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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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An analysis of the hardened microstructure in compression deformed (001) silicon single crystal at 900 oC

Hsieh, Chung-ching 05 August 2010 (has links)
¡@In this study, the plastic deformation of (001) single crystal silicon at 900 oC is investigated by uniaxial compression along [001]. Using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy to observe the sample surface, and analysis the corresponding microstructure of different strain deformed silicon by transmission electron microscopy, particularly dislocation, slip systems and work hardening behaviour. ¡@Experimental temperature condition was chosen which over the BDT temperature range of silicon. We were found similar stages of work hardening described in metals and use the result of analysis dislocations and slip systems to suggest a hardening process of plastic deformation. ¡@The observations are similar to the feature in stage II (dislocation tangled) and stage III (dislocation cell structure). Partial dislocation and dipole are formed in less strained sample. We suggest a hardening process of plastic deformation from these results.
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Work Hardening and Latent Hardening of Mg Single Crystals under Uniaxial Deformation at 298K

Hiura, Fumiaki January 2015 (has links)
In this thesis, work hardening and latent hardening behaviours of pure Mg single crystals were mainly studied under uniaxial deformation tests at room temperature, 298K. By uniaxial tensile/compression tests, work hardening behaviours of Mg single crystals with different orientations favoured for single and double basal <a> slip, {10-12}<10-11> twin, 2nd order pyramidal <c+a> slip and basal <a> slip + {10-12}<10-11> twin were studied. In order to investigate latent hardening behaviours among slip and twin systems, the Jackson-Basinski type latent hardening experiments in Mg single crystals at room temperature have been carried out under different types of dislocation interactions, which included: (i) the self-interactions, (ii) the co-planar interactions on the basal plane, (iii) basal <a> slip / {10-12}<10-11> twin dislocation interactions, (iv) {10-12}<10-11> twin / basal <a> slip dislocation interactions and (v) basal <a> slip / 2nd order pyramidal <c+a> slip dislocation interactions. The microstructure and micro-texture of the deformed single crystals was observed by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and SEM/EBSD methods. In addition, micro- and nano-indentation measurements were performed on adjacent matrix and {10-12}<10-11> twin regions of deformed Mg single crystals and the hardness values were analyzed by the Oliver-Pharr method. The results from the Ph.D. work provided framework for the discussion of the plastic flow in Mg single crystals and quantitative values for hardening parameters used in the crystal plasticity modelling. / Thesis / Doctor of Science (PhD)
3

Low Temperature Deformation Behavior of Ultrafine Grained Pure Aluminum

Chang, Ming-Yun 10 August 2005 (has links)
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Microstructural Strengthening Mechanisms in Micro-truss Periodic Cellular Metals

Bouwhuis, Brandon 01 March 2010 (has links)
This thesis investigates the effect of microstructural strengthening mechanisms on the overall mechanical performance of micro-truss periodic cellular metals (PCMs). Prior to the author’s work, the primary design considerations of micro-truss PCMs had been topological issues, i.e. the architectural arrangement of the load-supporting ligaments. Very little attention had been given to investigate the influence of microstructural effects within the cellular ligaments. Of the four broad categories of strengthening mechanisms in metals, only solute and second phase strengthening had previously been used in micro-trusses; the potential for strengthening micro-truss materials by work-hardening or grain size reduction had not been addressed. In order to utilize these strengthening mechanisms in micro-truss PCMs, two issues needed to be addressed. First, the deformation-forming method used to produce the micro-trusses was analyzed in order to map the fabrication-induced (in-situ) strain as well as the range of architectures that could be reached. Second, a new compression testing method was developed to simulate the properties of the micro-truss as part of a common functional form, i.e. as the core of a light-weight sandwich panel, and test the effectiveness of microstructural strengthening mechanisms without the influence of typical high-temperature sandwich panel joining processes, such as brazing. The first strengthening mechanism was achieved by controlling the distribution of plastic strain imparted to the micro-truss struts during fabrication. It was shown that this strain energy can lead to a factor of three increase in compressive strength without an associated weight penalty. An analytical model for the critical inelastic buckling stress of the micro-truss struts during uniaxial compression was developed in terms of the axial flow stress during stretch forming fabrication. The second mechanism was achieved by electrodeposition of a high-strength nanocrystalline metal sleeve around the cellular ligaments, producing new types of hybrid nanocrystalline cellular metals. It was shown that despite the added mass, the nanocrystalline sleeves could increase the weight-specific strength of micro-truss hybrids. An isostrain model was developed based on the theoretical behaviour of a nanocrystalline metal tube network in order to predict the compressive strength of the hybrid materials.
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The Effect of Shot-peening on the Fatigue Limits of Four Connecting Rod Steels

Mirzazadeh, Mohammad-Mahdi January 2010 (has links)
This work was carried out to study the effect of shot-peening on the fatigue behaviour of carbon steels. Differently heat treated medium and high carbon steel specimens were selected. Medium carbon steels, AISI 1141 and AISI 1151, were respectively air cooled and quenched-tempered. A high carbon steel, C70S6 (AISI 1070), was air cooled. The other material was a powder metal (0.5% C) steel. Each group of steels was divided into two. One was shot-peened. The other half remained in their original conditions. All were fatigue tested under fully reversed (R=-1) tension-compression loading conditions. Microhardness tests were carried out on both the grip and gage sections of selected non shot-peened and shot-peened specimens to determine the hardness profile and effect of cycling. Shot-peening was found to be deeper on one side of each specimen. Compressive residual stress profiles and surface roughness measurements were provided. Shot-peening increased the surface roughness from 0.26±0.03µm to 3.60±0.44µm. Compressive residual stresses induced by shot-peening reached a maximum of -463.9MPa at a depth of 0.1mm.The fatigue limit (N≈106 cycles) and microhardness profiles of the non shot-peened and shot-peened specimens were compared to determine the material behaviour changes after shot-peening and cycling. Also their fatigue properties were related to the manufacturing process including heat and surface treatments. Comparing the grip and gage microhardness profiles of each steel showed that neither cyclic softening nor hardening occurred in the non shot-peened condition. Cyclic softening was apparent in the shot-peened regions of all steels except powder metal (PM) steel. The amount of softening in the shot-peened region was 55.0% on the left side and 73.0% on the right in the AISI 1141 steel , 46.0% on the left side and 55.0% on the right in the C70S6AC steel and 31.0% on the right side in AISI 1151QT steel. Softening was accompanied by a decrease in the depth of surface hardness. It is suggested that although the beneficial effects of shot peening, compressive residual stresses and work hardening, were offset by surface roughness, crack initiation was more likely to occur below the surface. Surface roughness was not a significant factor in controlling the fatigue lives of AISI 1141AC and C70S6 steels, since they were essentially the same for the non shot-peened and shot-peened conditions. Shot-peening had very little effect on the push-pull fatigue limit of C70S6 steel (-2.1%), and its effect on AISI 1141AC steel was relatively small (6.0%). However, the influence of shot-peening on the AISI 1151QT and PM steels was more apparent. The fatigue limit of the PM steel increased 14.0% whereas the fatigue limit of the AISI 1151QT steel decreased 11.0% on shot peening.
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Plastic Behavior of Polycrytalline Thin Films: Discrete Dislocation Study

Mohammad Davoudi, Kamyar January 2014 (has links)
Explaining the work-hardening behavior of crystalline materials and the size dependent plasticity has been a long lasting problem. Plastic deformation mainly arises from the collective motion of dislocations. Although individual dislocation processes are well studied, the study of the overall effects of these processes was challenging before the emergence of computer modeling. Of the computer simulation techniques, discrete dislocation dynamics (DDD) is the most suitable method to model thin films at the micron scale and below. This method allows us to study the quantitative effects of certain mechanisms. / Engineering and Applied Sciences
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The Effect of Shot-peening on the Fatigue Limits of Four Connecting Rod Steels

Mirzazadeh, Mohammad-Mahdi January 2010 (has links)
This work was carried out to study the effect of shot-peening on the fatigue behaviour of carbon steels. Differently heat treated medium and high carbon steel specimens were selected. Medium carbon steels, AISI 1141 and AISI 1151, were respectively air cooled and quenched-tempered. A high carbon steel, C70S6 (AISI 1070), was air cooled. The other material was a powder metal (0.5% C) steel. Each group of steels was divided into two. One was shot-peened. The other half remained in their original conditions. All were fatigue tested under fully reversed (R=-1) tension-compression loading conditions. Microhardness tests were carried out on both the grip and gage sections of selected non shot-peened and shot-peened specimens to determine the hardness profile and effect of cycling. Shot-peening was found to be deeper on one side of each specimen. Compressive residual stress profiles and surface roughness measurements were provided. Shot-peening increased the surface roughness from 0.26±0.03µm to 3.60±0.44µm. Compressive residual stresses induced by shot-peening reached a maximum of -463.9MPa at a depth of 0.1mm.The fatigue limit (N≈106 cycles) and microhardness profiles of the non shot-peened and shot-peened specimens were compared to determine the material behaviour changes after shot-peening and cycling. Also their fatigue properties were related to the manufacturing process including heat and surface treatments. Comparing the grip and gage microhardness profiles of each steel showed that neither cyclic softening nor hardening occurred in the non shot-peened condition. Cyclic softening was apparent in the shot-peened regions of all steels except powder metal (PM) steel. The amount of softening in the shot-peened region was 55.0% on the left side and 73.0% on the right in the AISI 1141 steel , 46.0% on the left side and 55.0% on the right in the C70S6AC steel and 31.0% on the right side in AISI 1151QT steel. Softening was accompanied by a decrease in the depth of surface hardness. It is suggested that although the beneficial effects of shot peening, compressive residual stresses and work hardening, were offset by surface roughness, crack initiation was more likely to occur below the surface. Surface roughness was not a significant factor in controlling the fatigue lives of AISI 1141AC and C70S6 steels, since they were essentially the same for the non shot-peened and shot-peened conditions. Shot-peening had very little effect on the push-pull fatigue limit of C70S6 steel (-2.1%), and its effect on AISI 1141AC steel was relatively small (6.0%). However, the influence of shot-peening on the AISI 1151QT and PM steels was more apparent. The fatigue limit of the PM steel increased 14.0% whereas the fatigue limit of the AISI 1151QT steel decreased 11.0% on shot peening.
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Effect of Microstructure on Retained Austenite Stability and Tensile Behaviour in an Aluminum-Alloyed TRIP Steel

CHIANG, JASMINE SHEREE 25 September 2012 (has links)
Transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels have excellent strength, ductility and work hardening behaviour, which can be attributed to a phenomenon known as the TRIP effect. The TRIP effect involves a metastable phase, retained austenite (RA), transforming into martensite as a result of applied stress or strain. This transformation absorbs energy and improves the work hardening rate of the steel, delaying the onset of necking. This work describes two distinct TRIP steel microstructures and focuses on how microstructure affects the RA-to-martensite transformation and the uniaxial tensile behaviour. A two-step heat treatment was applied to an aluminum-alloyed TRIP steel to obtain a microstructure consisting of equiaxed grains of ferrite surrounded by bainite, martensite and RA -- the equiaxed microstructure. The second microstructure was produced by first austenitizing and quenching the steel to produce martensite, followed by the two-step heat treatment. The resulting microstructure (labelled the lamellar microstructure) consisted of elongated grains of ferrite with bainite, martensite and RA grains. Both microstructural variants had similar initial volume fractions of RA. A series of interrupted tensile tests and ex-situ magnetic measurements were conducted to examine the RA transformation during uniform elongation. Similar tests were also conducted on an equiaxed microstructure and a lamellar microstructure with similar ultimate tensile strengths. Results show that the work hardening rate is directly related to the RA transformation rate. The slower transformation rate, or higher RA stability, that was observed in the lamellar microstructure enables sustained work hardening at high strains. In contrast, the equiaxed microstructure has a lower RA stability and thus exhibits high values of work hardening at low strains, but the effect is quickly exhausted. Several microstructural factors that affect RA stability were examined, including RA grain size, aspect ratio, carbon content and spatial distribution of the phases. Two of these factors were characteristic of only the lamellar microstructures and led to higher RA stabilities: elongated RA grains and RA grains being primarily surrounded by bainite. The results were also compared with previous work on a silicon-alloyed TRIP steel to show that the aluminum-alloyed compositions could achieve similar, if not better, combinations of strength and ductility. / Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2012-09-24 16:52:28.032
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Microstructural Strengthening Mechanisms in Micro-truss Periodic Cellular Metals

Bouwhuis, Brandon 01 March 2010 (has links)
This thesis investigates the effect of microstructural strengthening mechanisms on the overall mechanical performance of micro-truss periodic cellular metals (PCMs). Prior to the author’s work, the primary design considerations of micro-truss PCMs had been topological issues, i.e. the architectural arrangement of the load-supporting ligaments. Very little attention had been given to investigate the influence of microstructural effects within the cellular ligaments. Of the four broad categories of strengthening mechanisms in metals, only solute and second phase strengthening had previously been used in micro-trusses; the potential for strengthening micro-truss materials by work-hardening or grain size reduction had not been addressed. In order to utilize these strengthening mechanisms in micro-truss PCMs, two issues needed to be addressed. First, the deformation-forming method used to produce the micro-trusses was analyzed in order to map the fabrication-induced (in-situ) strain as well as the range of architectures that could be reached. Second, a new compression testing method was developed to simulate the properties of the micro-truss as part of a common functional form, i.e. as the core of a light-weight sandwich panel, and test the effectiveness of microstructural strengthening mechanisms without the influence of typical high-temperature sandwich panel joining processes, such as brazing. The first strengthening mechanism was achieved by controlling the distribution of plastic strain imparted to the micro-truss struts during fabrication. It was shown that this strain energy can lead to a factor of three increase in compressive strength without an associated weight penalty. An analytical model for the critical inelastic buckling stress of the micro-truss struts during uniaxial compression was developed in terms of the axial flow stress during stretch forming fabrication. The second mechanism was achieved by electrodeposition of a high-strength nanocrystalline metal sleeve around the cellular ligaments, producing new types of hybrid nanocrystalline cellular metals. It was shown that despite the added mass, the nanocrystalline sleeves could increase the weight-specific strength of micro-truss hybrids. An isostrain model was developed based on the theoretical behaviour of a nanocrystalline metal tube network in order to predict the compressive strength of the hybrid materials.
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Desgaste abrasivo do aço Hadfield com diferentes teores de carbono em abrasômetro do tipo pino-disco

OLIVEIRA, Marcelo dos Anjos 31 August 2016 (has links)
Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-04-27T15:18:52Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Marcelo Oliveira.pdf: 7846435 bytes, checksum: 4659cf7d50095ccabdf49ebcc00f0bba (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-27T15:18:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Marcelo Oliveira.pdf: 7846435 bytes, checksum: 4659cf7d50095ccabdf49ebcc00f0bba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-31 / A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo, investigar o efeito do teor de carbono e do tamanho do abrasivo na resistência ao desgaste e no fenômeno de encruamento superficial de quatro aços Hadfield. Para esse estudo, foi montado, o equipamento pino contra disco, e, como abrasivo utilizou-se lixas de ferro, com o tamanho médio entre 36 µm e 93 µm. Para o alcance do objetivo proposto foram delimitados materiais e métodos, a saber: (a) montagem do abrasômetro pino-disco a partir de um dispositivo desativado disponibilizado pelo LFS-USP; (b) confrontar resultados experimentais – dois materiais (Aço 1045 e alumínio 6351) foram submetidos a ensaios realizados na UFPE e USP para fins de estudos comparativos; (c) avaliação da influência de parâmetros do ensaio – três abrasivos com diferentes tamanhos de partículas e diferentes cargas foram submetidos e avaliados mediante o desgaste abrasivo; (d) avaliação do comportamento de diferentes composições do aço Hadfield perante ensaios de abrasividade – aços contendo quatro diferentes teores de carbono foram submetidos a ensaios com lixas #220 e #320; (e) análise das superfícies desgastadas – após os ensaios dos materiais, as superfícies foram realizadas análises por microscópio eletrônico de varredura (MEV) das superfícies desgastadas. Os resultados obtidos com o equipamento na metodologia empregada tiveram uma boa reprodutibilidade. Foram observadas diferenças nos resultados entre os equipamentos da UFPE e da USP. Quanto a este tópico, o desgaste abrasivo do aço Hadfield foi influenciado pelo teor de carbono apresentando uma relação em que maiores teores demonstraram menor efeito de desgaste, diferentes tamanhos de abrasivo ocasionam um efeito de encruamento significativo, onde se observou o ganho de dureza em aços com menores teores de carbono. Contudo, foi apresentada uma oscilação do efeito no abrasivo #320. As micrografias revelaram microssulcos e microcortes provenientes do ensaio e não foram observadas diferenças nas marcas de desgaste quando utilizados tamanhos diferentes de partícula abrasiva. Ao final, chegou-se a conclusão de que os resultados obtidos demonstram que o teor de carbono influência na resistência ao desgaste do aço e consequentemente no encruamento superficial do aço. Observa-se também a influência do tamanho do abrasivo e carga aplicada o ensaio. / This research aimed to investigate the effect of the carbon content and the size of the abrasive in the wear resistance and surface hardening phenomenon four Hadfield steel. For this study , has been assembled , the disc against pin device and abrasive was used iron sandpapers, with average size between 36 m and 93 micrometers. To achieve the proposed objectives were defined materials and methods, namely: (a) mounting the pindisk abrasômetro from a disabled device provided by the LFS-USP; (b) comparing experimental results - two materials (1045 steel and aluminum 6351) were submitted to tests performed at university and USP for purposes of comparative studies; (c) evaluation of the influence of the test parameters - Three abrasive particles with different sizes and different loads were submitted and evaluated by the abrasive wear; (d) assessment of the behavior of different steel compositions Hadfield before abrasiveness tests - steels containing four different carbon contents were subjected to tests with sandpaper # 220 and # 320; (e) analysis of the worn surfaces - after the tests of materials different analyzes were performed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) of worn surfaces. The results obtained with the equipment in the methodology employed had good reproducibility. There were differences in results between the equipment and the UFPE USP. On this topic, the abrasive wear Hadfield steel was influenced by carbon having a relationship in which higher levels showed less wear effect, different abrasive sizes cause a significant strain hardening effect, which was observed gain hardness steel with lower carbon content. However, an oscillation of the abrasive effect on the # 320 was presented. The micrographs revealed microssulcos and microcuts from test and differences were observed in wear marks when using different sizes of abrasive particle. In the end, came to the conclusion that the results show that the influence of carbon content in the wear resistance of steel and consequently the surface of the steel hardening. It is also observed the influence of abrasive size and load applied to the test.

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