Effects of Unidirection/Bidirection Torsional Thermomechanical Processes on Grain Boundary Characteristics and Plasticity of Pure Nickel

The “torsion and annealing” grain boundary modification of pure nickel wires with different diameters was carried out in this paper. The effects of torsional cycles as well as unidirectional/bidirectional torsion methods on grain boundary characteristic distribution and plasticity were investigated. The fraction of special boundaries, grain boundary characteristic distributions and grain orientations of samples with different torsion parameters were detected by electron backscatter diffraction. Hardness measurement was conducted to characterize the plasticity. Then, the relationship between micro grain boundary characteristics and macro plasticity was explored. It was found that the special boundaries, especially Σ3 boundaries, are increased after torsion and annealing and effectively broke the random boundary network. The bidirectional torsion with small torsional circulation unit was the most conducive way to improve the fraction of special boundaries. The experiments also showed that there was a good linear correlation between the fraction of special boundaries and hardness. The plasticization mechanism was that plenty of grains with Σ3 boundaries, [001] orientations and small Taylor factor were generated in the thermomechanical processes. Meanwhile, the special boundaries broke the random boundary network. Therefore, the material was able to achieve greater plastic deformation. Moreover, the mechanism of torsion and annealing on the plasticity of pure nickel was illustrated, which provides theoretical guidance for the pre-plasticization of nickel workpieces.

Interplay of Microstructural Parameters On β-Phase Distribution in Al 5xxx Alloys

Al-Mg alloys undergo sensitization when exposed to elevated temperatures, making them susceptible to intergranular corrosion and stress corrosion cracking. Most of the existing research on microstructure effects on sensitization is centered on the effect of intrinsic grain boundary characteristics such as misorientation angle and coincident site lattice (CSL) values. Very few studies have systematically investigated the influence of extrinsic characteristics such as dislocation density. In this paper, the influence of local microstructure characteristics on the sensitization susceptibility of AA5456 was investigated using in situ optical microscopy corrosion experiments and electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD) analysis. The results show a clear trend between the local geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) density and β phase precipitation, with higher GND densities correlating with higher rates sensitized boundaries. This trend held true even for low angle grain boundaries. These results demonstrate the importance of considering factors beyond grain boundary characteristics in determining susceptibility to sensitization.

Boundary characteristics of meromorphic functions with summable spherical derivation and annular functions. Consideration

In this paper we formulate classical theorems Plesner and Meyer on the boundary behavior of meromorphic functions and their refinement and strengthening - Gavrilov's and Kanatnikov's theorems. An application of these theorems to classes of meromorphic functions with integrable spherical derivative and annular holomorphic functions is presented. Collingwood's theorem on boundary singularities of the Tsuji function as well as Kanatnikov's theorems are formulated. Kanatnikov's theorems strengthen and generalize Collingwood's theorem to broader classes of meromorphic functions with summable spherical derivatives. Special attention is paid to the boundary properties of annular holomorphic functions. The behavior of annular holomorphic functions on the boundary of the unit circle is considered. It is shown that Gavrilov's P-sequences play an important role in the study of the boundary properties of holomorphic and meromorphic functions.