Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of TWIP Steel - Effect of Grain Size

2014 ◽  
Vol 891-892 ◽  
pp. 1603-1608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Johannes Rüsing ◽  
Thomas Niendorf ◽  
Andreas Frehn ◽  
Hans Jurgen Maier

The effect of different grain sizes on the fatigue performance of high manganese TWIP steel (Twinning-Induced Plasticity) in the low-cycle fatigue regime was investigated. The average grain sizes in the fine grained condition were 2 5 μm and after heat treatment in the coarse grained condition about 80 μm were obtained. Pronounced twin-dislocation interactions especially in small grains strengthen the steel during monotonic deformation. Twin boundaries act as obstacles for dislocation slip, and thus, further reduce the effective grain size, which affects the fatigue response as well. The samples were monotonically and cyclically deformed at room temperature. The results reveal that the grain size has a significant influence on the mechanical as well as on the cyclic performance. Especially under cyclic loading differences in the resulting stress levels and cyclic stability can be observed. To clarify the microstructure evolution before and after fatigue with different constant strain amplitudes the samples were analyzed by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 294-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghasem Dini ◽  
Rintaro Ueji ◽  
Abbas Najafizadeh

The effect of grain size on the flow stress in TWinning Induced Plasticity (TWIP) steel was investigated via the X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements of dislocation density. The results indicated that the hardening behavior of fine grained samples (mean grain sizes in the range of 2.1-3.8μm) can be described as typical dislocation interactions. However in coarse grained samples (mean grain sizes in the range of 4.7-38.5μm) where extensive mechanical twinning occurs, another strengthening mechanism is required. Consequently, the effect of grain size on the flow stress parameters of the proposed equation was considered and it was found that in the fine grained samples, the Holloman analysis can describe the hardening behavior. However, in coarse grained samples, a second hardening term due to the strengthening effect of mechanical twin boundaries needs to be added to the Holloman equation.


2004 ◽  
Vol 449-452 ◽  
pp. 561-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong Moon Seo ◽  
In Sup Kim ◽  
Chang Yong Jo

Low cycle fatigue (LCF) behavior of coarse and fine grained superalloy CM247LC at 760°C has been investigated. Both coarse and fine grained CM247LC showed similar cyclic stress response, however, the fine grained CM247LC specimen exhibited relatively uniform and superior fatigue properties to the coarse grained one. It was found that fatigue crack initiation of the alloy was keen to the applied strain range. Fatigue crack initiated at the surface of the specimen with high strain range (∆εt≥( 0.7%) while the initiation site moved to the internal defects at low strain range (∆εt≤0.6%).


2018 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 14004
Author(s):  
Benoît Bracquart ◽  
Charles Mareau ◽  
Nicolas Saintier ◽  
Franck Morel

In this work, the influence of the geometrical defect size on the high cycle fatigue behavior of polycrystalline aluminium with different grain sizes is investigated, to better understand the role of internal length scales. Two sizes of grains and defect are used: 100 μm and 1000 μm, the grain size being controlled with thermomechanical treatments. Fully reversed stress-controlled fatigue tests are then carried out. According to fatigue test results, surface crack initiation is delayed when the grain size is reduced, while an approximation of the fatigue limit shows that it is not much influenced by the average grain size. The relative defect diameter (compared to the grain size) seems to be the leading parameter influencing fatigue crack initiation from a defect. Finally, Electron BackScattered Diffraction (EBSD) maps are collected for specimens with large grains and small defects. Fatigue crack initiation from a defect is found to be strongly impacted by the crystallographic orientation of the surrounding grain, crack initiation preferably occurring in crystals being favorably oriented for plastic slip.


1981 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 935 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Hudson ◽  
RA Hunter ◽  
DW Peter

Grain size of elemental selenium is a major factor controlling the long-term effectiveness of intraruminal selenium pellets. Microscope studies of polished sections of new and used selenium pellets showed that two commercially manufactured pellets contained selenium with average grain sizes about 4 and 40 �m respectively. Plasma selenium concentrations in sheep treated with pellets containing the coarse-grained selenium were maintained at higher levels over longer periods of time than those measured for sheep treated with pellets with fine-grained selenium. Pellets removed from sheep after 2, 4, 8, 16 and 28 days showed a progressive increase in the degree of alteration of selenium to a compound of average composition (g/100 g) iron, 33.7; selenium, 51.3 ; oxygen, 15.0. After 28 days only a small percentage of elemental selenium remained in pellets with fine-grained selenium, whereas about 50% remained in pellets with coarse-grained selenium. CSIRO prototype pellets, for which long-term effectiveness had been established, also contained coarse-grained selenium, and remnants of selenium were found in pellets that had been in sheep for periods up to 3 years. Selenium, administered in gelatin capsules or as sachets containing glass-selenium mixtures, was stable under the pH-Eh conditions of the rumen, but was rendered unstable in selenium pellets or iron-selenium mixtures by the presence of iron. It is probable that the most rapid release of selenium to the sheep occurs as a result of a chemical reaction involving the oxidation of iron and concomitant alteration of elemental selenium to iron selenide.


MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 811-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myeong-heom Park ◽  
Akinobu Shibata ◽  
Nobuhiro Tsuji

ABSTRACTIt is well-known that dual phase (DP) steels composed of ferrite and martensite have good ductility and plasticity as well as high strength. Due to their excellent mechanical properties, DP steels are widely used in the industrial field. The mechanical properties of DP steels strongly depend on several factors such as fraction, distribution and grain size of each phase. In this study, the grain size effect on mechanical properties of DP steels was investigated. In order to obtain DP structures with different grain sizes, intercritical heat treatment in ferrite + austenite two-phase region was carried out for ferrite-pearlite structures having coarse and fine ferrite grain sizes. These ferrite-pearlite structures with coarse and fine grains were fabricated by two types of heat treatments; austenitizing heat treatment and repetitive heat treatment. Ferrite grain sizes of the specimens heat-treated by austenitizing and repetitive heat treatment were 47.5 µm (coarse grain) and 4.5 µm (fine grain), respectively. The ferrite grain sizes in the final DP structures fabricated from the coarse-grained and fine-grained ferrite-pearlite structures were 58.3 µm and 4.1µm, respectively. The mechanical behavior of the DP structures with different grain sizes was evaluated by an uniaxial tensile test at room temperature. The local strain distribution in the specimens during tensile test was obtained by a digital image correlation (DIC) technique. Results of the tensile test showed that the fine-grained DP structure had higher strength and larger elongation than the coarse-grained DP structure. It was found by the DIC analysis that the fine-grained DP structure showed homogeneous deformation compared with the coarse-grained DP structure.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (23-24) ◽  
pp. 3180-3191
Author(s):  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
An Li ◽  
Yanping Wang ◽  
Qiang Lin ◽  
Xu Chen

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2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-xin Wu ◽  
Di Tang ◽  
Hai-tao Jiang ◽  
Zhen-li Mi ◽  
Yao Xue ◽  
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