives of Valorization by Composting: The Case of the Farm “Sociétéde Provenderies du Cameroun (SPC)” of Foumbot

Waste recovery is an environmental, agronomic and economic asset. The farm “Société de Provenderies du Cameroun” (SPC) processes its wastes by incineration and landfill. During this study, environmental impacts of these two treatment methods were assessed in this farm and a composting experiment was also conducted. For the experiment, chicken carcasses and droppings mixed with wood shavings, straw, incineration ash, egg shells and cattle dung were distributed differently in four experimental composters C1, C2, C3 and C4 with the same starting weight. C1 consisted of the first three waste types, for C2, C3 and C4 a new waste was added in the order they are listed above. The results show that the major impacts associated with the incineration and landfilling of SPC waste are the degradation of the health of workers and surrounding populations, the occurrence of conflicts, and the pollution of the air, soil and groundwater of the site. As far as composting is concerned, the characteristics of three of the four composts obtained are usable as soil fertilisers. Indeed, at the end of the experiment, the pH of the four composters was basic (8), the temperature values were between 24°C and 34°C and the humidity values were between 37% and 41%. However, the last parameter, the C/N ratio, was not satisfactory for C1 (13.42), which eliminated it from mature and ready-to-use composts according to FAO standards. The C/N ratios of C2 (15.71), C3 (16.30), and C4 (18) composters were found to be good for mature and ready-to-use compost.

三维有限元分析不同工况下牵引上颌埋伏尖牙牙周应力分布

背景:在正畸治疗埋伏尖牙过程中,粘接正畸附件的部位、角度、力值对牵引效果及牙周有较大影响,但目前对合适牵引部位、角度和牵引力值大小的相关研究较少。目的:通过三维有限元分析正畸矫治过程中不同牵引力作用下上颌埋伏尖牙的牙周应力分布。方法:选用1例上颌埋伏尖牙患者的锥形束CT扫描数据,建立包括埋伏尖牙、上颌骨骼及其周围支持结构在内的三维有限元模型,在埋伏尖牙唇侧切1/3、中1/3及颈1/3部位,分别施加与牙齿长轴呈60°,90°,120°角的牵引力(30,60,90 g),分析埋伏尖牙牙周膜Von Mises应力分布。结果与结论:①不同工况下埋伏尖牙的牙周应力分布基本相似:在尖牙切1/3施力时,模型中靠近颈部牙周膜Von Mises应力较小,舌面近颈部牙周膜Von Mises应力较大;在尖牙中1/3施力时,模型中靠近颈部牙周膜Von Mises应力较小,唇面近颈部牙周膜Von Mises应力较大;当在尖牙颈1/3施力时,模型中靠近牙颈部牙周膜Von Mises应力较小,唇面中部牙周膜Von Mises应力较大。②当施力部位、角度相同时,随着施加力的增加,牙周膜最大Von Mises应力呈增加趋势;当施加力大小、角度相同时,尖牙切1/3、中1/3及颈1/3部位牙周膜最大Von Mises应力呈递减趋势。在尖牙切1/3部位施加相同大小的力时,随着施力角度的增加,牙周膜最大和最小Von Mises应力均呈减少趋势;在尖牙颈1/3施加相同大小的力时,随着施力角度的增加,牙周膜最大Von Mises应力呈递增趋势。③结果显示,牵引上颌埋伏尖牙尽量在靠近牙颈部的部位粘接托槽,牵引上颌埋伏尖牙时牵引方向与牵引部位有关,牵引力一般为30-60 g之间。

A Corrected Solid Boundary Treatment Method for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method （SPFI） has a good adaptability for simulating of free surface flow problems. However, there are some shortcomings of SPH which are still in open discussion. This paper presents a corrected solid boundary handling method for weakly compressible SPH. This improved method is very helpful for numerical stability and pressure distribution. Compared with other solid boundary handling methods, this corrected method is simpler for virtual ghost particle interpolation and the ghost particle evaluation relationship is clearer. Several numerical tests are given, like dam breaking, solitary wave impact and sloshing tank waves. The results show that the corrected solid boundary processing method can recover the spurious oscillations of pressure distribution when simulating the problems with complex geometry boundary.

IMPACT PROPERTIES OF METALLOCENE - CATALYZED ETHYLENE-α-OLEFIN COPOLYMERS

The impact properties of two selected metallocene-catalyzed ethylene-butene copolymers and one conventionalcopolymer were evaluated using Izod impact test. It is found that the metallocene-catalyzed copolymer shows superior impactproperties. This result was explained on the basis of the more homogeneous inter-molecular composition distribution andnarrower molecular weight distribution, which leads to more homogeneous morphology with fewer defects. Stepwisecrystallization improves the impact properties, especially in the crack propagation process, to a large extent. This is due to thedecrease of entanglements by stepwise crystallization, which is advantageous for the chain slip and shear. The polymer withheterogeneous intra-molecular composition distribution exhibits a more evident improvement of impact properties understepwise crystallization.

Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of NF6357A Cast Alloy for Wear Resistance Application

The solidification structure of the as-cast consists of the matrix structure that is predominantly austenite and precipitated chromium carbide along the grain boundary. Under these circumstances and where the level of impact is relatively modest, such alloys in as-cast condition will perform. However, at higher levels of impact energy, a point is reached where excessive stress are built up within the component and eventually the materials strength is exceeded and the outcome is complete failure in a characteristic stress fracture mode. If this is to be prevented, it is therefore imperative that the casting be subjected to appropriate heat treatment, to obtain a structure which consist of Cr7C3 carbide and martensite at a hardness range of 650-750HB. The microstructure of NF6357A cast chromium steel containing 2.59% C- 0.7%Si-0.91%Mn-18.54%Cr-0.019%P-0.01%S- balance–Fe after appropriate heat treatment such as quenching and tempering process have been characterised by means of optical microscope, micro hardness tester, optical emission spectrometer and charpy testing machine. The results show that oil quenched samples were found to retained microstructural consistency for casting thicker than 120mm section. For economic argument, air quenched castings of less than 120mm thickness is not only cheaper alternative, but it is also environment friendly. The fracture toughness was found to be fairly consistent between 2.4-2.6%C range. However, at higher carbon level, the fracture process is dominated by the presence of segregated carbide network which act as a weak link in the microstructure. This weak link encourages dislocation pile-up and impaired material toughness.

The Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Pre-pregnancy glucose metabolism is normal, only during pregnancy diabetes known as gestational diabetes mellitus. Currently, the diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus are IADPSG criteria (International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group), and 75 g oral glucose tolerance test is recommended at 24 - 28 weeks of gestation. Gestational diabetes is associated with many pregnancy complications, such as macrosomia, preterm delivery and increased cesarean section rates, and neonatal complications such as hypoglycemia, hypoxia, and respiratory distress syndrome. Early identification of high-risk groups can be carried out for early prevention and intervention which are conducive to improving mothers and infants perinatal outcome. For the treatment of gestational diabetes, lifestyle interventions, such as improved diet combined with exercise to control blood sugar, are recommended first. For patients with poor blood glucose control, insulin is recommended for blood glucose control, and oral drug use is still controversial.

超声能场在金属增材制造组织性能调控中的应用

针对金属增材制造构件存在微观组织缺陷、残余应力及各向异性等问题,各种组织性能调控技术应运而生。结合近年来超声能场对增材制造组织性能调控的研究工作,详细分析了超声能场在增材制造过程中的“液-固”双重效应,总结了超声能场对增材制造金属材料的显微组织及其表面粗糙度、显微硬度、残余应力、耐腐蚀等性能的影响。研究表明,超声能场使材料内部组织晶粒显著细化、孔隙率降低、耐腐蚀性能提高;同时使增材制造构件显微硬度升高,应力状态向有利于构件性能的残余压应力转变。

Influence of post-weld heat treatment on microstructure and properties in heat-affected zone of KMN steel joint

The influence of temperature during post-weld heat treatment on the microstructure and properties of KMN steel joints was investigated. The results reveal that after heat treatment, the martensite transformed to tempered sorbite, causing the softening of the resultant joints. XRD test shows that the residual austenite content decreased obviously when the joint was heattreated at 550 ℃ and 580 ℃, which degraded the impact toughness of heat-affected zone （ HAZ）. When the heat treatment temperature increased further, the dispersion strengthening from the precipitation of alloying elements improved the impact toughness of HAZ. The aggregation and coarsening of carbide also contributed to the improvement of impact toughness of HAZ.

Effect of heat input and postweld heat treatment on microstructure and toughness of heat-resistant steel E911 deposited metal

The microstructure of E911 deposited metal was observed and the effect of heat input and postweld heat treatment on microstructure and impact toughness was investigated. The microstructure consists of tempered martensite and residual δ- ferrite. The morphology of tempered martensite is columnar and the residual δ-ferrite is polygonal. With the increase in heat input, the width of columnar martensite grain and the size of residual δ-ferrite increased, whereas the volume fraction of residual δ-ferrite varied slightly. The impact toughness decreased as heat input increased. The result reveals that coarsening columnar martensite grain and δ-ferrite have greater effect on impact toughness than volume fraction of residual δ-ferrite. As the time of postweld heat treatment is exceeded 8h, aggregation of M23 C6occurs in some grain boundaries or lath interfaces. The partial aggregation of M23 C6 results in the decrease in impact toughness.

La-Ce稀土对Q345D钢夹杂物和冲击性能的影响

通过现场试验,分析了La-Ce稀土处理对Q345D结构钢夹杂物、连铸可浇性和钢种性能的影响。结果表明,RE在Q345D结构钢中的合金收得率为21.5%;与未添加RE的炉次相比,脱硫率提高了37.5%,单位夹杂物密度从80.16个/mm^(2),降低至60.78个/mm^(2);La-Ce稀土处理前钢液中夹杂物主要是MgO-Al_(2)O_(3)-CaO复合夹杂,La-Ce稀土处理对小尺寸(D≤5μm)夹杂物的改性作用较为明显,小尺寸夹杂物改性为(La-Ce-S)和(La-Ce-Al-S-O)稀土类夹杂物;La-Ce稀土处理可以明显降低钢中MnS类夹杂物的纵横比,使MnS类夹杂物在轧制后的形貌更接近椭圆形,而没有长线形,这是Q345D结构钢横向冲击功提高20%的主要原因。

热轧工艺对S32101经济型双相不锈钢低温冲击韧性的影响

为研究热轧工艺对S32101经济型双相不锈钢低温冲击韧性的影响,设计不同的展宽系数(1.0、1.1、1.4)和压下率(75%、90%)进行热轧试验。在计算热力学相图并分析不同温度组织转变规律的基础上,选择合理的固溶处理工艺,研究热轧工艺对固溶处理后S32101双相不锈钢低温冲击韧性的影响。结果表明:不同热轧工艺下,S32101双相不锈钢低温冲击韧性随展宽系数和压下率的增加而提高;随固溶处理温度的升高和保温时间的延长而降低。随展宽系数和压下率的增加,奥氏体和铁素体条带间距减小并沿轧向分布。减小两相条带间距,提高奥氏体相比例可提高低温冲击韧性。

Consecutive Impact Loading and Preloading Effect on Stiffness of Woven Synthetic-Fiber Rope

We studied consecutive impact loading on woven high-modulus polyethylene rope, which is used in robotics fields. An impact tester was developed to conduct the experiments. Five consecutive impact loads (five drops) were applied to the rope and the stiffness of the loading part that corresponds to each drop was evaluated. The stiffness of the woven ropes was affected strongly by consecutive impact loading. The change in stiffness is undesirable in some applications such as in robotic fields. Therefore, we have proposed a method that can optimize changes in stiffness by applying a preload before impact testing (preload treatment). The experimental results show that preload is an efficient way to reduce changing rope stiffness. We have also proposed an empirical equation that can estimate the rope stiffness after arbitrary preload treatment, and this equation is a function of the number of drops and the static preload level. The equation can be used to determine the preload treatment conditions to stabilize the stiffness of the woven ropes before they are used in engineering fields.

超声冲击处理对S355钢表层组织及力学性能的影响

通过超声冲击处理技术对S355钢表面进行处理,分析不同处理时间对材料显微组织、表层残余应力及拉伸性能的影响规律。结果表明,超声冲击处理能够有效地消减S355钢的残余拉应力,引入残余压应力,且引入的残余压应力随着超声冲击时间的增加而增加,在冲击时间达到10 min时,x轴、y轴的残余应力消除值分别为194.81、200.46 MPa。此外,超声冲击处理能够提升材料的抗拉强度和屈服强度,在冲击时间为10 min时,抗拉强度和屈服强度分别增加了16、13 MPa。经超声冲击处理后,试样表层晶粒得到了细化,且观察到明显的加工硬化层。超声冲击处理后材料内部位错密度增加、晶粒细化是导致残余拉应力转变为残余压应力和拉伸性能提升的本质原因。