Residual stresses in Al2O3/Y-TZP Ceramic Laminates Fabricated by Tape and Slip Casting

2008 ◽  
Vol 571-572 ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Ruiz-Hervias ◽  
Giovanni Bruno ◽  
Jonas Gurauskis ◽  
A.J. Sanchez-Herencia ◽  
C. Baudin

Residual stress profiles were measured by neutron diffraction in Al2O3/Y-TZP ceramic composites containing 5 and 40 vol.% Y-TZP fabricated by conventional slip casting and by a novel tape casting route. Residual stresses in the zirconia are tensile and increase as its volume fraction decreases. For the alumina matrix, residual stress is compressive and increases with the zirconia volume fraction. In the composite with 5 vol.% zirconia, the processing route does not have an influence on residual stresses. However, in the composite with 40 vol.% zirconia, residual stresses are different in the samples obtained by both processing routes.

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 499-504
Author(s):  
Xun-Li Wang ◽  
C. R. Hubbard ◽  
K. B. Alexander ◽  
P. F. Becher ◽  
J. A. Fernandez-Baca ◽  
...  

AbstractNeutron powder diffraction techniques have been used to characterize the pseudo-macro (PM) residual stresses in ZrO2(CeO2)/Al2O3 ceramic composites as a function of ZrO2(CeO2) volume fraction and fabrication procedures. The diffraction data were analyzed using the Rietveld structure refinement technique. From the refinement, we found that the CeO2 stabilized tetragonal ZrO2 particles were in tension and the Al2O3 matrix was in compression. Different sintering time had little impact on the PM stresses. On the other hand, the magnitude of the PM stresses in both ZrO2 and Al2O3 decreased linearly with the increase of their volume fractions.


2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-185
Author(s):  
J. Ruiz-Hervias ◽  
A. Steuwer ◽  
T. Buslaps ◽  
J. Gurauskis ◽  
C. Baudin

Author(s):  
Christopher M. Gill ◽  
Paul Hurrell ◽  
John Francis ◽  
Mark Turski

This paper presents finite element analyses of residual stress in an austenitic multi-pass groove weld. The aim was to establish the effect upon the residual stress of stop-start interruptions during the deposition of weld beads. Comparison of measured residual stress profiles with the residual stress distributions predicted by finite element (FE) modelling aimed to validate the FE method for predicting residual stresses around stop-start features. This paper presents a comparison of measured and modelled residual stress distributions in a series of simple welded 304 stainless steel plates. The plates were machined with a v-groove designed to be filled using eight weld passes. Samples which included interrupted weld beads contained two stop-start features in the fifth pass. In the first feature the welding power was ramped down over 15 seconds; this represented normal welding good practice. The second feature investigated was an abrupt stop, where the welding power was removed instantaneously; this represented an extreme stop. Three welded plates were considered. One contained five weld passes, such that the final pass contained stop-start features and resulted in partially filling the weld groove. Two welds plates each containing eight passes have also been considered; one contained stop-start features in the fifth pass and the other contained no stop-start features. This allowed a comparison of the effect of stop-start features and the effect that subsequent beads have upon any perturbations in the residual stresses produced. Residual stress measurements have been performed using neutron diffraction. 3D weld modelling has been carried out using VFT and the Abaqus finite element package. Results from the welding FE analyses were compared with the neutron diffraction measurements. Good agreement between the modelled and measured residual stresses is achieved in the uninterrupted 8-pass sample and after deposition of the bead containing stop-start features in the 5-pass sample. Following deposition of subseqeunt beads perturbations in the residual stress profile are retained in the neutron diffraction measurements, but all perturbations are removed from the residual stress profiles predicted using both VFT and Sysweld. This work suggests that modelling welding stop-start features is only necessary in the final weld capping passes, if residual stresses over a short length scale are of interest.


1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Israeli ◽  
J. Benedek

The production of precision parts requires manufacturing processes which produce low residual stresses. This study was designed to investigate the parametric relationship between machining processes and residual stress distribution. Sets of steel specimens were single point turned at different feeds. The residual stress profiles of these specimens were monitored, using a continuous etching technique. A “Specific Instability Potential” parameter, derived from the strain energy of the residual stresses, was found to relate directly to the machining parameters. It is suggested that the Specific Instability Potential can be used as a parameter for specifying processing operations.


2008 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 299-303
Author(s):  
K. Mergia ◽  
Marco Grattarola ◽  
S. Messoloras ◽  
Carlo Gualco ◽  
Michael Hofmann

In plasma facing components (PFC) for nuclear fusion reactors tungsten or carbon based tiles need to be cooled through a heat sink. The joint between the PFC and the heat sink can be realized using a brazing process through the employment of compliant layer of either a low yield material, like copper, or a high yield material, like molybdenum. Experimental verification of the induced stresses during the brazing process is of vital importance. Strains and residual stresses have been measured in Mo/CuCrZr brazed tiles using neutron diffraction. The strains and stresses were measured in Mo tile along the weld direction and at different distances from it. The experimental results are compared with Finite Element Simulations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Ren ◽  
Anna Paradowska ◽  
Bin Wang ◽  
Elvin Eren ◽  
Yin Jin Janin

This research investigated the effects of global (in other words, furnace-based) and local post weld heat treatment (PWHT) on residual stress (RS) relaxation in API 5L X65 pipe girth welds. All pipe spools were fabricated using identical pipeline production procedures for manufacturing multipass narrow gap welds. Nondestructive neutron diffraction (ND) strain scanning was carried out on girth welded pipe spools and strain-free comb samples for the determination of the lattice spacing. All residual stress measurements were carried out at the KOWARI strain scanning instrument at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO). Residual stresses were measured on two pipe spools in as-welded condition and two pipe spools after local and furnace PWHT. Measurements were conducted through the thickness in the weld material and adjacent parent metal starting from the weld toes. Besides, three line-scans along pipe length were made 3 mm below outer surface, at pipe wall midthickness, and 3 mm above the inner surface. PWHT was carried out for stress relief; one pipe was conventionally heat treated entirely in an enclosed furnace, and the other was locally heated by a flexible ceramic heating pad. Residual stresses measured after PWHT were at exactly the same locations as those in as-welded condition. Residual stress states of the pipe spools in as-welded condition and after PWHT were compared, and the results were presented in full stress maps. Additionally, through-thickness residual stress profiles and the results of one line scan (3 mm below outer surface) were compared with the respective residual stress profiles advised in British Standard BS 7910 “Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures” and the UK nuclear industry's R6 procedure. The residual stress profiles in as-welded condition were similar. With the given parameters, local PWHT has effectively reduced residual stresses in the pipe spool to such a level that it prompted the thought that local PWHT can be considered a substitute for global PWHT.


2013 ◽  
Vol 768-769 ◽  
pp. 519-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastjan Žagar ◽  
Janez Grum

The paper deals with the effect of different shot peening (SP) treatment conditions on the ENAW 7075-T651 aluminium alloy. Suitable residual stress profile increases the applicability and life cycle of mechanical parts, treated by shot peening. The objective of the research was to establish the optimal parameters of the shot peening treatment of the aluminium alloy in different precipitation hardened states with regard to residual stress profiles in dynamic loading. Main deformations and main residual stresses were calculated on the basis of electrical resistance. The resulting residual stress profiles reveal that stresses throughout the thin surface layer of all shot peened specimens are of compressive nature. The differences can be observed in the depth of shot peening and the profile of compressive residual stresses. Under all treatment conditions, the obtained maximum value of compressive residual stress ranges between -200 MPa and -300 MPa at a depth between 250 μm and 300 μm. Comparison of different temperature-hardened aluminium alloys shows that changes in the Almen intensity values have greater effect than coverage in the depth and profile of compressive residual stresses. Positive stress ratio of R=0.1 was selected. Wöhler curves were determined in the areas of maximum bending loads between 30 - 65 % of material's tensile strength, measured at thinner cross-sections of individual specimens. The results of material fatigue testing differ from the level of shot peening on the surface layer.


Author(s):  
Sai Deepak Namburu ◽  
Lakshmana Rao Chebolu ◽  
A. Krishnan Subramanian ◽  
Raghu Prakash ◽  
Sasikala Gomathy

Welding residual stress is one of the main concerns in the process of fabrication and operation because of failures in welded steel joints due to its potential effect on structural integrity. This work focuses on the effect of welding residual stress on the ductile crack growth behavior in AISI 316LN welded CT specimens. Two-dimensional plane strain model has been used to simulate the CT specimen. X-ray diffraction technique is used to obtain residual stress value at the SS 316LN weld joint. The GTN model has been employed to estimate the ductile crack growth behavior in the CT-specimen. Results show that residual stresses influence the ductile crack growth behavior. The effect of residual stress has also been investigated for cases with different initial void volume fraction, crack lengths.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1298
Author(s):  
Shuyan Zhang ◽  
Zhuozhi Fan ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Shuwen Wen ◽  
Sanjooram Paddea ◽  
...  

In this study, a mock-up of a nuclear safe-end dissimilar metal weld (DMW) joint (SA508-3/316L) was manufactured. The manufacturing process involved cladding and buttering of the ferritic steel tube (SA508-3). It was then subjected to a stress relief heat treatment before being girth welded together with the stainless steel tube (316L). The finished mock-up was subsequently machined to its final dimension. The weld residual stresses were thoroughly characterised using neutron diffraction and the contour method. A detailed finite element (FE) modelling exercise was also carried out for the prediction of the weld residual stresses resulting from the manufacturing processes of the DMW joint. Both the experimental and numerical results showed high levels of tensile residual stresses predominantly in the hoop direction of the weld joint in its final machined condition, tending towards the OD surface. The maximum hoop residual stress determined by the contour method was 500 MPa, which compared very well with the FE prediction of 467.7 Mpa. Along the neutron scan line at the OD subsurface across the weld joint, both the contour method and the FE modelling gave maximum hoop residual stress near the weld fusion line on the 316L side at 388.2 and 453.2 Mpa respectively, whereas the neutron diffraction measured a similar value of 480.6 Mpa in the buttering zone near the SA508-3 side. The results of this research thus demonstrated the reasonable consistency of the three techniques employed in revealing the level and distribution of the residual stresses in the DMW joint for nuclear applications.


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