Chengjun Zeng , Yunqiang Hu , Liwu Liu , Xiaozhou Xin , Wei Zhao , Yanju Liu , Jinsong Leng
{"title":"A 3D finite deformation constitutive model for anisotropic shape memory polymer composites integrating viscoelasticity and phase transition concept","authors":"Chengjun Zeng , Yunqiang Hu , Liwu Liu , Xiaozhou Xin , Wei Zhao , Yanju Liu , Jinsong Leng","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The phase transition theory of shape memory polymers (SMPs) often involves a phenomenological assumption that the reference configuration of the newly transformed phase deviates from that of the initial phase. This distinction serves as a crucial mechanism in the manifestation of the shape memory effect. However, elucidating the precise definition of the reference configuration of the transformed phase poses a significant challenge in the formulation of the constitutive model. To tackle this challenge, a three-dimensional (3D) finite deformation constitutive model incorporating effective phase evolution for SMPs has been developed. This model merges insights from the classical viscoelastic framework with the phase transition theory. The anisotropic thermo-viscoelastic constitutive model is further developed by introducing hyperelastic fibers, which integrate the anisotropy of the fibers into a continuous thermodynamic framework through structure tensors. Implemented within the ABAQUS software via a user material (UMAT) subroutine, the proposed model has been meticulously validated against experimental data, showcasing its prowess in simulating stress-strain responses and shape memory characteristics of SMPs and their composites (SMPCs). This innovative model stands as an invaluable instrument for the design and of sophisticated SMP and SMPC structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 104139"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142369579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mingxi Li , Jiashuo Liu , Ruixiao Zheng , Guodong Li , Maowen Liu , Yuanyuan Lu , Wenlong Xiao , Chaoli Ma
{"title":"Achieving superior strength and ductility synergy in bulk ultrafine grained Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy via powder pre-aging","authors":"Mingxi Li , Jiashuo Liu , Ruixiao Zheng , Guodong Li , Maowen Liu , Yuanyuan Lu , Wenlong Xiao , Chaoli Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Introducing high density of nano-precipitates to recrystallized ultrafine grains is helpful to realize strength-ductility synergy but is a challenging task, because recrystallization and precipitate growth/coarsening usually concur. Here we develop a pre-aging powder metallurgy processing route to achieve such microstructure in Al-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy. During the pre-aging stage, atomic clusters including short-range order are formed within the grains, which provide new sites for the nucleation and enable the formation of fine Al<sub>3</sub>(Sc, Zr) precipitates. Subsequent high-temperature sintering and hot extrusion lead to grain recrystallization. The nano-precipitates not only further strengthen the ultrafine-grained alloy by Orowan mechanism, but also greatly enhance the strain-hardening rate by dislocation-precipitate interaction, resulting in excellent strength-ductility synergy. The utilization of digital image correlation (DIC) analysis allows for the observation of dynamic strain aging during the tensile process, whereby the strain demonstrates a distinctive step-like transition coinciding with the passage of the Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) band. This work provides a new path for improving the mechanical properties of the same type of metallic materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104143"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142369545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lei Yue, Hu Liu, Zhengqiang Cheng, Qianhua Kan, Guozheng Kang
{"title":"Yield surface of multi-directional gradient lattices with octet architectures","authors":"Lei Yue, Hu Liu, Zhengqiang Cheng, Qianhua Kan, Guozheng Kang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, a theoretical method is developed to delineate the effective elastic properties and yield surface of the gradient cellular structure. Additionally, a technique is presented for the construction of multi-directional gradient lattices, and two novel tri-directional gradient lattices (TD-GLs) by assembling octet unit cells with side lengths following specified gradient topological parameters serve as an illustrative example. Their effective elastic properties and yield surfaces are systematically investigated with the aid of theoretical, experimental, and finite element methods. It is found that the effective elastic modulus of the proposed TD-GLs exceeds by 48.80% as compared to that of conventional uniform octet lattices. Moreover, the normalized yield surfaces are proposed to emphasize the predominant role of structural topological features by eliminating the influence of the relative density on the yield behavior of TD-GLs, and this method that also can be extrapolated to other tension-dominated lattices. Subsequently, a theoretical model on closed-form yield functions is developed to characterize the yield behavior of TD-GLs. The predicted yield surfaces from the proposed theoretical model demonstrate good agreement with the simulated results. Finally, the proposed TD-GLs demonstrate outstanding yield performance in various directions deviating from their orthogonal principal axes or planes, compared to lattices with uni- or dual-directional gradient topological configurations. In summary, the proposed multi-directional gradient lattices in this study exhibit the exceptional stiffness and outstanding yield performance in various directions, offering valuable insights for the structural design and engineering applications of lattice structures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104140"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142419150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lei Sun , Zhutian Xu , Jilai Wang , Linfa Peng , Xinmin Lai , M.W. Fu
{"title":"Coupled cellular automata-crystal plasticity modeling of microstructure-sensitive damage and fracture behaviors in deformation of α-titanium sheets affected by grain size","authors":"Lei Sun , Zhutian Xu , Jilai Wang , Linfa Peng , Xinmin Lai , M.W. Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Concerning the micro-scale deformation of titanium metal sheets, the number of grains in the sheet thickness direction decreases, and their formability exhibits a strong grain size sensitivity. Meanwhile, the twinning-induced dynamic recrystallization (TDRX) associated with grain size significantly affects the fracture behavior in the microforming of titanium sheets. Therefore, an accurate prediction of formability to improve manufacturing reliability remains challenging in the microforming of miniaturized titanium components. To address this issue, an in-depth understanding of the grain size-dependent TDRX behavior and its role in damage and fracture development in the microforming of α-titanium sheets is critical, and a coupled cellular automata-crystal plasticity (CA-CP) modeling framework was thus developed as an approach providing efficient solutions and insightful comprehensions of the issue. For the proposed modeling framework, a kinematic model for TDRX was established and integrated into the CP model by the CA algorithm. As a result, the microstructure evolution caused by TDRX was regarded as an intrinsic part of the constitutive behavior to connect heterogeneous plastic deformation and damage evolution through data transmission between the CP model and the CA algorithm. Additionally, the coupled CA-CP modeling framework was validated with the internal defect morphologies and deformation microstructures characterized by X-ray computed tomography (X-CT) and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). Experiment and simulation results demonstrated that the fine recrystallized (DRXed) grains were generated after the twin fragmentation when the dislocation density at twin boundaries reached a threshold of 9.2 × 10<sup>13</sup> /m<sup>2</sup>. After TDRX, the dislocation density and the stress concentration intensity in recrystallization regions were revealed to decrease, accounting for the ductility improvement. Nevertheless, the dislocation density at twin boundaries was determined to decrease with the increase of grain size, leading to less twin fragmentation and the absence of TDRX. The uncoordinated deformation between fine DRXed grains motivated defects to grow spherically into microvoids, thereby preventing premature intergranular cracks along twins/grain boundaries. Ultimately, the deformation microstructures resulting from TDRX with the decrease of grain size were confirmed to control the brittle to ductile fracture transition of α-titanium sheets. The presented modeling framework and simulation procedure were validated to be able to predict the material integrity affected by crystalline microstructure in the deformation of titanium metal sheets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104138"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A variational framework for Cahn–Hilliard-type diffusion coupled with Allen–Cahn-type multi-phase transformations in elastic and dissipative solids","authors":"S.G. Nagaraja, T. Antretter","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104131","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article presents a variational framework for coupled chemo-mechanical solids undergoing irreversible micro-structural changes at infinitesimal strains. The coupled problem is characterised by phenomena such as phase transitions, micro-structure coarsening and swelling. It is an extension of our previous work on variational inelasticity for a conserved chemo-mechanical setting to a unified conserved and non-conserved setting which include multi-phase transformations. The variational framework, again governed by continuous-time, discrete-time and discrete-space–time incremental variational principles, is outlined for coupled diffusion-phase transformation phenomena in elastic and dissipative solids. For the sake of simplicity, focus is restricted to isothermal conditions. It is shown that the governing macro- and micro-balance equations of the coupled problem appear as Euler equations of these minimisation and saddle point principles. In contrast to our previous work, extended variational principles (with the gradient of the chemical potential and phase fractions) are constructed that account for diffusion-phase transformation coupling. This is achieved by Legendre transformations. Note that the local–global solution strategy is still preserved and the resulting system of symmetric non-linear algebraic equations are solved by Newton–Raphson-type iterative methods. The applicability of the proposed framework is demonstrated by numerical simulations that qualitatively characterise lower bainitic micro-structure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104131"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749641924002584/pdfft?md5=da440451b0eb401c9c154a235203195d&pid=1-s2.0-S0749641924002584-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tailoring multi-type nanoprecipitates in high-entropy alloys towards superior tensile properties at cryogenic temperatures","authors":"Shuang Qin , Zihan Zhang , Zheng Yu , Longhui Zhang , Fuping Yuan , Xiaohu Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104132","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, the quasi-static tensile properties in the face-centered cubic-based Al<sub>0.5</sub>Cr<sub>0.9</sub>FeNi<sub>2.5</sub>V<sub>0.2</sub> HEAs containing two types of heterogeneous nanoprecipitates, i.e., dual-lamellar and spherical nanoprecipitates, at ambient (293 K) and liquid nitrogen (77 K) temperatures are thoroughly investigated. The microstructure formed by aging at 873 K comprises L1<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> and body-centered cubic dual-lamellar (DL) nanoprecipitates. In contrast, aging at 773 K results in solely spherical L1<span><math><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> nanoparticles. Both nanoprecipitates enhance mechanical strength as temperatures drop to 77 K; however, the DL nanoprecipitates additionally boost the work hardening rate, whereas the spherical nanoparticles notably improve ductility. To investigate the underlying deformation mechanisms, we perform interrupted mechanical tests and microstructure characterizations at various strains. The DL nanoprecipitates are observed to go through a multistage work hardening rate response by gradually introducing new boundaries to block dislocation motion, activating the stacking fault (SF) networks, and forming Lomer–Cottrell locks. A combination of interface hardening, dislocation hardening, SF-induced hardening, and precipitation hardening in DL samples leads to stronger hetero-deformation-induced hardening at cryogenic temperatures. In comparison, while samples with only spherical nanoparticles exhibit a monotonous decrease in the work-hardening rate, the spherical nanoparticles can be sheared by dislocations, effectively alleviating strain concentration and thereby enhancing ductility at cryogenic temperatures. Overall, this work provides practical design principles of nanoprecipitates for fine-tuning the balance of strength and ductility in FCC-based HEAs at cryogenic temperatures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104132"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Ma , Bin Zhang , Li-Ming Lei , Yuan-Chen Wang , Zhu-Man Song , Guang-Ping Zhang
{"title":"Tailoring thickness debit for high-temperature fatigue resistance of Inconel 718 superalloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion","authors":"Tao Ma , Bin Zhang , Li-Ming Lei , Yuan-Chen Wang , Zhu-Man Song , Guang-Ping Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The thickness debit often leads to uncertainty regarding the fatigue performance of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)-fabricated Inconel 718 thin-walled components and restricts the structural design of these components. Aiming to address this issue, fatigue properties of LPBF-fabricated Inconel 718 homogenized at various temperatures were investigated at 650 °C using specimens with different thicknesses. The results reveal a pronounced influence of both the thickness debit and the intricate interplay between the microstructural and geometrical scales of the thin-walled specimens on their fatigue life at 650 °C. The fatigue life of the thin-walled specimens with the same microstructural scale reduces with decreasing the ratio (<em>t/d</em>) of the specimen thickness (<em>t</em>) to the grain length (<em>d</em>). The coupling effect is described by a mechanism model correlated with the geometrical and microstructural scales of the specimens, in which continuous damage mechanics (CDM) and calculation of the yield strength have been considered. Based on the model, a criterion of <em>t/d</em> > 6.2 for the LPBF-fabricated Inconel 718 specimens homogenized at 1100 °C, and <em>t/d</em> > 8.8 for those homogenized at 1065 °C are proven to be satisfied to ensure a longer and more stable fatigue life of the thin-walled specimens serving at 650 °C. Elevating the homogenization temperature from 1065 °C to 1100 °C results in an extension of the fatigue life for specimens of the same thickness. This enhancement is attributed to the improved ability of grains to coordinate local deformation, as well as the reduced prevalence of elongated Laves and other phases, which typically serve as preferential sites for crack initiation and propagation. The finding suggests that the thickness debit in high-temperature fatigue resistance of LPBF-fabricated components can be minimized by tailoring the heat treatment strategy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104137"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jobin Kolliyil Joy , Anjana Anu Talapatra , Minh-Tam Hoang , Nathan Mara , Yukinori Yamamoto , Martin Detrois , Paul Jablonski , Laurent Capolungo
{"title":"Rapid assessment of the creep rupture life of metals: A model enabling experimental design","authors":"Jobin Kolliyil Joy , Anjana Anu Talapatra , Minh-Tam Hoang , Nathan Mara , Yukinori Yamamoto , Martin Detrois , Paul Jablonski , Laurent Capolungo","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104133","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104133","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prediction of the creep rupture life of engineering metals is critical for qualification and design of new materials. The use of long-term creep tests and the need to quantify the performance variability in <em>a priori</em> similar systems hinder the rapid creep assessment of a given material. Therefore, it is essential to develop methods that can extrapolate the long-term performance of alloys and the associated variability from short-term experiments. To this end, this study introduces a new model which enables the estimation of the rupture life of a material for a given stress and temperature. This model relies on two components. First, a new relation for the minimum creep rate (MCR) of materials is introduced. It includes a stress dependent stress exponent allowing the model to capture the variation of MCR across a wide range of temperatures and stresses. Second, employing the Monkman-Grant (MG) law, we establish a relation between stress, temperature and creep rupture life. Together, these two elements yield a new closed-form mathematical expression for the Larson Miller parameter as a function of stress and temperature. This expression captures the creep rupture time for many metals (Gr91, Copper, Gr122 and 347H) and compares favorably with alternate empirical approaches. The model is then used to assess the minimum duration of creep rates necessary to qualify the material up to 100000h. It is found that depending on the material system, creep tests as few as five limited to 5000 h for steels (Gr91, Gr122, 347H) and 100 h for copper are sufficient to model creep lifetimes. Finally, using a Bayesian inference-based approach to calibrate the model, we demonstrate that variability in rupture life can be captured via the quantification of the uncertainty in the model parameters and extrapolated from a limited number of short to moderately short creep tests; thereby paving the way for accelerated creep testing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104133"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peng Pan , Chao Chen , Guohua Wang , Kao Ning , Zhongliang Shu , Jiaqi Zhang , Taomei Zhang , Dan Li , Lu Gao , Zhaowen Geng , Li Song , Weimin Zou , Yingzhe Zhang , Jianling Liu , Kechao Zhou
{"title":"The dependence of Zener-Hollomon parameter on softening behavior and dynamic recrystallization mechanism of a biodegradable Zn-Cu-Mg alloy","authors":"Peng Pan , Chao Chen , Guohua Wang , Kao Ning , Zhongliang Shu , Jiaqi Zhang , Taomei Zhang , Dan Li , Lu Gao , Zhaowen Geng , Li Song , Weimin Zou , Yingzhe Zhang , Jianling Liu , Kechao Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104120","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104120","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Zn-Cu-Mg alloy exhibits good strength, ductility, anti-aging and antibacterial properties, which lays the foundation for developing high performance Zn-based biodegradable alloys. However, the constitutive equation and dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behavior of this alloy remain unclear, making the optimization of hot processing parameters almost dependent on trial and error. This work aims to address these issues by investigating the hot compression process. The calculated average activation energy Q of this alloy is 141.338 KJ⋅mol<sup>-1</sup>, exhibiting excellent heat resistance. The deformed microstructure strongly depends on the Zener-Hollomon parameter (Z=<span><math><mover><mrow><mi>ε</mi></mrow><mo>˙</mo></mover></math></span>exp(<span><math><mfrac><mi>Q</mi><mrow><mi>R</mi><mi>T</mi></mrow></mfrac></math></span>)). Discontinuous DRX (DDRX) dominates at low lnZ, which has a significantly different orientation from the parent grain. Continuous DRX (CDRX) occurs within the grain and at grain boundaries, and is dominant at middle lnZ, mainly through activation 〈a〉 or/and 〈c+a〉 slip systems. Additionally, the activation of prismatic slip further promote CDRX, and most CDRX grains inherit the 30°[0001] orientation from the parent grains. The volume fraction of DRX demonstrates a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend with increasing lnZ. At high lnZ, the increase of DRX grains is conducive to weakening the texture, and twin-induced DRX (TDRX) is significantly promoted, leading to an increase in both peak stress and strain hardening rate. Furthermore, the grains with c-axis aligned parallel to the compression direction (CD) are more prone to twinning, while the c-axis perpendicular to CD are the hard orientation of basal slip and compression twins. TEM results reveal that a decrease of c/a value promotes the activation of non-basal slip near the twin boundary, and the highly active 〈c〉 and 〈c+a〉 slips contribute to the increase of strain hardening rate. The results of this study are significant for understanding the workability of Zn-Cu-Mg alloys at high lnZ due to its high efficiency and low cost.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104120"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142306438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiwei Geng , Yugang Li , Peikang Xia , Feifei Wang , Cunjuan Xia , Dong Chen , Mingliang Wang , Haowei Wang
{"title":"Enhancing fatigue crack propagation resistance of heterostructured Al composites and multistage crack mechanisms","authors":"Jiwei Geng , Yugang Li , Peikang Xia , Feifei Wang , Cunjuan Xia , Dong Chen , Mingliang Wang , Haowei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104136","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104136","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High tensile strength and low fatigue crack propagation (FCP) rate are hard to achieve simultaneously in aluminium (Al) based materials, which has been a long-lasting topic. It is because the traditional strengthening mechanisms may lead to the increase in FCP rate. In this work, we developed dual-level heterostructures by incorporating the <em>in-situ</em> synthesized TiB<sub>2</sub> particles into Al matrix, to create particle-lean zones (PLZs) and particle-rich zones (PRZs) by extrusion. Fine grains were introduced by particle-associated local recrystallization in PRZs. By means of particle and grain size distribution, a heterostructured Al composite featuring with the coarse grains in PLZs and fine grains in PRZs was fabricated. It was found that simultaneous enhancement of both the strength and FCP resistance of Al composite was achieved through the development of heterostructures. During FCP, the PRZs can retard the growth of slip bands and increase crack deflection frequency while the PLZs increase the crack deflection distance and plastic deformation capability at crack tip. The fracture behavior of composite during FCP depended on grain characteristics, particles and stress intensity range. The detailed cracking behavior for typical <100><sub>Al</sub> and <111><sub>Al</sub> grains in different FCP stages was identified. The associated models were developed for different FCP behaviors. Particularly, the quantitative relationship between Pairs parameters and microstructure features was established, which was critical to understand fatigue properties of Al composite reinforced by small particles. These findings can provide a strategy to design metal materials with an excellent combination of both static and dynamic mechanical properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":340,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Plasticity","volume":"182 ","pages":"Article 104136"},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}