Numerous experimental evidences show that the grain size may significantly alter the yield strength of metals.Similarly,innickel-based superalloys,the precipitate size also influences their yield strength.Then,how to ...Numerous experimental evidences show that the grain size may significantly alter the yield strength of metals.Similarly,innickel-based superalloys,the precipitate size also influences their yield strength.Then,how to describe such two kinds of size effects on the yield strength is a very practical challenge.In this study,according to experimental observations,a collinear micro-shear-bands model is proposed to explore these size effects on metal materials’yield strength.An analytical solution for the simple model is derived.It reveals that the yield strength is a function of average grain-size or precipitate-size,which is able to reasonably explain size effects on yield strength.The typical example validation shows that the new relationship is not only able to precisely describe the grain-size effect in some cases,but also able to theoretically address the unexplained Hall-Petch relationship between theprecipitate size and the yield strength of nickel-based superalloys.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41630634)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M623213)
文摘Numerous experimental evidences show that the grain size may significantly alter the yield strength of metals.Similarly,innickel-based superalloys,the precipitate size also influences their yield strength.Then,how to describe such two kinds of size effects on the yield strength is a very practical challenge.In this study,according to experimental observations,a collinear micro-shear-bands model is proposed to explore these size effects on metal materials’yield strength.An analytical solution for the simple model is derived.It reveals that the yield strength is a function of average grain-size or precipitate-size,which is able to reasonably explain size effects on yield strength.The typical example validation shows that the new relationship is not only able to precisely describe the grain-size effect in some cases,but also able to theoretically address the unexplained Hall-Petch relationship between theprecipitate size and the yield strength of nickel-based superalloys.