In this study,insights into the effect of interfacial anisotropy on a complex hexagonal close-packed(hcp) dendritic growth during alloy solidification were gained by graphics processing unit(GPU)-accelerated three-dim...In this study,insights into the effect of interfacial anisotropy on a complex hexagonal close-packed(hcp) dendritic growth during alloy solidification were gained by graphics processing unit(GPU)-accelerated three-dimensional(3D) phase-field simulations,as demonstrated for a Mg-Gd alloy.An anisotropic phasefield model with finite interface dissipation was developed by incorporating the contribution of the anisotropy of interfacial energy into the total free energy functional.The modified spherical harmonic anisotropy function was then chosen for the hcp crystal.The GPU parallel computing algorithm was implemented in the present phase-field model,and a corresponding code was developed in the compute unified device architecture parallel computing platform.Benchmark tests indicated that the calculation efficiency of a single TESLA V100 GPU could be~80times that of open multi-processing(OpenMP) with eight central processing unit cores.By coupling the phase-field model with reliable thermodynamic and interfacial energy descriptions,the 3D phase-field simulation of α-Mg dendritic growth in the Mg-6Gd(in wt%) alloy during solidification was performed.Various two-dimensional dendrite morphologies were revealed by cutting the simulated 3D dendrite along different crystallographic planes.Typical sixfold equiaxed and butterflied microstructures observed in experiments were well reproduced.展开更多
The multidirectional forging （MDF） process was conducted at temperature of 753 K to optimize the mechanical properties of as-homogenized Mg-13Gd-4Y-2Zn-0.6Zr alloy containing long-period stacking ordered phase. The ...The multidirectional forging （MDF） process was conducted at temperature of 753 K to optimize the mechanical properties of as-homogenized Mg-13Gd-4Y-2Zn-0.6Zr alloy containing long-period stacking ordered phase. The effects of MDF passes on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties were also investigated. The results show that both the volume fraction of dynamic recrystallization （DRX） grains and mechanical properties of the deformed alloy enhanced with MDF passes increasing till seven passes. The average grain size decreased from 76 to 2.24 μm after seven passes, while the average grain size increased to 7.12 μm after nine passes. The microstructure after seven passes demonstrated randomly oriented fine DRX grains and larger basal （0001）〈1120〉 Schmid factor of 0.31. The superior mechanical properties at room temperature （RT） with ultimate tensile strength （UTS） of 416 MPa and fracture elongation of 4.12% can be obtained after seven passes. The mechanical properties at RT after nine passes are inferior to those after seven passes due to the coarsening of DRX grains, which can be ascribed to the static recovery resulting from the repeated heating at the interval of MDF passes. The elevated temperature mechanical properties of the deformed alloy after seven passes and nine passes were investigated. When test temperature was below 523 K, the elevated temperature tensile yield strength and UTS after seven passes are superior to those after nine passes, while they are inferior to that after nine passes as temperature exceeds 523 K.展开更多
The hot deformation behavior of homogenized Mg-6.5Gd-l.3Nd4）.7Y-0.3Zn alloy was investigated during compression at temperatures of 250-400 ℃ and at strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 0.100 s- 1. Microstructure analy...The hot deformation behavior of homogenized Mg-6.5Gd-l.3Nd4）.7Y-0.3Zn alloy was investigated during compression at temperatures of 250-400 ℃ and at strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 0.100 s- 1. Microstructure analyses show that the flow behaviors are associated with the deformation mechanisms. At the lower temperatures （250-300 ℃）, defor- mation twinning is triggered due to the difficult activation of dislocation cross-slip. Dynamic recrystallization （DRX） ac- companied by dynamic precipitation occurs at the temperature of 350 ℃ and influences the softening behavior of the flow. DRX that develops extensively at original grain boundaries is the main softening mechanism at the high temperature of 400 ℃ and eventually brings a more homogeneous mi- crostructure than that in other deformation conditions. The volume fraction of the DRXed grains increases with tem- perature increasing and decreases with strain rate increasing.展开更多
The effects of homogenization and isothermal aging treatment on the mechanical properties of Mg-12Gd- 2Er-1Zn-0.6Zr （wt%） alloy were investigated. The precipitated long-period stacking order （LPSO） structure and t...The effects of homogenization and isothermal aging treatment on the mechanical properties of Mg-12Gd- 2Er-1Zn-0.6Zr （wt%） alloy were investigated. The precipitated long-period stacking order （LPSO） structure and the aging precipitation sequence of the conditioned alloys were observed and analyzed, respectively. The results indicate that the 14H-LPSO structure occurs after the homogenization treatment and the 131 phase forms after the isothermal aging process. These two independent processes could be controlled by the precipitation temperature range. The significant increase in the elongation of the as-cast alloy after homogenization treatment is attributed to the disappearance of the coarse primary Mgs（Gd, Er, Zn） phase and the presence of the 14H-LPSO structure. The precipitation sequence of the investigated alloy is α-Mg（SSS）/β″（D019）/β′（cbco）/β. Furthermore, the yield tensile strength （YTS） and ultimate tensile strength （UTS） values of the isothermal aging alloy have a great improvement, which could be attributed to the high density of the precipitated β′ phase.展开更多
The homogenized Mg−5.6Gd−0.8Zn(wt.%)alloys were treated with water cooling and furnace cooling to obtain specimens without and with the 14H long-period stacking ordered(LPSO)phase.Subsequently,multi-directional forgin...The homogenized Mg−5.6Gd−0.8Zn(wt.%)alloys were treated with water cooling and furnace cooling to obtain specimens without and with the 14H long-period stacking ordered(LPSO)phase.Subsequently,multi-directional forging(MDF)experiments were carried out.The microstructure and mechanical properties of different regions(the center,middle and edge regions)in the MDFed alloys were systematically investigated,and the effect of LPSO phase on them was discussed.The results show that the alloys in different regions undergo significant grain refinement during the MDF process.Inhomogeneous microstructures with different degrees of dynamic recrystallization(DRX)are formed,resulting in microhardness heterogeneity.The alloy with the LPSO phase has higher microstructure homogeneity,a higher degree of recrystallization,and better comprehensive mechanical properties than the alloy without the LPSO phase.The furnace-cooled alloy after 18 passes of MDF has the best comprehensive mechanical properties,with an ultimate compressive strength of 488 MPa,yield strength of 258 MPa,and fracture strain of 21.2%.DRX behavior is closely related to the LPSO phase and deformation temperature.The kinked LPSO phase can act as a potential nucleation site for DRX grains,while the fragmented LPSO phase promotes DRX nucleation through the particle-stimulated nucleation mechanism.展开更多
The superplasticity of the Mg−8.59Gd−3.85Y−1.14Zn−0.49Zr alloy was investigated before and after multi-directional forging(MDF)and the mechanisms affecting superplastic deformation were analyzed.The results indicate t...The superplasticity of the Mg−8.59Gd−3.85Y−1.14Zn−0.49Zr alloy was investigated before and after multi-directional forging(MDF)and the mechanisms affecting superplastic deformation were analyzed.The results indicate that after MDF at a temperature of 350℃and strain rates of 0.1 and 0.01 s^(−1)(1-MDFed and 2-MDFed),the superplasticity of the alloy can be significantly improved.The elongations of the MDFed alloys exceed 400%under the strain rate of 6.06×10^(−4)s^(−1)and temperatures of 350,375,and 400℃,and reach the maximum values of 766%(1-MDFed)and 693%(2-MDFed)at 375℃.The grain boundary sliding of the MDFed alloy is sufficient,and the energy barrier of deformation decreases.Theβphase limits the grain growth and promotes dynamic recrystallization,maintaining the stability of the fine-grained structure during superplastic deformation.Several Y-rich phases nucleate in the high-strain region(i.e.,the final fracture region)at high temperatures,accelerating the fracture of the specimen.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 2021JJ10062)National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFB0301101)+2 种基金Science and Technology Program of Guangxi province, China (No. AB21220028)the financial support from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (No. 2019zzts050)Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province (No. CX20190106)。
文摘In this study,insights into the effect of interfacial anisotropy on a complex hexagonal close-packed(hcp) dendritic growth during alloy solidification were gained by graphics processing unit(GPU)-accelerated three-dimensional(3D) phase-field simulations,as demonstrated for a Mg-Gd alloy.An anisotropic phasefield model with finite interface dissipation was developed by incorporating the contribution of the anisotropy of interfacial energy into the total free energy functional.The modified spherical harmonic anisotropy function was then chosen for the hcp crystal.The GPU parallel computing algorithm was implemented in the present phase-field model,and a corresponding code was developed in the compute unified device architecture parallel computing platform.Benchmark tests indicated that the calculation efficiency of a single TESLA V100 GPU could be~80times that of open multi-processing(OpenMP) with eight central processing unit cores.By coupling the phase-field model with reliable thermodynamic and interfacial energy descriptions,the 3D phase-field simulation of α-Mg dendritic growth in the Mg-6Gd(in wt%) alloy during solidification was performed.Various two-dimensional dendrite morphologies were revealed by cutting the simulated 3D dendrite along different crystallographic planes.Typical sixfold equiaxed and butterflied microstructures observed in experiments were well reproduced.
基金sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry
文摘The multidirectional forging （MDF） process was conducted at temperature of 753 K to optimize the mechanical properties of as-homogenized Mg-13Gd-4Y-2Zn-0.6Zr alloy containing long-period stacking ordered phase. The effects of MDF passes on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties were also investigated. The results show that both the volume fraction of dynamic recrystallization （DRX） grains and mechanical properties of the deformed alloy enhanced with MDF passes increasing till seven passes. The average grain size decreased from 76 to 2.24 μm after seven passes, while the average grain size increased to 7.12 μm after nine passes. The microstructure after seven passes demonstrated randomly oriented fine DRX grains and larger basal （0001）〈1120〉 Schmid factor of 0.31. The superior mechanical properties at room temperature （RT） with ultimate tensile strength （UTS） of 416 MPa and fracture elongation of 4.12% can be obtained after seven passes. The mechanical properties at RT after nine passes are inferior to those after seven passes due to the coarsening of DRX grains, which can be ascribed to the static recovery resulting from the repeated heating at the interval of MDF passes. The elevated temperature mechanical properties of the deformed alloy after seven passes and nine passes were investigated. When test temperature was below 523 K, the elevated temperature tensile yield strength and UTS after seven passes are superior to those after nine passes, while they are inferior to that after nine passes as temperature exceeds 523 K.
基金financially supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2013M541611)Jiangsu Province Science Foundation for Youths(No.BK20130519)the Foundation of Jiangsu University(No.12JDG094)
文摘The hot deformation behavior of homogenized Mg-6.5Gd-l.3Nd4）.7Y-0.3Zn alloy was investigated during compression at temperatures of 250-400 ℃ and at strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 0.100 s- 1. Microstructure analyses show that the flow behaviors are associated with the deformation mechanisms. At the lower temperatures （250-300 ℃）, defor- mation twinning is triggered due to the difficult activation of dislocation cross-slip. Dynamic recrystallization （DRX） ac- companied by dynamic precipitation occurs at the temperature of 350 ℃ and influences the softening behavior of the flow. DRX that develops extensively at original grain boundaries is the main softening mechanism at the high temperature of 400 ℃ and eventually brings a more homogeneous mi- crostructure than that in other deformation conditions. The volume fraction of the DRXed grains increases with tem- perature increasing and decreases with strain rate increasing.
基金financially supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.2142005)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51401005)the Ri Xin Talents Plan of Beijing University of Technology(Nos.2014-RX-L07 and2015-RX-L11)
文摘The effects of homogenization and isothermal aging treatment on the mechanical properties of Mg-12Gd- 2Er-1Zn-0.6Zr （wt%） alloy were investigated. The precipitated long-period stacking order （LPSO） structure and the aging precipitation sequence of the conditioned alloys were observed and analyzed, respectively. The results indicate that the 14H-LPSO structure occurs after the homogenization treatment and the 131 phase forms after the isothermal aging process. These two independent processes could be controlled by the precipitation temperature range. The significant increase in the elongation of the as-cast alloy after homogenization treatment is attributed to the disappearance of the coarse primary Mgs（Gd, Er, Zn） phase and the presence of the 14H-LPSO structure. The precipitation sequence of the investigated alloy is α-Mg（SSS）/β″（D019）/β′（cbco）/β. Furthermore, the yield tensile strength （YTS） and ultimate tensile strength （UTS） values of the isothermal aging alloy have a great improvement, which could be attributed to the high density of the precipitated β′ phase.
基金the financial supports from the Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province,China(No.2023GK2020)。
文摘The homogenized Mg−5.6Gd−0.8Zn(wt.%)alloys were treated with water cooling and furnace cooling to obtain specimens without and with the 14H long-period stacking ordered(LPSO)phase.Subsequently,multi-directional forging(MDF)experiments were carried out.The microstructure and mechanical properties of different regions(the center,middle and edge regions)in the MDFed alloys were systematically investigated,and the effect of LPSO phase on them was discussed.The results show that the alloys in different regions undergo significant grain refinement during the MDF process.Inhomogeneous microstructures with different degrees of dynamic recrystallization(DRX)are formed,resulting in microhardness heterogeneity.The alloy with the LPSO phase has higher microstructure homogeneity,a higher degree of recrystallization,and better comprehensive mechanical properties than the alloy without the LPSO phase.The furnace-cooled alloy after 18 passes of MDF has the best comprehensive mechanical properties,with an ultimate compressive strength of 488 MPa,yield strength of 258 MPa,and fracture strain of 21.2%.DRX behavior is closely related to the LPSO phase and deformation temperature.The kinked LPSO phase can act as a potential nucleation site for DRX grains,while the fragmented LPSO phase promotes DRX nucleation through the particle-stimulated nucleation mechanism.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52127808)。
文摘The superplasticity of the Mg−8.59Gd−3.85Y−1.14Zn−0.49Zr alloy was investigated before and after multi-directional forging(MDF)and the mechanisms affecting superplastic deformation were analyzed.The results indicate that after MDF at a temperature of 350℃and strain rates of 0.1 and 0.01 s^(−1)(1-MDFed and 2-MDFed),the superplasticity of the alloy can be significantly improved.The elongations of the MDFed alloys exceed 400%under the strain rate of 6.06×10^(−4)s^(−1)and temperatures of 350,375,and 400℃,and reach the maximum values of 766%(1-MDFed)and 693%(2-MDFed)at 375℃.The grain boundary sliding of the MDFed alloy is sufficient,and the energy barrier of deformation decreases.Theβphase limits the grain growth and promotes dynamic recrystallization,maintaining the stability of the fine-grained structure during superplastic deformation.Several Y-rich phases nucleate in the high-strain region(i.e.,the final fracture region)at high temperatures,accelerating the fracture of the specimen.
