As ligas à base de níquel de alta resistência são utilizadas em uma infinidade de sistemas avançados, onde baixo peso e sistemas de transmissão mecânica de alta densidade de energia são necessários. Componentes, tais como, engrenagens, rolamentos e eixos poderiam ser consideravelmente menor e mais durável se uma grande melhoria em propriedades mecânicas de ligas à base de níquel for alcançada. Um refinamento significativo no tamanho de grão (incluindo nível nano) é um método promissor para a obtenção de melhorias fundamentais nas propriedades mecânicas. O tamanho de grão é conhecido por ter um efeito significativo sobre o comportamento mecânico dos materiais. Um dos métodos mais favoráveis de alcançar refinamento de grão extremo é submetendo os materiais à deformação plástica intensa. As principais variáveis microestruturais nas superligas são a quantidade de precipitados e sua morfologia, o tamanho e a forma do grão e a distribuição de carbonetos (Cr7C3 e Cr23C6) que poderão reduzir propriedades mecânicas da liga. Neste trabalho é apresentada análise por microscopia óptica e eletrônica de transmissão e também os dados de dureza após deformação plástica intensa (tensão de cisalhamento puro) e alguns tratamentos térmicos. / High strength nickel based alloys are used in a multitude of advanced systems where lightweight, high power density mechanical power transmission systems are required. Components such as gears, bearings and shafts could be made significantly smaller and more durable if a major improvement in nickel based alloy mechanical properties could be achieved. A significant refinement in grain size (includes nano level) is thought to be a promising method for achieving fundamental improvements in mechanical properties. Grain size is known to have a significant effect on the mechanical behavior of materials. One of the most favorable methods of achieving extreme grain refinement is by subjecting the materials to severe plastic deformation. The principal microstructural variations in superalloys are the precipitation amount and morphology, grain size and the distribution of carbide precipitation (Cr7C3 and Cr23C6) that could reduce the mechanical properties of the alloys. This work shows optical and transmission electron microscopy analysis and also hardness data after severe plastic deformation (pure shear stress) and some thermal treatments.

As ligas à base de níquel de alta resistência são utilizadas em uma infinidade de sistemas avançados, onde baixo peso e sistemas de transmissão mecânica de alta densidade de energia são necessários. Componentes, tais como, engrenagens, rolamentos e eixos poderiam ser consideravelmente menor e mais durável se uma grande melhoria em propriedades mecânicas de ligas à base de níquel for alcançada. Um refinamento significativo no tamanho de grão (incluindo nível nano) é um método promissor para a obtenção de melhorias fundamentais nas propriedades mecânicas. O tamanho de grão é conhecido por ter um efeito significativo sobre o comportamento mecânico dos materiais. Um dos métodos mais favoráveis de alcançar refinamento de grão extremo é submetendo os materiais à deformação plástica intensa. As principais variáveis microestruturais nas superligas são a quantidade de precipitados e sua morfologia, o tamanho e a forma do grão e a distribuição de carbonetos (Cr7C3 e Cr23C6) que poderão reduzir propriedades mecânicas da liga. Neste trabalho é apresentada análise por microscopia óptica e eletrônica de transmissão e também os dados de dureza após deformação plástica intensa (tensão de cisalhamento puro) e alguns tratamentos térmicos. / High strength nickel based alloys are used in a multitude of advanced systems where lightweight, high power density mechanical power transmission systems are required. Components such as gears, bearings and shafts could be made significantly smaller and more durable if a major improvement in nickel based alloy mechanical properties could be achieved. A significant refinement in grain size (includes nano level) is thought to be a promising method for achieving fundamental improvements in mechanical properties. Grain size is known to have a significant effect on the mechanical behavior of materials. One of the most favorable methods of achieving extreme grain refinement is by subjecting the materials to severe plastic deformation. The principal microstructural variations in superalloys are the precipitation amount and morphology, grain size and the distribution of carbide precipitation (Cr7C3 and Cr23C6) that could reduce the mechanical properties of the alloys. This work shows optical and transmission electron microscopy analysis and also hardness data after severe plastic deformation (pure shear stress) and some thermal treatments.

Title: Phase transformations in ultra-fine grained titanium alloys Author: Kristína Bartha Department: Department of Physics of Materials Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: PhDr. RNDr. Josef Stráský, Ph.D., Department of Physics of Materials Abstract: Ti15Mo alloy in a metastable β solution treated condition was processed by high pressure torsion (HPT) and equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). The microstructure after HPT is severely deformed and ultra-fine grained, while ECAP deformation results in rather coarse-grained structure with shear bands containing high density of lattice defects. Two types of thermal treatments - isothermal annealing and linear heating - were carried out for the solution treated condition and both deformed materials. Wide spectrum of experimental techniques was employed to elucidate the differences in phase transformations, especially in α phase precipitation, occurring in deformed and non-deformed material upon thermal treatment. It was shown that the α phase precipitation is accelerated in the deformed materials due to a high density of lattice defects, which provide a dense net of preferred sites for nucleation and also fast diffusion paths necessary for accelerated growth. The enhanced precipitation of the α phase in deformed materials also affects the stability of the ω...

Title: Investigation of titanium alloys using neutron diffraction Author: Gergely Németh Department / Institute: Department of Physics of Materials Supervisor of the master thesis: prof. RNDr. Kristián Mathis, Ph.D., DrSc., Department of Physics of Materials Abstract: Titanium grade 2 was treated by multiple passes of the continuous equal- channel angular pressing technique (CONFORM ECAP) and, after each pass, additionally by rotary swaging. The residual strain field in samples processed by only CONFORM ECAP was studied by neutron diffraction strain scanning. In order to elucidate the microscopic background and calculate the related residual stress field, the local microstructure was thoroughly investigated by various experimental techniques. The microstructure and the deformation behavior of the rotary swaged samples was studied by transmission electron microscopy and by in-situ neutron diffraction during compression. The results of the analyses indicated that microstructural gradients were present in the material as the result of the inhomogeneous deformation during the CONFORM ECAP treatment. These gradients were identified as the main reason of the presence of residual stress fields. The distributions of stress fields calculated based on microstructural parameters were in correlation with simulation...

Title: Physical properties of ultrafine-grained magnesium based alloys prepared by various severe plastic deformation techniques Author: Jitka Stráská Department / Institute: Department of Physics of Materials Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: Doc. RNDr. Miloš Janeček, CSc. Abstract: The objective of the doctoral thesis is the complex investigation of ultrafine-grained magnesium alloy AZ31 prepared by two different severe plastic deformation techniques, in particular the hot extrusion followed by equal-channel angular pressing (EX-ECAP) and high pressure torsion (HPT). These severe plastic deformation methods, and as well as many others, are described in detail in the introductory theoretical section. Experimental results are summarized in the following experimental part of the thesis. Mechanical properties, lattice defect structure and especially microstructure were investigated using various experimental techniques. Thermal stability of ultrafine-grained microstructure of AZ31 after EX-ECAP was investigated and the activation energies for grain growth in different temperature ranges were calculated using kinetic equation for grain growth and Arrhenius equation. Results from the dislocation density measurements proved temperature ranges of the recovery and the following grain growth. Results from the...

L'hyperdéformation est une technique efficace pour transformer la microstructure des métaux en une structure de grain de taille inférieure au micron ou même en nanostructure (<100 nm). Cette très petite taille de grain confère d'excellentes propriétés mécaniques au matériau. Dans ce travail de thèse, deux techniques d'hyperdéformation récemment développées, appelées High Pressure Tube Twisting (HPTT) and Cyclic Expansion and Extrusion (CEE) ont été appliquées à température ambiante sur différents matériaux métalliques. La fragmentation de la microstructure ainsi que le développement de la texture cristallographique ont été analysés en détails par la diffraction d'électrons rétrodiffusés (EBSD), par microscopie électronique en transmission (TEM), par transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) ainsi que par diffraction des rayons X (XRD). Le gradient de déformation de cisaillement dans l'épaisseur des tubes d'aluminium déformés par HPTT a été déterminé par une méthode de mesure locale du cisaillement. Ce gradient de cisaillement induit une hétérogénéité aussi bien de microstructure que de texture dans les échantillons d'aluminium et de magnésium purs ainsi que dans l'alliage Al-4%Mg en solution solide. La micro-dureté et la taille de grain dans différentes zones ont été mesurées et analysées en fonction du taux cisaillement local. Les tailles de grain limites atteintes de façon stationnaire pour ces différents matériaux produit par HPTT sont respectivement de 700 nm, 900 nm et 100 nm. L'évolution de texture du magnésium pur après HPTT jusqu'à un cisaillement de 16 a été simulée par cisaillement simple par le model auto-cohérent (VPSC), le résultat de simulation a montré de bons accords avec les mesures de texture obtenues par XRD. Sur la base des mesures de distribution de désorientation dans l'aluminium déformé par HPTT, une nouvelle technique de détermination du taux de cisaillement local dans les procédés d'hyper déformation a été proposée. Cette nouvelle technique a été appliquée sur deux échantillons d'aluminium produit par twist extrusion (TE) et par torsion à extrémités libres. Les échantillons d'aluminium et de cuivre ont été déformés intensément par CEE. Les évolutions de texture et de microstructures ont été mesurées par EBSD, montrant un gradient du centre à la périphérie des échantillons cylindriques. L'évolution de texture dans le cuivre déformé par CEE a été simulée par le modèle VPSC en utilisant un modèle de ligne de courant pour décrire la déformation dans le procédé. Les résultats de simulation confirment les caractéristiques de la texture expérimentale observées après CEE. Le comportement en traction du cuivre pré-déformé par grande déformation en torsion a ensuite été testé. En dépit du gradient de cisaillement existant dans la barre, une technique a été proposée pour obtenir la courbe contrainte-déformation pour ce type de matériau. / Severe plastic deformation (SPD) is an efficient technique to transform the microstructure of bulk metals into ultra fine grained structure with grain sizes less than 1 µm or even into nanostructure with nano-grains of less than 100 nm in diameter. The very small grain size attributes excellent mechanical properties to the material. In present thesis work, two recently developed SPD techniques, namely, High Pressure Tube Twisting (HPTT) and Cyclic Expansion and Extrusion (CEE) were performed on different metallic materials at room temperature. Details of fragmentation of microstructure and metallographic texture evolution were investigated by electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), transmission kikuchi diffraction (TKD) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Shear strain gradient across the thickness of the HPTT deformed Al tube sample was found by a local shear measurement method. This shear strain gradient induced the inhomogeneity of microstructure and texture in HPTT deformed pure Al, solid solution alloy Al-4%Mg and pure Mg. The microhardness and average grain size in different zones as a function of shear strain were measured. The limiting steady grain sizes in the steady state for these different materials produced by HPTT were 700 nm, 100 nm and 900 nm, respectively. The texture evolution of pure Mg in HPTT up to a shear strain of 16 was simulated in simple shear using the self-consistent (VPSC) polycrystal model and showed good agreements with the experimental results measured by XRD. Based on the measured disorientation distribution function in HPTT deformed Al, a new technique for the magnitude of local shear strain in SPD was proposed. This new technique was applied to a protrusion produced in twist extrusion (TE) and to an Al sample deformed in free-end torsion. Cu and pure Al samples were intensively deformed by the CEE SPD technique. The microstructure and texture evolutions were measured by EBSD, showing a gradient from the center-zone to the edge part of the rod sample. The texture evolution of CEE deformed Cu was simulated by the VPSC polycrystal model using a flow line function. The simulation results confirmed the experimental texture features observed in the CEE process. The tensile testing behavior of large strain torsion pre-processed Cu was examined. In spite of the shear strain gradient existing in the bar, a technique was proposed to obtain the tensile stress-strain curve of such gradient material.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:36:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Claudia Lopes Guerra.pdf: 9968717 bytes, checksum: 7d0e4986884ffa382a835b641ed76573 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-12 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The ECAP (Equal Channel Angular Pressing) is a mechanical process of Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) where a sample is subjected to a shearing force when passing through the region of intersection of two channels. The main goal of this method is Severe Plastic Deformation achieve a microstructure with ultrafine grains, which have much higher than the equivalent coarse grain materials physical properties, such as an increase in strength and toughness simultaneously. What makes this increasingly interesting technique is that as there is no reduction cross section is possible to obtain plastic strain accumulation and therefore gain in grain order of nanometer scale. The great advantage of ECAP is to achieve a much higher degree of strain hardening than obtained by conventional methods of plastic deformation, and consequently a grain refining much higher as well. The importance of the study of severe plastic deformation process is on improving the mechanical performance of the materials and the possibility of a better understanding of the mechanisms of strain hardening, which may indicate a new path for producing high-strength materials, possibly scaled industrial. In this work are presented the microstructural, mechanical and electrical analysis of the aluminum alloy AA 1050 samples, commonly used for electrical purposes, with ultrafine grains (typical grain size below a micron) resulting from processing by ECAP, based on the method of SPD. / A PCE (Prensagem em Canais Equiangulares) consiste num processo mecânico de Deformação Plástica Intensa (DPI) onde um corpo de prova é sujeito a um esforço de cisalhamento ao passar pela região de intersecção de dois canais. Os principais objetivos desse método de Deformação Plástica Intensa é alcançar uma microestrutura com grãos ultrafinos, os quais possuem propriedades físicas muito superiores aos equivalentes materiais de grãos grosseiros, como um aumento em resistência mecânica e tenacidade simultâneas. O que torna esta técnica cada vez mais interessante é que como não há redução da seção transversal é possível obter acumulo de deformação plástica e com isso obter grãos na ordem de escala nanométrica. A grande vantagem do PCE é alcançar um grau de encruamento muito superior do que obtido por métodos convencionais de deformação plástica, e consequentemente, um refino de grão muito superior também. A importância do estudo do processo de deformação plástica intensa está na melhoria do desempenho mecânico dos materiais e na possibilidade de uma melhor compreensão dos mecanismos de encruamento, fato que pode indicar um novo caminho para a produção de materiais de alta resistência mecânica, possivelmente em escala industrial. Nesse trabalho são apresentadas as análises microestruturais, mecânicas e elétricas de amostras de ligas de alumínio AA 1050, comumente utilizadas para fins elétricos, com estrutura de grãos ultrafinos (tamanho de grão típico abaixo de um micrometro) resultantes do processamento por PCE, baseada no método de DPI.