Microstructure and Corrosion Resistance of CrN and CrN/TiN Coated Heat-Resistant Steels in Molten Aluminum Alloy

The components of the equipment for processing the Al melts into the molded parts can be markedly corroded by the molten Al. In this study, a 4 μm CrN coating or CrN/TiN multilayer coating for providing the physical and chemical barriers between the molten reactive Al and the steel substrate were deposited by Cathodic Arc Evaporation onto 10 mm-thick heat-resistant steel plates. The dipping tests were conducted in a 700℃ A356 melt for 1 to 21 h at intervals of 3 h. The damage of the coated steel was eva...

Heat Resisting Mechanism of Heat-Resisting Aluminum Alloy Conductor and Its Application in Transmission Line

In this paper the heat withstanding mechanism of heat-resisting aluminum alloy conductor is discussed, the types and performance of the conductor and its application on transmission lines are analyzed and introduced, and suggestions on accelerating exploitation and application of the conductor are put forward.

Characteristic of laser-MIG hybrid welding with filling additional cold wire for aluminum alloy

The weld appearance, deposition rate, welding efficiency, stability of arc, laser keyhole characteristic, and weld property were studied by using a novel laser-MIG hybrid welding process with filling wire of aluminum alloy. The results were also compared with those by conventional laser-MIG hybrid welding process. It was found that with the suitable process parameters this novel welding process for aluminum alloy was stable and final weld bead had fine appearance. Compared to conventional laser-MIG hybrid welding process, during this novel welding process the stability of arc, the laser keyhole characteristic and the weld property were similar, while the keyhole cycle frequency and keyhole opening area had differences of 1.23% and 15.34%, respectively, and the welding efficiency increased by about 31% without increasing heat input.

E2EM’s prediction of LaB_(6) as nucleation substrate for primary Mn-rich phase in Al-Si-Cu-Mn heat-resistant alloy and its refining effect

Edge-to-edge matching(E2EM)model was used to predict the potency of LaB_(6) as the heterogeneous nucleation substrate for primary Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8) phase formed during the solidification of Al−Si−Cu−Mn heat-resistant alloy.There are five pairs of orientation relationships(ORs)between LaB_(6) and Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8) phases which meet the criteria of E2EM model.One pair of plane ORs((110)LaB_(6)//(110)Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8))are demonstrated by TEM observation.This strongly indicates that the LaB_(6) phase can act as the heterogeneous nucleation substrate for the primary Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8) phase.1.0 wt.%of Al−2La−1B master alloy was also added into Al−12Si−4Cu−2Mn alloy to evaluate the refining effect by microstructure observation and tensile test.Experimental results show that addition of Al−2La−1B master alloy can significantly refine the primary Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8) phase,supporting the prediction accuracy of E2EM model.However,such refinement of primary Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8) phase does not lead to an improvement in strength.This is due to the larger difference in elastic modulus between the finally formed Al_(13)Mn_(4)Si_(8) phase and aluminum matrix than that of Al_(15)Mn_(3)Si_(2) phase.

Corrosion resistance of aluminum alloy AA7022 wire fabricated by friction stir extrusion

Friction stir extrusion(FSE)is known as an innovative manufacturing technology that makes it possible to directly produce wire via consolidation and extrusion of metal chips or solid billets.In this study,wire samples were produced using aluminum alloy AA7022 machining chips by the use of the FSE.To this end,the microstructures and mechanical properties of the base material(BM)and the extruded samples were investigated.The corrosion resistance of the given samples was also determined using potentiodynamic polarization technique.The results showed that the samples manufactured at higher rotational speeds possessed good surface quality,the process temperature and the grain size similarly increased following the rise in rotational speed,and the mechanical properties consequently decreased.Using the FSE led to crystallite refinement,increase in volume fraction of grain boundaries,as well as re-distribution of precipitates affecting corrosion resistance.Furthermore,the findings of the corrosion tests revealed that the produced samples by the FSE had adequate corrosion resistance and the growth in die rotation rate augmented current density and subsequently reduced corrosion resistance.

Wire and arc additive manufacturing of 4043 Al alloy using a cold metal transfer method

Cold metal transfer plus pulse(C+P)arc was applied in the additive manufacturing of 4043 Al alloy parts.Parameters in the manufacturing of the parts were investigated.The properties and microstructure of the parts were also characterized.Experimental results showed that welding at a speed of 8 mm/s and a wire feeding speed of 4.0 m/min was suitable to manufacture thin-walled parts,and the reciprocating scanning method could be adopted to manufacture thick-walled parts.The thin-walled parts of the C+P mode had fewer pores than those of the cold metal transfer(CMT)mode.The thin-and thick-walled parts of the C+P mode showed maximum tensile strengths of 172 and 178 MPa,respectively.Hardness decreased at the interface and in the coarse dendrite and increased in the refined grain area.

METAL INERT GAS WELDING OF 2519-T87 HIGH STRENGTH ALUMINUM ALLOY

20 mm thick plates of 2519-T87 high strength aluminum alloy have been welded.The effects of the compositions of filler wires,the heat input and the compositions of shielding gas on the mechanical properties and microstructure of the welded joint have been investigated.The results indicate that finer microstructure,better mechanical properties and higher value of hardness of HAZ can be obtained by using lower heat input.The use of Ar/He mixed shielding gas has several advantages over pure Ar shielding gas.With the increase of the proportion of He in the mixed shielding gas, the grain size of the weld metal as well as porosity susceptibility decreases.When the volume ratio of He to Ar reaches 7：3,the porosity and the grain size of weld metal reach the minimum,and the porosity can be further reduced by filling some CO2.

Joint performance in laser welding Al alloy with filler wire

CO2 laser welding aluminum alloy with filler wire was studied. The results indicate that the problems in CO2 laser welding of Al alloy, such as bad appearance of weld, easily excessive penetration and low strength, can be improved effectively by using laser welding with filler wire, and the maximum tensile strength of weld can reach 94% for the base metal. It also can be found that, the linear energy have great influence on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the joint. As the heat input increases, the cellular fir-tree crystals in the weld zone become sparse and the form of tensile fracture transforms from gliding fracture to brittle fracture.

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Wire + Arc Additively Manufactured 2050 Al–Li Alloy Wall Deposits

Aluminum–Lithium(Al–Li) alloy is a topic of great interest owing to its high strength and light weight, but there are only a few applications of Al–Li alloy in wire ss, a special AA2050 Al–Li alloy + arc additive manufacturing(WAAM) process. To identify its feasibility in WAAM procewire was produced and employed in the production of straight-walled components, using a WAAM system based on variable polarity gas tungsten arc welding(VP-GTAW) process. The influence of post-deposited heat treatment on the microstructure and property of the deposit was investigated using optical micrographs(OM), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD), hardness and tensile properties tests. Results revealed that the microstructures of AA2050 aluminum deposits varied with their location layers. The upper layers consisted of fine equiaxed grains, while the bottom layer exhibited a coarse columnar structure. Mechanical properties witnessed a significant improvement after post-deposited heat treatment, with the average micro-hardness reaching 141 HV and the ultimate tensile strength exceeding 400 MPa. Fracture morphology exhibited a typical ductile fracture.

TIG welding-brazing joint of aluminum to stainless steel with hot wire

TIG welding-brazing process with high frequency induction hot wire technology was presented to create joints between 5A06 aluminum alloy and SUS32! stainless steel using ER1100 filler wire with different temperature. The joints were evaluated by mechanical test and microstructural analyses. The welding procedure using hot fiUer wire （400 ℃ ） significantly increases strength stability by 71% and average value of tensile strength by 30. 8 % of the joints, compared with cold wire. The research of microstructures in interfaces and welded seams reveals that using 400 ℃ hot filler wire can decrease the thickness of intermetallic compounds （ IMCs ） from 6 to 3.5 txm approximately, which is the main reason of mechanical property improvement.

Microstructures of 2219 twin wire welded joints

With thick plates of 2219 high-strength alloy, the microstructures of welded joints with twin wire MIG welding were analyzed. Experimental results show that no hot crack was found in the weld due to discontinuous distribution of cocrystallization with low melting temperature, but porosity is serious in the first weld seam that is mainly composed of equiaxial grains with uneven sizes. As the poor position of the whole welded joint, fusion zone has big and coarse grains, uneven microstructures ; In quenching zone, there exist a lot of soaked microstructures that cocrystallizntion with low melting temperature solute into matrix, thus strengthening the metal in this zone; In excessive aging zone, much more phases that distribute evenly will be separated from the matrix; Ontside this zone, properties and microstructures of the metal are basically similar to matrix due to the relatively low temperature or unaffected heat in the zone during welding.

Effect of interlayer cooling time on the temperature field of 5356-TIG wire arc additive manufacturing

In the paper, the finite element model(FEM) of wire arc additive manufacturing(WAAM) by TIG method was established by the ABAQUS soft, and the phase transformation latent heat was considered in the model. The evolution rules of temperature field at the interlayer with the cooling time of 10 s, 30 s and 50 s were obtained by the model. The WAAM experiment were performed by 5356 aluminum alloy welding wire with φ1.2 mm, and the simulated temperature field were varified by the thermocouple. The result shows that the highest temperature at the molten pool center increases with the increased interlayers at the same interlayer cooling time;the highest temperature drops gradually and the decline is smaller with the increased interlayer cooling time at the same layer. No remelting occurs at the top layer, and at least two remelting times occur in the other layers, resulting in complex temperature field evolution.

MICROSTRUCTURE AND DECOMPOSITION OF RS Al-Fe-Cr-Zr ALLOY

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纳晴高速牂牁江特大桥总体设计与关键技术

纳晴高速牂牁江特大桥主桥为跨径1080 m的单跨钢桁梁悬索桥。主桥采用纵向低阻尼指数黏滞阻尼器+横向弹性抗风支座+跨中柔性中央扣+边缆限位拉索+竖向塔连杆的多重约束体系。加劲梁采用板桁结合结构形式,由钢桁梁和正交异性钢桥面板组成。桥塔采用门式框架混凝土塔,桥塔基础为超大直径3.8 m的端承桩+分离式承台。主缆采用标准抗拉强度1960 MPa的高强度镀锌铝稀土合金钢丝,跨度布置为(265+1080+435)m。吊索、柔性中央扣及限位拉索采用1960 MPa级镀锌铝稀土合金密封钢丝绳,索体外层由3层Z形异形钢丝环环扣合形成全密封结构,极大提高了缆索系统的耐久和抗疲劳性能。边缆设置限位拉索,有效限制了活载作用下边缆的竖向位移。该桥纳雍岸采用山区岩石地基复合型重力式锚碇,通过合理利用齿坎和岩石夹持效应,锚体工程量节省近20%。悬索桥加劲梁采用陡峻峡谷无起吊平台方案架设,有效解决了山区大跨悬索桥加劲梁吊装场地受限的难题。

高强铝合金电弧增材制造的研究进展

高强铝合金因具有高强度、低密度、优异的延展性和抗腐蚀性,成为了航空航天和汽车应用零件最常用的金属材料之一。电弧增材制造技术具有快速原位成形制造复杂结构零部件的能力,非常适用于中型或大型高强铝合金铝部件的制造。本文综合分析了高强铝合金电弧增材制造工艺和设备研发现状、高强铝合金电弧增材的固有属性和缺陷以及主要的性能优化手段,讨论了组织和性能的固有特征和复合增材制造技术对组织和性能的影响。针对电弧增材制造高强铝合金不可忽略的本质冶金缺陷、特征性能需求和多种优化工艺的优劣等问题,提出了电弧增材制造高强铝合金综合评价体系、成分设计和丝材开发、专用热处理制度和复合增材制造技术的协同性等发展方向,以期为电弧增材制造高强铝合金的性能提升和应用推广提供重要参考。

固溶温度对Al-2.5Cu-0.3Mg合金线材组织与性能的影响

采用光学显微镜(OM)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)、差热分析(DSC)和电子拉力试验机等研究了Al-2.5Cu-0.3Mg合金线材经不同温度固溶处理后的组织和性能。结果表明:冷拉拔态Al-2.5Cu-0.3Mg合金线材的晶粒沿变形方向拉长,组织内含有大量Al_(2)Cu相;经过495~510℃固溶处理后,组织发生完全再结晶;随着固溶温度的升高,Al_(2)Cu相逐渐回溶,DSC热焓值降低;经自然时效后组织内析出纳米级强化团簇,合金的抗拉强度、剪切强度和腐蚀性能逐渐提高;当固溶温度升高至510℃时,合金的剪切强度提高至257 MPa,点蚀深度降低至39μm。

2219铝合金CMT电弧增材熔滴过渡行为

在冷金属过渡(cold metal transfer,CMT)电弧增材制造过程中,熔池的流动行为极易受到电弧和熔滴的影响,从而严重影响堆积层的稳定性和成形件质量.该文利用高速摄影结果及电信号参数波形图,引入热输入量计算公式,从特征电信号、熔滴过渡特征量、热输入量等方面定量分析了CMT+P模式下送丝速度及脉冲修正系数对熔滴过渡过程及单道成形形貌的影响,同时分析了脉冲变极性冷金属过渡(Advanced CMT,CMT+PA)模式下送丝速度及控制面板上的EP/EN修正系数η对熔滴过渡过程及单道成形形貌的影响,为后续工艺优化提供参考和指导.

沉积策略对电弧增材制造5356铝合金显微组织、缺陷和力学性能的影响

基于电弧增材制造技术(WAAM)研究往复扫描(RS)、振荡扫描(OS)和垂直扫描(VS)3种沉积策略对5356铝合金(AA5356)构件的影响,探讨5356铝合金构件的显微组织、缺陷和力学性能。结果表明:相比于RS和OS策略,VS策略使得构件的热量分布均匀。VS策略的显微组织主要由等轴晶组成,使得显微硬度最高值达到HV 77.25。VS策略使得构件的气孔率和微孔尺寸分别下降了45.52%和19.81%,从而改善了拉伸性能。因此,VS策略为获得显微组织均匀、力学性能优异的AA5356构件提供了一种新的解决方案。

电弧增材镍铝青铜的组织与性能

镍铝青铜合金由于其在海水中的高耐腐蚀性能、抗生物污染性能和良好的抗空化冲击性能,被广泛运用于船舶螺旋桨的制造,但传统的铸造镍铝青铜由于材料成本过高,并且性能已不再适用于现今越来越高的要求.为了获得性能优异的镍铝青铜构件,采用了电弧增材制造技术成功制造了镍铝青铜合金构件,研究了铸造镍铝青铜和电弧增材的镍铝青铜的微观组织和力学性能的差异.结果表明,与铸态镍铝青铜合金相比,电弧增材制造的镍铝青铜合金有更细小的微观组织,κⅠ相的析出被抑制,绝大多数的β′相转变为α+κⅢ的共析组织,元素分布更均匀.与铸态镍铝青铜相比(545 MPa,20%),电弧增材制造的镍铝青铜构件展现了更加优异的力学性能,极限抗拉强度达到700 MPa,断后伸长率达到38%.

电弧增材制造2219铝合金热变形组织演变及本构方程

采用热压缩方法研究了电弧增材制造2219铝合金的热变形行为,变形温度为360~510℃,应变速率为0.01~10 s^(-1)。分析了温度和应变速率对流变应力和微观组织的影响,采用Zener-Hollomon参数的双曲正弦函数建立了电弧增材制造2219铝合金热变形本构方程。结果表明,电弧增材制造2219铝合金热压缩峰值应力随温度的升高和应变速率的降低而逐渐降低。电弧增材合金在420℃及以下温度仅发生滑移变形,450℃及以上发生动态再结晶,480℃为最佳锻造温度,发生完全动态再结晶,可有效细化增材晶粒。本构方程以动态再结晶温度(450℃)为临界点分为两段,动态再结晶温度以下变形激活能为212.53 kJ·mol^(-1),动态再结晶温度以上为163.37 kJ·mol^(-1)。沿晶界分布的共晶θ相在热压缩过程中发生破碎和固溶,变形温度越高或应变速率越小,固溶程度越高。