Rapid cooling and solidification during laser additive manufacturing(LAM)can produce ultra-fine microstructure with higher strength.However,the non-uniform cell/grain structure can easily result in early stress concen...Rapid cooling and solidification during laser additive manufacturing(LAM)can produce ultra-fine microstructure with higher strength.However,the non-uniform cell/grain structure can easily result in early stress concentration and fracture during deformation,which remains a major challenge for the LAM field.Using Al-12Si as the model alloy,we employed the external static magnetic field(SMF)to modulate the laser powder bed fusion process(L-PBF),demonstrating a uniform microstructure with a refined cell structure.The mechanical properties show that the SMF can produce a combination of high tensile strength of 451.4±0.5 MPa and large uniform elongation of 10.4%±0.79%,which are superior to those of previously-reported Al-Si alloys with post-treatment or element alloying.The mechanism analysis based on multi-scale simulation reveals the determining role of SMF in rapid solidification,and this method is applicable to the microstructure control of other metallic materials during LAM.展开更多
Through investigating and comparing the microstructure and mechanical properties of the as-extruded Mg alloys Mg-4%Li and Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-l.2%Y （in wt%）, it demonstrates that although the formation of I-phase （Mg3Zn6Y...Through investigating and comparing the microstructure and mechanical properties of the as-extruded Mg alloys Mg-4%Li and Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-l.2%Y （in wt%）, it demonstrates that although the formation of I-phase （Mg3Zn6Y, icosahedral structure） could weaken the crystallographic texture and improve the me- chanical strength, the mechanical anisotropy in terms of strength remains in Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-1.2%Y alloy. Failure analysis indicates that for the Mg-4%Li alloy, the fracture surfaces of the tensile samples tested along transverse direction （TD） contain a large number of plastic dimples, whereas the fracture surface exhibits quasi-cleavage characteristic when tensile samples were tested along extrusion direction （ED）. For the Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-I.2%Y alloy, typical ductile fracture surfaces can be observed in both ＂TD＂ and ＂ED＂ samples. Moreover, due to the zonal distribution of broken l-phase particles, the fracture surface of ＂TD＂ samples is characterized by the typical ＂woody fracture＂.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFA0705300,2021YFB3702502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52001191,52127807,52271035)+4 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(No.23ZR1421500)SPMI Project from Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology(No.SPMI2022-06)Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced FerrometallurgyShanghai University(No.SKLASS 2022-Z10)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.19DZ2270200).
文摘Rapid cooling and solidification during laser additive manufacturing(LAM)can produce ultra-fine microstructure with higher strength.However,the non-uniform cell/grain structure can easily result in early stress concentration and fracture during deformation,which remains a major challenge for the LAM field.Using Al-12Si as the model alloy,we employed the external static magnetic field(SMF)to modulate the laser powder bed fusion process(L-PBF),demonstrating a uniform microstructure with a refined cell structure.The mechanical properties show that the SMF can produce a combination of high tensile strength of 451.4±0.5 MPa and large uniform elongation of 10.4%±0.79%,which are superior to those of previously-reported Al-Si alloys with post-treatment or element alloying.The mechanism analysis based on multi-scale simulation reveals the determining role of SMF in rapid solidification,and this method is applicable to the microstructure control of other metallic materials during LAM.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China projects under Nos. 51271183, 51171192 and 51301172the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) project under Grant No. 2013CB632205+3 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China project under Grant No. 2016YFB0301105Shenzhen Technology Innovation Plan (CXZZ20140419114548507 and CXZZ20140731091722497)Shenzhen Basic Research Project (JCYJ20150529162228734)the Innovation Fund of Institute of Metal Research (IMR),Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
文摘Through investigating and comparing the microstructure and mechanical properties of the as-extruded Mg alloys Mg-4%Li and Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-l.2%Y （in wt%）, it demonstrates that although the formation of I-phase （Mg3Zn6Y, icosahedral structure） could weaken the crystallographic texture and improve the me- chanical strength, the mechanical anisotropy in terms of strength remains in Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-1.2%Y alloy. Failure analysis indicates that for the Mg-4%Li alloy, the fracture surfaces of the tensile samples tested along transverse direction （TD） contain a large number of plastic dimples, whereas the fracture surface exhibits quasi-cleavage characteristic when tensile samples were tested along extrusion direction （ED）. For the Mg-4%Li-6%Zn-I.2%Y alloy, typical ductile fracture surfaces can be observed in both ＂TD＂ and ＂ED＂ samples. Moreover, due to the zonal distribution of broken l-phase particles, the fracture surface of ＂TD＂ samples is characterized by the typical ＂woody fracture＂.
