Valve spring steel for engines, belonging to the class of super clean steel, must be supported due to their application, high numbers of cycles in fatigue and cannot suffer any type of failure, which would be catastro...Valve spring steel for engines, belonging to the class of super clean steel, must be supported due to their application, high numbers of cycles in fatigue and cannot suffer any type of failure, which would be catastrophic for the vehicle. From these considerations, it was tested in axial fatigue, a test that can detect possible internal defects in their structure, caused by inclusions, a class of valve spring steel, where it aimed to discover the values of their fatigue life, followed by an analysis ofmicrostructural fracture surface by SEM （scanning electron microscopy）. It was proved, after testing, the specimens tested broke up a number of cycles always compatible with the life work of a valve spring and that fractures always occurred by surface defects in the specimens.展开更多
For the development of high‐temperature superconducting(HTS)magnet systems of future fusion devices,a novel HTS round strand based on a stacking structure was designed and manufactured using second generation(2G)HTS ...For the development of high‐temperature superconducting(HTS)magnet systems of future fusion devices,a novel HTS round strand based on a stacking structure was designed and manufactured using second generation(2G)HTS tapes.Different mechanical loads during operation can result in irreversible degradation of the strand.The axial tension and fatigue loads need particular attention.Therefore,it is important to investigate the electromechanical behavior of the round strand under various axial tension and cyclic loads.In this paper,the axial tensile and fatigue tests were conducted at 77 K,self‐field.Taking 95%critical current(I_(c))retention as the criterion,the results of the tensile tests revealed that the average tensile stress and strain were as high as 344 MPa and 0.47%,respectively.Fatigue characteristics were also investigated as a function of axial tensile stress.No significant performance degradation was observed up to 100,000 loading cycles with stress amplitudes ranging from 20 MPa to 200 MPa.Ic degradation occurs after 16,000 loading cycles with 380 MPa as the maximum stress.Furthermore,the microscopic defects of the round strand samples due to fabrication imperfections and mechanical loading were investigated using metallographic microscope and scanning electron microscope.These results presented in this paper are useful for comprehending and improving the mechanical behaviors of the strand in high‐field and large‐scale fusion magnet systems.展开更多
文摘Valve spring steel for engines, belonging to the class of super clean steel, must be supported due to their application, high numbers of cycles in fatigue and cannot suffer any type of failure, which would be catastrophic for the vehicle. From these considerations, it was tested in axial fatigue, a test that can detect possible internal defects in their structure, caused by inclusions, a class of valve spring steel, where it aimed to discover the values of their fatigue life, followed by an analysis ofmicrostructural fracture surface by SEM （scanning electron microscopy）. It was proved, after testing, the specimens tested broke up a number of cycles always compatible with the life work of a valve spring and that fractures always occurred by surface defects in the specimens.
基金supported by the Southwestern Institute of Physics(SWIP)under project number 202101XWCXRZ001 and 2021XWCXRZ002.
文摘For the development of high‐temperature superconducting(HTS)magnet systems of future fusion devices,a novel HTS round strand based on a stacking structure was designed and manufactured using second generation(2G)HTS tapes.Different mechanical loads during operation can result in irreversible degradation of the strand.The axial tension and fatigue loads need particular attention.Therefore,it is important to investigate the electromechanical behavior of the round strand under various axial tension and cyclic loads.In this paper,the axial tensile and fatigue tests were conducted at 77 K,self‐field.Taking 95%critical current(I_(c))retention as the criterion,the results of the tensile tests revealed that the average tensile stress and strain were as high as 344 MPa and 0.47%,respectively.Fatigue characteristics were also investigated as a function of axial tensile stress.No significant performance degradation was observed up to 100,000 loading cycles with stress amplitudes ranging from 20 MPa to 200 MPa.Ic degradation occurs after 16,000 loading cycles with 380 MPa as the maximum stress.Furthermore,the microscopic defects of the round strand samples due to fabrication imperfections and mechanical loading were investigated using metallographic microscope and scanning electron microscope.These results presented in this paper are useful for comprehending and improving the mechanical behaviors of the strand in high‐field and large‐scale fusion magnet systems.
