تولید کامپوزیت‌های B4C-TiB2 با پرس گرم

Microstructure and mechanical properties of B4C–TiB2

composites prepared by reaction hot pressing using Ti3SiC2

ریزساختار و خواص مکانیکی کامپوزیت‌های B4C-TiB2 تولیدشده توسط پرس گرم

با استفاده از Ti3SiC2 به عنوان افزودنی

ABSTRACT

B4C–TiB2 composites were fabricated via reaction hot pressing at 2100 °C under a pressure of 25 MPa, using B4C and Ti3SiC2 powders as raw materials. The phase transformations, microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated by XRD, TG–DTA, SEM, TEM and EDS. It is found that the SiC and TiB2 particles are homogenously dispersed in the B4C–TiB2 composites, where nano-sized TiB2 particles are mainly located within the B4C matrix grains, while the large-sized TiB2 particles at the matrix grains boundaries. Due to the pinning effect of SiC and TiB2 particles on B4C grain growth, the grain size of the composite is significantly reduced, leading to a great improvement of the mechanical properties. B4C–TiB2 composite prepared from B4C-10 wt% Ti3SiC2 starting powder shows high flexural strength, fracture toughness and micro-hardness of 592 MPa, 7.01 MPa m1/2 and 3163 kg/mm2, respectively. Crack deflection and crack bridging are most likely the potential toughening mechanisms in the composites. Furthermore, according to the XRD and TG–DTA analysis, the possible reaction mechanisms leading to the in-situ formation of TiB2 were proposed.

شکست خستگی در اتصال جوش داده شده آلیاژ آلومینیوم

Features of AcousticEmission Signals during the Initiation 

of a Fatigue Failure in a Welded Joint of an Aluminum Alloy

of the Al–Cu–Mn System

ویژگی های سیگنال انتشار آکوستیک در طول شروع یک شکست خستگی

در یک اتصال جوش داده شده آلیاژ آلومینیوم سیستم Al-Cu-Mn

ABSTRACT

The features of the generation of acoustic emissions (AEs) during the initiation of a fatigue failure in various zones of a welded joint of thermally hardened 2219T6grade aluminum alloy, which is produced using electronbeam welding, are  considered. Metallographic studies showed that a welded joint of the alloy is structurally and mechanically inhomogeneous. This predominantly influ ences the initiation and development kinetics of fatigue cracks in the joint and the AE kinetics. It is shown that the area of a formed flaw is proportional to the sum of the amplitude of detected signals, and the transition from the initiation to the stable propagation of a failure is accompanied by an abrupt increase in AE activity.