Cyclic Deformation of Al-Mg Single Crystals with a Single Slip Orientation

2007 ◽  
Vol 561-565 ◽  
pp. 2213-2216
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Fujii ◽  
Shizuma Uju ◽  
Chihiro Watanabe ◽  
Susumu Onaka ◽  
Masaharu Kato

Fully reversed tension-compression fatigue tests were performed on solid-solutioned Al-0.7mass%Mg single crystals with a single slip orientation under constant plastic-strain amplitudes. Dislocation microstructures were quantitatively examined by transmission electron microscopy. The cyclic stress–strain curve (CSSC) exhibited three distinct regions with a short plateau region in the intermediate plastic-strain amplitude range, and the plateau stress was 26MPa. Characteristic microstructures were developed corresponding to the three regions in the CSSC. Vein structure was observed at the low strain-amplitude region. In the plateau regime, the persistent slip bands (PSBs) were observed. Labyrinth structure was also observed at the higher strain-amplitude region. The plateau stress, the cyclic flow stress of PSBs, can be explained by considering not only the Orowan bowing stress and the dipole passing stress of screw dislocations but also solid-solution hardening by Mg atoms.

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 1287-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Fujii ◽  
Hiroshi Kamio ◽  
Yoshifumi Sugisawa ◽  
Susumu Onaka ◽  
Masaharu Kato

Cu-2.2wt%Ni-0.5wt%Si alloy single crystals were grown by the Bridgman method and aged at 723 K for 10 h to form Ni2Si precipitates. Fully reversed tension-compression fatigue tests were conducted on the aged single crystals with a single slip orientation under constant plastic-strain amplitudes at room temperature. Cyclic softening occurred at plastic-strain amplitudes between 2.5x10-4 and 2.5x10-2. Using the maximum stress amplitude in each cyclic hardening/softening curve, a pseudo cyclic stress-strain curve (CSSC) was obtained. The CSSC was found to exhibit a plateau region with a stress level of about 167 MPa. Transmission electron microscopic observation revealed the formation of persistent slip bands (PSBs) in the plateau regime. It was found that the Ni2Si precipitate particles were intensively sheared by glide dislocations within the PSBs and were eventually re-dissolved into the Cu matrix. The macroscopic cyclic softening can be attributed to the local softening induced by the re-dissolution of the Ni2Si particles in the PSBs.


2011 ◽  
Vol 465 ◽  
pp. 431-434
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Polák ◽  
Martin Petrenec ◽  
Jiří Man ◽  
Tomáš Kruml

Smooth specimens made from austenitic-ferritic duplex steel were subjected to constant stress amplitude loading with positive mean stresses. Hysteresis loops were recorded during the fatigue life and plastic strain amplitude and cyclic creep rate were determined. Fatigue hardening/softening curves, cyclic creep curves and cyclic stress-strain curves for different positive mean stresses were evaluated. Typical dislocation structures developed in both phases of the duplex steel were identified using TEM, compared with the saturated plastic strain amplitude and correlated with the decrease of the cyclic creep rate during cycling and the slope of the cyclic stress-strain curve.


2007 ◽  
Vol 567-568 ◽  
pp. 401-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Polák ◽  
Martin Petrenec ◽  
Jiří Man

Austenitic stainless steel was cycled at a series of temperatures in the interval from 296 K to 113 K. Constant plastic strain amplitude loading at different levels of plastic strain amplitude and testing similar to multiple step test method were applied at different temperatures. The stress amplitude was continually recorded and selected hysteresis loops were stored and later analyzed using statistical theory of the hysteresis loop. Effective stress component and probability density function as a function of temperature were evaluated. The results were discussed in terms of the temperature dependence of the cyclic yield stress and its sources.


1984 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Ryong Pak ◽  
Leih-Ming Hsiung ◽  
Masaharu Kato

ABSTRACTFully reversed strain-controlled, tension-compression tests were performed at room temperature to study cyclic-deformation properties of Ni3Ge single crystals. The cyclic deformation is performed with the stress axis parallel to the [1 1.94 2.69] direction at a strain rate of 1.0 × 10-4 s-1 and at a total-strain amplitude between 5.0 × 10-4 and 1.5 × 10-3. Cyclic strain-hardening occurs to saturation over the range of the employed strain amplitudes. The cyclic-stress amplitude is higher in compression than in tension at a plastic-strain amplitude larger than 1 × 10-5 where screw dislocations are operative. This stress asymmetry becomes more prominent (i.e., the mean stress-amplitude becomes larger in magnitude) as the plastic-strain amplitude becomes larger. At a plastic-strain amplitude less than 1 × 10-5 where edge dislocations are operative, the stress amplitude is symmetric. A similar stress asymmetry is also observed for monotonic flow stress. The cyclic hardening is explained by considering an interaction between the screw dislocations.


2007 ◽  
Vol 348-349 ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Polák

Recently the decisive role of plastic strain amplitude for the initiation and the growth rate of short cracks has been demonstrated. The plastic strain amplitude can be related to the rate of short crack growth and also to the fatigue life. Since the cyclic stress-strain response of a material determines the plastic strain amplitude it influences basically its fatigue life. The experiments in stress and plastic strain controlled loading and short crack growth are presented and used to demonstrate the importance of the cyclic plastic response for the evaluation of the fatigue life.


1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Bui-Quoc ◽  
R. Gomuc ◽  
A. Biron

Low-cycle fatigue tests on Ti 6-4 (Ti-6Al-4V) have been carried out at 260°C under strain-controlled conditions with constant strain amplitude and increasing multistep strain levels. The results of constant strain amplitude tests were used to establish the fatigue diagram whereas the multistep tests were examined to assess the cyclic stress-strain behavior in comparison with the conventional stress-strain curve. Most of the tests were carried out under zero-to-tension conditions in the intermediatecycle range (Nf ≃ 3 x 103 to 105 cycles). The effect of prior strain cycling on the tensile properties was also investigated. The experimental data is discussed together with theoretical evaluations. In addition, microstructural examinations of the rupture surfaces have been made to show evidence on the type of crack initiation sites and on the crack propagation modes at different strain levels.


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