Deformation characteristics of granitic rocks in Erguna ductile shear zone,NE China

The Erguna ductile shear zone is situated in the Erguna Massif,which has been exposed along the eastern bank of the Erguna River in northeastern China.The authors present comprehensive study results on the macro-and micro-structures,finite strain and kinematic vorticity,quartz electron backscatter diffraction(EBSD)fabrics,and geochronology of granitic rocks in the Erguna ductile shear zone.The deformed granitic rocks have experienced significant SE-trending dextral strike-slip shearing.Finite strain and kinematic vorticity in all deformed granitic rocks indicate that the deformation is characterized by simple sheardominated general shearing with S-L tectonites.Mineral deformation behaviors and quartz C-axis textures demonstrate that the deformed granitic rocks developed under greenschist to amphibolite facies conditions at deformation temperatures ranging from 450 to 550℃.New LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb ages indicate that these granitic rocks were formed in Early Triassic(~248.6 Ma)and Early Cretaceous(~136.7 Ma).All the evidence indicates that this deformation may have occurred in Early Cretaceous and was related to the compression resulting from the final closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean.

Transition and fracture shift behavior in LCF test of dissimilar welded joint at elevated temperature

This work focused on the low-cycle fatigue （LCF） behavior of modified 9Cr/CrMoV dissimilar welded joint at elevated temperature. Narrow gap submerged arc welding （NG-SAW） process via multi-pass and multi-layer techniques was employed to fabricate the welded joint. LCF tests at different strain amplitude range from 0.22% to 0.75% were performed at strain ratio R = -1. The two-slope behavior based on fracture location shift was presented both on the cyclic stress-strain （CSS） curve and Manson-Coffin （M-C） curve, which could be applied to predict the fatigue life more precisely especially at relatively low strain amplitude. The results indicated that the joint failed in CrMoV-base metal （BM） at relatively low strain amplitude below 0.4% while failure shifted to CrMoV-over tempered zone （OTZ） at higher strain amplitude above 0.4%. Fatigue failure occurred in CrMoV-BM at low strain amplitude could be attributed to temperature softening effect in CrMoV-BM combined with cyclic strengthening in CrMoV- OTZ. While CrMoV-OTZ with a comparable number of grain boundaries and much lower hardness than that of CrMoV-BM was deemed to be the weakest zone across the welded joint at higher strain amplitude. EBSD investigations also revealed that CrMoV-BM experienced more fatigue damage at relatively low strain amplitude, while CrMoV-OTZ accumulated more plastic strain at higher strain amplitude.

Evolution of Annealing Twins and Recrystallization Texture in Thin-Walled Copper Tube During Heat Treatment

Thin-walled copper tubes are usually produced by multi-pass float-plug drawing deformation.In general,the annealing treatment subsequently is necessary to release the stored energy and adjusts the microstructure.In this study,an investigation on the evolution of annealing twins as well as textures in the thin-walled(Φ6 mm×0.3 mm)copper tube underwent holding time-free heat treatment was reported.Electron backscattered diffraction analysis reveals that a large number ofΣ3 boundaries(600<111>twin relationship)are produced at the early stage of heat treatment,which is due to the lower boundary energy.With the recrystallization proceeding,the migration rate of grain boundaries decreases on account of the grain growth;meanwhile,the uniqueΣ9 boundaries(38.9°<110>relationship)are formed due to the interaction of theΣ3 boundaries.As a result,the number fractions ofΣ3 boundaries and high-angle grain boundaries decrease rapidly.During the grain growth stage,a strong recrystallization texture was formed due to the fact that the grains of Goss orientation have a growth advantage over the others.As a result,the initial copper texture was transferred into the Goss texture in domination.

Structure,Texture and Magnetic Properties of Laser-Welded Ultrathin Fe-Co-V Foils

This research aims to investigate the effect of pulsed Nd：YAG laser micro-welding on the microstructure,texture and magnetic properties of ultra-thin Fe-Co-7.15 wt%V magnetic alloy.Optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy and electron backscattered diffraction techniques were used to study the microstructural evolutions.Also,vibrating sample magnetometry was used to characterize the magnetic properties.The results showed that the fractions of low Σ coincidence site lattice boundaries in the fusion zone are higher than those of the base metal.The welded samples experience a significant decrease in their magnetic properties.It was found that the formation of new fiber texture in the fusion zone and grain coarsening are the most important factors affecting the magnetic properties.