Influence of Composition on the Evolution of Dislocation Substructure in the Low-Stability State Polycrystalline Cu-Al Alloys under Plastic Deformation

New concepts of dislocation physics of plasticity and strength are considered using quantitative methods of transmission diffraction electron microscopy. New concepts of dislocation physics of plasticity and strength are considered using quantitative methods of transmission diffraction electron microscopy. The analysis of changes in the parameters of the dislocation substructure (DSS) is given on the example of alloys Cu-0.5 and 14 аt. % Al and the influence of these parameters on the change in the substructure of the material at a temperature T=293 K is considered. It is shown that at each stage of deformation, there are usually two substructures ("old" and "new"). The blurring of the transition from stage to stage is associated with the presence of weakly stable pre-transition structural-phase States at certain degrees of deformation of several types of substructures simultaneously, i.e., a weakly stable structural-phase state of the system. Against the background of the "old" substructure, a "new" one is born, which in the process of deformation becomes the main one, and then the "old" one, in the depths of which another substructure is formed. Experimental evidence of this regularity is obtained for FCC alloys. The presence of grain boundaries complicates the diagrams: a third substructure is formed near the grain boundaries, which corresponds to the following substructures (later) in the sequence of DSS transformations.

Evolution of dislocation substructure under deformation of ordered and disordered Pd3Fe alloy in the region of low stable structural-phase states

The results of an electron microscopy study of the evolution of the dislocation structure of a polycrystalline ordered and disordered Pd3Fe alloy in the region of weakly stable structural-phase States are presented. The scheme of rearrangement of dislocation substructures during the transition from stage to stage, which are highlighted on the deformation curves of the Pd3Fe alloy, is constructed. It is established that in the case of both disordered and ordered alloys, each stage of deformation is characterized by its own special types of dislocation substructure (DSS), which are the main carriers of deformation for this stage. Transitions from some types of DSS to other types occur in certain ranges of values of the degree of deformation ε. The appearance of the DSS type characteristic of this stage of deformation occurs at the previous stage, and as the degree of deformation increases, the proportion of this type of DSS increases. At the stage under consideration, their share is the largest, and when moving to the next stage, it gradually decreases until it disappears. In the case of ordered alloys, the types of dislocation substructure-the main carrier of deformation for this stage differ from the types of DSS that are implemented in disordered alloys at the same stage of deformation. It is shown that each stage of deformation has its own DSS - strain carriers. When moving to a new stage, the transition to new structural carriers of deformation occurs. During the transition, these carriers co-exist, which is a characteristic feature of weakly stable States of the system.

Experimental and Molecular Dynamic Study of Grain Refinement and Dislocation Substructure Evolution in HSLA and IF Steels after Severe Plastic Deformation

In this study, large-scale molecular dynamic simulations were performed to analyze the dislocation substructure interaction with various types of obstacles present in microalloyed steels during severe plastic deformation. Specifically, fully functional numerical models of the atomic upsetting test were developed, with particular emphasis on the presence of precipitates inside the microstructure grains. The obtained results compared with the microstructural tests, performed using Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) techniques, allowed for a more accurate assessment of the microstructure refinement mechanisms by means of the in-situ recrystallization effect in the deformed samples subjected to the multi-axis compression using the MaxStrain system (Dynamic Systems Inc., New York, NY, USA).

The Influence of Welding Mode on the Structural-Phase State of Steel 0.12С-18Cr-10Ni-1Ti-Fe at Welding by Modulated Current

Investigations conducted by transmission electron microscopy on thin foils were aimed at studying the structural-phase state of heat-affected zone of the welding joint performed by modulated current at two welding modes: coarse-droplet and fine-droplet transfer. Welding was conducted on the austenitic steel 0.12С-18Cr-10Ni-1Ti-Fe using the facility UDI-203. Welding modes were: Ii = 175 А (coarse-droplet transfer) and 140 А (fine-droplet transfer). Welding was performed on thin foils sized 200 × 15 × 4 mm3. Investigations were focused on heat-affected zone at the distance of 1 mm from the weld line towards the base metal – the base metal zone and at the distance of 0.5 mm towards the welded metal – the welded metal zone. The studies showed that in the state before welding the steel matrix presents γ-phase (austenite), which has face-centered cubic (fcc) crystal lattice. Morphologically the steel structure is given as grains where defect structure is presented by only network dislocation substructure, and grains where along with the dislocation substructure there are mechanical (or deformation) microtwins in the form of packages of one, two and three systems. It was established that welding of steel 0.12С-18Cr-10Ni-1Ti-Fe by modulated current with coarse-droplet transfer leads to martensitic transformation γ → ε only in the welded metal zone. At fine-droplet transfer welding leads to martensitic transformation γ → ε both in the base metal zone and in the welded metal zone. In the welded metal zone phase transformation γ → ε occurs more intensively. It was revealed that crystal lattice distortion in the whole heat-affected zone at welding by modulated current has only plastic nature, irrespective of the welding mode. Welding by modulated current with fine-droplet transfer leads to lower internal stresses in the whole heat-affected zone.