Mr S. A. Razavi, Mr S. F. Ashrafizadeh,
Volume 36, Issue 2 (9-2017)
Abstract
Age hardening processes cause a wide range of changes in 17-4 PH stainless steel properties. Aging at 480ºC for 1 hour (A480-1) and aging at 620ºC for 4 hours (A620-4) are two most applicable heat treatment processes for this alloy. Not only the studies on fatigue behavior of this alloy in these two heat treatment conditions are few, but also the methods of fatigue test were mostly axial. In this study, after microstructure studies, hardness and tension tests, fatigue behavior at A480-1 and A620-4 conditions were evaluated by using a rotational bending fatigue test machine. Tension results showed that yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of A480-1 specimens were 40 percent more than A620-4 specimens. However, elongation of A620-4 specimens was 30 percent more than A480-1 specimens. Fatigue results revealed the endurance limit of aged specimens is 50 MPa more than overaged specimens. Overall results showed that A480-1 condition specimens are more resistant to fatigue than A620-4 condition specimens.
M. Goodarzi, P. Mohammadpoor,
Volume 36, Issue 3 (11-2017)
Abstract
In this study, the phase diagram and thermodynamic properties of Ti-O system up to 30 mole percent of oxygen was calculated with Calphad method. In this range of oxygen, Ti-O system includes αTi, βTi and liquid phases. αTi and βTi were modeled by “sublattice” model and the model of liquid phase was modeled by “ionic liquid”. Gibbs energy parameters of each phase was optimized by Thermo-Calc software and their phase and thermodynamic diagrams were drawn using this software. The obtained results were compared with experimental and other calculated results. A good accordance was observed between calculated and experimental results. In calculation of phase diagram, with increasing temperature and mole fraction of oxygen, the use of “ionic liquid” model instead of “sublattice” model in thermodynamic description of liquid phase showed better accordance with experimental data.
A. Panahi Moghadam, M. Seifollahi, S. M. Abbasi, S. M. Ghazi Mirsaeed,
Volume 37, Issue 2 (9-2018)
Abstract
This paper was concerned with the effect of Mg on the temperature mechanical behavior and evaluation of the microstructure. The results showed that with increasing Mg from 0 to 47 ppm, the grain size was reduced from 64 to 38 µm and the carbides volume fraction was raised from 2.2 to 4.6 vot%. Mg changed the morphology of the carbide from a coarse and continuous one to a separate one. Mg with the mechanisms of grain boundary and matrix/carbide boundary led to changing the carbide composition and also, the mechanical properties. Mg increment from 0 to 47 ppm caused the enhancement of yield strength and rupture life from 309 to 345 MPa and from 16h to 30h, respectively. Grain size and the amount of carbide were the main factors contributing to the rupture of life properties in this study. The increment of the carbide volume fraction was the main mechanism of rupture life enhancement.
M. Rajabi, M. Shahmiri, M. Ghanbari,
Volume 37, Issue 4 (3-2019)
Abstract
In this study, the effects of boron (B) and zirconium (Zr) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Fe3Al-based alloys were investigated. Cylindrical samples were produced using a vacuum induction melting furnace (VIM); consequently, the melt was cast into a metallic mold. The microstructure, phase identification, tensile and compressive mechanical properties and fractography of the samples were investigated. Upon microstructural observation, it was found that the alloys microstucture was denderitic and the precipitated phases were mostly present between interdendritic regions. Addition of B and Zr to the alloys resulted in the formation of boride precipitates and Laves phases. The results, therefore, showed that Zr had the most pronounced effect on the mechanical properties because of the formation of Laves phases. Fractographic studies of alloys also revealed that the brittle fracture was dominant between the samples.
B. Pourbahari, H. Mirzadeh, M. Emamy,
Volume 37, Issue 4 (3-2019)
Abstract
Microstructural evolutions during the high-temperature annealing of Mg alloys containing Al and Gd and after the extrusion process were evaluated and compared to those of the AZ61 alloy. It was revealed that during exposure at the elevated temperatures, the presence of (Mg,Al)3Gd phase, in the form of fine and dispersed particles in the matrix after the extrusion process, could be favorable for the inhibition of grain growth. It was also found that the Al2Gd particles could not effectively retard the coarsening of grains. On the other hand, the grain growth of AZ61 alloy was found to be problematic, which was related to the dissolution of the Mg17Al12 intermetallic phase at temperatures higher than 300°C. In the Mg alloys containing both Al and Gd elements, the increased thermal stability was observed, which was ascribed to the rise of the melting temperature. Finally, some abnormal grain growth was observed in the presence of Al2Gd phase, which was attributed to the nonuniform pinning of grain boundaries by this intermetallic compound.
A. Borouni, A. Kermanpur,
Volume 39, Issue 3 (12-2020)
Abstract
In this study, the effect of Ta/W ratio on the microstructure and stress rupture properties of Ni-based single crystal (SX) superalloy PWA1483 was investigated. For this purpose, single crystal (SX) superalloys with different Ta/W ratios (0.75, 1.0, 1.32 and 1.5 in wt.%) were fabricated. The alloys were directionally solidified by Bridgman method under the same solidification condition at withdrawal velocity of 3 mm/min and thermal gradient of about 7 K/mm followed by standard age hardening heat treatment. Microstructural characterization was performed using optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The stress rupture properties were investigated at 982 °C and 248 MPa. The results showed that increasing the Ta/W ratio decreases the size and volume fraction of micro-pores together with the size of γ' precipitates. Hence, the stress rupture life increased. The superalloy with Ta/W ratio of 1.5 showed the minimum size of micro-porosity (18.2 μm) and the maximum stress rupture life (~34 h). The superalloy with Ta/W ratio of 1 showed the most uniform microstructure and creep behavior. It seems that the presence of topologically closed packed (TCP) η-phases is the main reason for stress rupture life decrease in SX superalloy as micro-pores initiated from TCP phases or the TCP/matrix interfaces.
