摘要:The dendritic growth of an Al-3Cu-1Mg alloy was calculated using a three-dimensional cellular automaton model.Effects of the off-diagonal terms of the solute diffusion coefficient matrix on the dendritic growth during solidification of the alloy were investigated.The solute diffusion coefficients were treated in two ways:(1)by considering the concentration-dependent and temperature-dependent diffusion,and neglecting the effect of solute interactions or the off-diagonal terms of the diffusion matrix,or(2)by calculating the diffusion coefficients by solving the full diffusion matrix.The results indicate that the calculated dendrite tip selection parameter is the smaller than that obtained using the marginal stability criterion.When the off-diagonal terms of the solute diffusion coefficient matrix are considered,the growth velocity of the dendrite tip is decreased,while the dendrite tip radius is increased as a result of the attraction of the solutes in the Al-Cu-Mg system.
摘要:Based on metallograph of tomographic slices,the 3Dreconstruction method was applied for analyzing the microstructure characteristics of semi-solid 7075 Al alloy by the digital processing technique.The samples of semi-solid 7075 Al alloy were prepared by the recrystallization and partial remelting process,and then the two-dimensional photos of tomographic slices were obtained by metallographic microscope.After the digital processing process including locating,aligning,thresholding and stacking of multilayer images,the 3Dmicrostructure was reconstructed by converting the two-dimensional information to three-dimensional information.From the reconstructed 3D microstructure,it is found that the microstructure of semi-solid 7075 Al alloy prepared is connected or isolated liquid phase filled in the gaps among the solid phase.The space structure feature of microstructure of semi-solid alloys can be characterized easily by 3D microstructure,so the microstructure can be characterized more accurately.
摘要:Based on the 2024 aluminum alloy extrusion rod isothermal heat treatment,formation mechanism and influence factors of semi-solid microstructure were investigated.The processing parameters for the industrial application were presented by analyzing the gear parts manufactured by the technology.The results reveal that desirable microstructure can be observed at 626 ℃ for 10 min,and the tensile strength reaches 290 MPa.
摘要:In order to improve microstructure and composition segregation of the casting titanium alloys,TC4 alloys was fabricated by powder metallurgy method based on mixing element method and cold isostatic pressing.The effects of sintering temperature on performance and microstructure of TC4 alloys were investigated by OM,SEM and tensile testing.Results show that the microstructure of sintered TC4 alloys can be refined obviously and it is mainly composed ofαandβphase with the uniform distribution of element.With increasing in sintering temperature,tensile1 strength of the sintered TC4 alloy can be improved greatly.With sintered temperature more than 1 260℃,increase of mechanical properties of the alloy can be ignored with increasing in sintering temperature.Elongation of the alloy is increased firstly and then declined with sintering temperature increase.The maximum value of tensile strength and elongation can reach up to 1 018 MPa and 8.8%,respectively.
摘要:The microstructure of Al-0.01Zr-0.02 Balloy conductor wire with trace Er element was observed and analyzed by optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy,and the mechanical and electrical properties were measured to understand effects of Er element on Al-0.01Zr-0.02 Balloy.The results show that with the addition of trace Er element,the second phase particles Al3 Er,Al3(ZrEr)are generated and microstructure of the Al-0.01Zr-0.02 Balloy is improved,so the comprehensive performance is improved.
关键词:Er Element;Aluminum Alloy;Conductor Wire;Microstructure and Properties
摘要:β-Mg17Al12 phases with various distribution features in AZ80 alloy were observed by homogenizing treatment at 420 ℃ for different time.The effects ofβphase on microstructure and mechanical properties of as-rolled AZ80 alloy were investigated by metallography microscopy,scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and tensile tests.The results show that the size,morphology and distribution ofβphase are closely related with the dynamic recrystallization behavior during hot rolling process.Coarseβphase distributed along the grain boundaries can promote dynamic recrystallization and enhance the formation of fine grain band.However,when most ofβphases are tiny and distributed just in grain interiors dispersedly,fine grain bands become uncompleted and twinning happens in some initial grain interiors.The desirable comprehensive mechanical properties of as-rolled AZ80 alloy can be presented by homogenizing at 420 ℃for 12 h.
摘要:The effects of different aging time on microstructure and properties of hot-extruded GH3625 alloy tube at 720℃ were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy(SEM),energy-dispersive spectrometry(EDS)and Image-Pro plus metallographic analysis software.The results indicate that the M23C6,γ" phase andδphase are mainly precipitated in the GH3625 alloy at 720℃ during long term aging,and the strength and hardness of GH3625 alloy are increased,however,the plasticity is decreased drastically.With the increase of aging time,some M23C6 phases are transformed into M6C,and most of theγ"phases are transformed into acicularδphase.In addition,after aging for 5 000 h,theδphase is changed from long acicular to long rod-like,weakening strengthening effect ofγ" phase.Theδphase is grown up with aging time and the average growth rate length 5.9×108 nm3/h,following LSW theory,while the average width of coarsening is deviated from the LSW theory.
关键词:GH3625 Superalloy;Longterm Aging;δ Phase;LSW Theory
摘要:The uniformity of mold temperature distribution is the important factor affecting the quality of automotive injection products,and 60% plastics product’s defects are caused by mold cooling system as a result of un-suitable design.Due to the trolley trim cover defects,the mathematical model was established,and boundary and initial conditions were taken into account to analyze the temperature field of defects positions based on the ANSYS software.The results show that the surface temperature and center temperature reach 141.7℃and 229.1℃,respectively,so temperature difference reaches up to 87.4℃,which is not meet the requirements of plastics.The cooling system structure of the mold was re-designed.At the same injection conditions,continuous samples 3 000 products show 100% qualified rate.
关键词:Mold;Temperature;Cooling System;ANSYS;Top White
摘要:By using powerful spinning SXD100/S3-CNC numerical control machine,different processing parameters(thinning ratio,feeding ratio,working angle)of connecting rod bushing manufactured and the springback were measured.Based on orthogonal experiment,taking the thinning ratio and the feed ratio,the working angle as the input layer,and the springback degree as the output layer,prediction model of powerful spinning rod bushing springback was established by BP neural network,and it was trained and predicted by testing data.The results reveal that the model exhibits a higher prediction accuracy,and it can predict accurately the springback of connecting rod bushing manufactured under different powerful spinning processing parameters.
关键词:Connecting Rod Bushing;Powerful Spinning;Springback Rate;BP Neural Network
摘要:Some key technologies for numerical simulation in casting were analyzed,and the SIMU-CAST software was developed.The software has the function of solidification field and prediction of shrinkage porosities during casting process based on FEM method,in which non-leaner features of materials and boundary conditions as well as latent heat were taken into account.The simulated results from SIMUCAST were verified by ProCAST and experiment.The results reveal that the developed software exhibits the high accuracy in calculation and simulation,meanwhile,prediction of shrinkage porosities is well agreement with the practical ones,meeting the industrial application.
关键词:Casting Technology;Numerical Simulation;Software Development
摘要:Elimination of die casting defects in mold design and filling process of camshaft bracket for motorbike was described.Through numerical simulation,feasibility of gating system design was analyzed.Aiming at problems in mold design,gas hole defects were decreased greatly through shortening pre-casting mold core.
摘要:Solidification process of low pressure casting aluminum alloy wheel at different holding pressure was visualized by a software to analyze feasibility of low pressure casting aluminum alloy wheel at the higher holding pressure.The results reveal that with increasing in holding pressure,solidification rate of the alloy is increased,and microstructure of the aluminum alloy wheel is more compact,so yield strength and elongation of the wheel are increased by 15% and 70%,respectively.Meanwhile,impact resistance of the aluminum alloy wheel is improved.
关键词:Low Pressure Die Casting;Holding Pressure;Aluminum Alloy Wheel;Lightweight Design
摘要:Filling process of die casting aluminum alloy carburetor midbody was simulated by the ProCAST software.By analyzing temperature field and flow field in die-casting process of aluminum carburetor and observing distribution and volume of predicated flaws,the optimized parameters of die-casting process were presented as follows:the injection speed of 2.5m/s,mold preheating temperature of 210℃,pouring temperature of 620℃and ingate thickness of 2.5mm.Through adopting the optimized parameters,the qualified carburetor midbody was produced successfully.Microstructural observation reveal,that the simulated defects are well in agreement with the practical ones.
摘要:The rotating-rod induced nucleation(RRIN)was adopted to fabricate the semi-solid slurry of A356 alloy,and influence of holding time on the microstructure of A356 aluminum alloy semi-solid slurry was investigated.The results show that,with the increase of holding time,the primary phase size is increased gradually,however,the shape factor of the primaryα-Al is decreased firstly and then increased,which follows the Oswald ripening mechanism.With holding for 1min,the equivalent diameter of the primary phase is about 54μm with shape factor of 0.89,while the number of particles per unit area is about 175/mm2.With the holding time of 5min,the primaryα-Al shape factor is 0.83,and its equivalent diameter reaches about 74μm,and number of particles per unit area is about 130/mm2.However,the shape factor reaches the largest with the holding time of 20 min,as much as 0.97,and the number of particles per unit area is about 70/mm2.
摘要:The analysis methods and program of investment casting defects were described briefly.Defects difficult to identification can use microstructure analysis,chemical analysis,acidic immersion,OM and XRD.Hot crack in investment castings was analyzed.Through increasing pouring temperature and shell-mold deformability to decrease stress,and modifying casting structure to realize sequential solidification,hot crack is eliminated and waste rate is decreased.
摘要:The method of accelerating shell mold drying rate was analyzed in the process of making shell with complex cavity body.In the process of silica sol shell making,casting defects often occur in the inner cavity of the valve body as a result of poor drying.Shell mold drying speed is too slow in the whole shell making process,seriously affecting the shell making cycle.Through designing the device for accelerating the drying speed of shell mould,the casting defects caused by poor shell mold drying are decreased greatly.Meanwhile,the shell-making period is shortened obviously.
摘要:A stepwise vacuum diffusion bonding method was used to fabricate Cu/Al joint with varied thickness of Ni intermediate layer.The interfacial microstructure and metallurgical reaction between Cu and Al were investigated.The morphology and phase composition of heterogeneous composite interface were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and energy disperse spectroscopy(EDS).The shearing strength and the micro-hardness of the joint were measured by shearing experiment and hardness testing.The results reveal that,Ni intermediate layer can prevent effectively generation of brittle intermetallic compound phase in the Cu and Al.Compound phase of two layer Al3Ni and Al3Ni2 can be observed in Ni/Al interface,and there exists solid solution phase with clear elemental composition gradient in the Cu/Ni interface.When Ni foil thickness is 20μm,Ni foil just be completely consumed,so obvious defects are absent in interface,and the interface shear strength reaches maximum value.
摘要:A new type casting SiCp-GRp/Zn-35Al-1.2Mg composites were prepared with adding different content of graphite GRp,SiCp,SiCp/Al、GRp/Al and SiCp+GRp/Al by powder pressed sintering method combined with stirring casting process.Micro-vickers hardness and as-cast microstructure of the novel aluminum-zinc composites were measured at different loading and time.The results reveal that the reinforced silicon carbide and graphite particles can be distributed uniformly in the matrix,and matrix hardness is increased by 8.5% with single adding SiCp,while the matrix hardness is decreased by 15.4% with only adding GRp,however,matrix hardness is reduced by 6.2% with adding SiCpand GRp.The temperature increment rate of the aluminum matrix zinc alloy reaches 45.7 ℃/s at 150 Nload,while the temperature increment rate of the composites with the single addition graphite particles is only 26.1 ℃/s,however,the temperature decrement rate reaches 50.4℃/s during the wear end stage.Meanwhile,the decrement rate of the composites with single addition silicon carbide particles is 33.6℃/s.At 30 Nfor 600s,anti-friction behavior of the composites with GRp exhibits desirable,and the wear loss of the matrix is reduced by 19%,while at 60 N for 600 s,the anti-friction and anti-wear effect of composites with the silicon carbide and graphite compound particles exhibits desirable,and the wear loss is reduced by 17%.In addition,the wear-resistance index of the composites with only adding SiCp is increased by 34% during wearing at 150 Nload.
摘要:Submicron SiC particle reinforced Al matrix composites was fabricated by powder metallurgy method.The microstructure of the as-prepared composites was observed by scanning electronic microscopy(SEM),and the mechanical properties were characterized by tensile testing and Brinell hardness test.The results reveal that with increasing in the volumetric fraction of SiC submicron particles,the relative density of Al-matrix composites is decreased,and hardness and frictional coefficient are increased,while tensile strength and the wear rate of the composites are increased firstly and then decreased.When the volumetric fraction of SiC submicron particles is 6.0%,tensile strength of the composites prepared reaches the maximum value with low wear rate.When SiC submicron particles were added into the aluminum matrix composites,due to its high hardness and strength bearing to certain loading to hinder the sliding of the grain boundaries,mechanical properties and wear resistance of Al matrix composites were improved.
关键词:Al-matrix Composites;Powder Metallurgy;Volumetric Fraction;Nano-sized SiC
摘要:The 15%cin volumetric fraction,chopped carbon fibers reinforced magnesium composites(Csf/AZ91D)were prepared by vacuum assisted pressure infiltration method,and the isothermal constant strain rate compression experiment of Csf/AZ91 Dcomposites was carried out at the deformation temperatures from 400 ℃to 460 ℃ and strain rates from 0.001s-1 to 1s-1 and the true strain of 0.7to understand the behavior of flow stress and dynamic recrystallization.The results indicate that the softening mechanism of the dynamic recrystallization is a feature of true stress-true strain curves of Csf/AZ91 D composites,and the critical strain is decreased with increasing in temperature or decreasing in strain rate.The functional relationship with parameter Zcan be exhibited asεc=1.6×10-3 Z0.037 2 and there enists a linear relationship between critical strain and peak strain,εc=0.385 2εp.The critical strain of the composites is much less than that of magnesium alloy AZ91 D,and the chopped carbon fibers promote the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization of matrix magnesium alloy and refine the recrystallization grains.
摘要:Hot deformation behavior of ZE42 magnesium alloy was investigated by compression tests at elevated temperatures in the range of 300450℃and 0.0110s-1,respectively.Processing map was presented based on dynamic material model(DMM)at the strain rate of 0.35,0.40 and 0.45.The results reveal that average value of hot deformation apparent activation energy of ZE42 magnesium alloy reaches 151kJ/mol at experimental temperature range.The strain rate has significant effect on the processing map of the alloy.The alloy exhibits un-stability only in two tiny vicinities of 300 ℃,10s-1 or320 ℃,0.01s-1.However,the instability areas are mainly distributed in the wide range of more than320 ℃,ε= 0.11.0s-1 at strain of 0.35 and 0.45.The optimum hot working domain is presented as follows:350450 ℃,ε≤ 0.1s-1 with about 83% peak efficiency of power dissipation(ηmax),and the main flow deformation mechanism is characterized by continuous dynamic recrystallization(DRX)cooperative with grain boundary sliding.
摘要:Porous Al-5Cu alloys were fabricated by GASAR(the metal-gas eutectic method)method.Influences of temperature and hydrogen pressure on porosity of the GASAR Al-5Cu alloys were investigated.The results reveal that increase of temperature and hydrogen pressure can improve the hydrogen solubility in the liquid Al-Cu alloy,resulting in the increase of porosity.The mechanism of pore formation in GASAR Al-5Cu alloy is described:pores formed in eutectic phase and grown with the movement of liquid/eutectic solid interface.In addition,the compressive behavior of GASAR Al-5Cu was also analyzed.
摘要:The effects of MnCO3 addition on grain size of the cast Mg-Al alloys were investigated by adding the refiner into the melt,and the refinement mechanism was described by using the edge-to-edge matching model combined with thermodynamics and microstructure analysis.It can be found that MnCO3 has significant refining effect on grain size in as-cast Mg-Al alloys,especially for AZ31 alloy.Based on calculation of the edge-to-edge matching model and thermodynamics analysis of microstructure,the Al4C3andτ-AlMn phase can be generated from molten magnesium alloys modified by MnCO3,which exhibit multiple pairs of ORs with Mg as the potential nucleus of Mg grain.
关键词:Mg Alloys;MnCO3;Grain Refinement;Edge to Edge Matching Model
摘要:DEFORM-3Dsoftware was used to simulate the equal channel angular pressing(ECAP)of different cross-section workpieces.The distribution of strain and damage factor during the deformation process of the EACP with circular cross-section and square cross-section were analyzed,which provided a reference for the actual experiment of canned-ECAP of AZ31 magnesium alloy.The results show that distribution of equivalent strain is similar at different sections,and the equivalent strain distribution at the vertical direction exhibits more uniform.In extrusion process,the circular cross-section specimen is completely in the compressive stress state,while the tensile stress of the square cross-section specimen in the shear deformation zone will cause the cladding to crack,and the internal blanks will initiate crack or even fracture.Compared with square cross-section specimens,damage factor of circular cross-section is very small.AZ31 magnesium alloy cladding ECAP workpiece cross-section is set to circular cross-section.
关键词:Canned-ECAP;Magnesium Alloy;Finite Element Simulation;Cross-section
摘要:The degassing efficiency and its effect on the melt quality of several refining process often used in casting aluminum alloy were analyzed comparatively.The results reveal that the compound method of C2Cl6 and rotating blowing argon process exhibits the satisfied refining effects,where the degassing effects are desirable and burning-loss of magnesium element is in the controllable range,meanwhile,the alloy has the high comprehensive properties.
摘要:Effects of cooling modes on microstructure and properties of the 2219 aluminum alloy ingot after homogenization were investigated using optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive,hardness and electrical conductivity testing.The results show that the semi-continuous casting ingot presents a honeycomb-shaped eutectic microstructure on the grain boundary with severe segregation.The spherical and bulk-shaped CuAl2 phases and accicular Al7Cu2(Fe,Mn)phases are distributed along grain boundary after homogenization.Absence of second phases precipitated within the grains can be observed after water quenching at 530 ℃.During the close furnace cooling process,with the quenching temperature decrease,the volume fraction and size of the second phases precipitated within the grains are increased.As a result,the hardness is decreased and the electrical conductivity is increased of the alloy after artificial aging treatment.
摘要:The effects of wall thickness on microstructure and properties of ZL101 alloy by lost foam casting under the condition of no-vibration and vibration were investigated,and the mechanism was described.The results show that,with the increase of wall thickness of the specimens,the grain size of ZL101 alloy is increased under the condition of no-vibration and vibration,however the primaryα-Al is relatively small and uniform,and the shape is more spherical in ZL101 alloy under vibration.Compared with the ZL101 alloy without vibration,the grain size and second dendritic arm spacing are decreased,and the primary phase shape coefficient is relatively larger under the condition of vibration at the same wall thickness.With the increase of the wall thickness of specimen,the tensile strength,yield strength,hardness and elongation are gradually decreased of ZL101 alloy under the condition of vibration,however compared with that without vibration,the tensile strength,yield strength,hardness and elongation of ZL101 alloy are greatly improved at the same wall thickness.
摘要:Effects of Ce or La addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of the Al-8.5Mg-0.5Mn aluminum alloy were investigated by means of optical microscopy(OM),tensile test,scanning electron microscope(SEM)and energy spectrum analysis(EDS).The results indicate that microstructure of the alloy can be refined via adding Ce or La,which is changed from dendritic morphology and to indistinct dendritic morphology and to equiaxed grain structure.A little Al4 Ce with fish-bone shape can be generated in the alloy with Ce addition,while absence of coarse Al-La phase can′t be observed in phase and grain boundary of the alloy with La addition.The mechanical properties of high-magnesium aluminum alloy can be improved to some certain with the addition of Ce or La,however their trend is almost the same.There are two peak values as follows:the first tensile strength peak value of 180190MPa with Ce or La addition of about 0.25%;the second peak value of 220230MPa with Ce or La addition of 1.5%.The elongation of alloy with La is the higher than that of ones with Ce.
摘要:Using copper-mould spray casting techniques combined with vacuum induction melting,non equilibrium solidified samples of AZ91 magnesium alloy containing nano SiC particles were prepared at the large cooling rate.After solid solution treatment at 400 ℃for different time,effects of nano SiC particles on microstructure and thermal stability for AZ91 magnesium alloy were analyzed.The results show that grains of AZ91 magnesium alloy with nano SiC particles are refined greatly by copper-mould spray casting.Grain sizes can be refined to 5μm by copper mould casting with 2mm in diameter and 1% SiC nano-particles.SiC nano-particles play a role as a heterogeneous site under alloy solidification interface migration.Consequently,the combined effect refines grain size.As for the refined magnesium alloy after solid solution treatment at 400℃for different time,the average grain size of spray casted magnesium alloy with SiC particles is increased slowly,and it reaches only 12μm even after holding for 8h,indicating the effective increase of thermal stability for metastasable microstructure.
关键词:Magnesium Alloy;Nano SiC Particles;Copper Mould Casting;Grain Refinement
摘要:The precipitates of Cu-0.6Fe alloy aged at 500 ℃for 0to 80 min was analyzed by small angle X-ray scattering technique.The results show that particle size of Fe phase is 4.55.9nm for Cu-0.6Fe alloy,which is in well agreement with the results(about 4.6nm)obtained by transmission electron microscope(TEM).Compared with the transmission electron microscope measurement,the small angle Xray scattering technique has more statistical significance and more valuable.
摘要:The effects of aging treatment on hardness,electric conductivity,strength and elongation of cold rolling C194 copper alloy were investigated.The results reveal that with aging treatment at 450 ℃for 60 min,tensile strength,elongation,hardness and electric conductivity of the cold rolled C194 alloy reach 582 MPa,5.3%,170 HV and 41.47 MS/m,respectively,and the hardness,conductivity and strength are improved significantly compared with those of ones at continuous extrusion and rolling state,however,the elongation is decreased.After aging treatment,the number of second small particles in the alloy is increased significantly compared with that in continuous extrusion sheet,and the precipitates with about 1020nm are dispersed in the matrix.The size and number of the larger particles in the second phase are similar to that of the continuous extrusion sheet.The second phase precipitates and the growth phase are Fe3 P compounds.
关键词:C194 Copper Alloy;Aging;Precipitated Phase;Cold Rolling
摘要:The effects of heat treatment on microstructure,electric conductivity and hardness of Cu-0.8Cr-0.15Zr-2.8Co-0.7Si-0.1RE alloy were investigated by optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy,energy dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction.The results show that the as-cast microstructure of the alloy exhibits equiaxed grains,and a large number of Co5Cr3Si2 phase and gray precipitates containing Co,Si are distributed in the matrix.After solid solution treatment,the grain size is obviously increased,and the grey precipitated phase is fully dissolved,however,the Co5Cr3Si2 phase is not dissolved.After aging treatment,the precipitation particles are mainly Co5Cr3Si2,Co2Si phase.With the increase of solid solution temperature,electric conductivity of the alloy is decreased rapidly,while the hardness is increased rapidly.After aging treatment,the electric conductivity and hardness of the alloy are improved greatly.After 980 ℃×2h solution treatment+450 ℃×10h aging treatment,the hardness,electric conductivity and softening temperature of the alloy reach 218.9HV,28.54MS/m and 686℃,respectively.