Loading Surface in the Course of Mechanical- Thermal Treatment and Steady-State Creep of Metals

Abstract: Kinetics of the loading surface of a material gives precious information on the level of the hardening of the material. This paper is concerned with the evolution of the loading surface during successive actions, such as: (i) plastic deformation, (ii) annealing of the pre-strained specimen, and (iii) secondary creep of the treated material. The analysis of the loading surface is carried out in terms of the synthetic theory of irrecoverable deformation. Keywords: loading surface; mechanical-thermal treatment; creep and plastic strain; synthetic theory of irrecoverable deformatio

Material characterization at high strain by adapted tensile tests

The strength of materials at high strain levels has\ud been determined using the so-called Continuous-Bendingunder-\ud Tension (CBT) test. This is a modified tensile test\ud where the specimen is subjected to repetitive bending at the\ud same time. This test enables to create high levels of uniform\ud strain. A wide variety of materials has been tested this way.\ud The strength of the material after CBT testing has been\ud measured in different ways: by secondary tensile tests, by\ud interrupted CBT tests, and directly from the fracture in the\ud CBT test. All methods yield similar results: the strength is\ud largely unaffected by the cyclic pre-deformation and mainly\ud depends on the overall increase in length. Only for multiphase\ud materials the strength shows a minor influence of\ud CBT test conditions. The hardening follows the extrapolated\ud hardening observed in a conventional tensile test, except for\ud brass. This test method can potentially be used for measuring\ud hardening curves at high strain levels

Plastic pre-compression and creep damage effects on the fracture toughness behaviour of Type 316H stainless steel

The influence of inelastic damage in the form of plastic pre-strain and creep damage, on fracture toughness of Type 316H stainless steel has been examined. Creep damage has been introduced into the 8% pre-compressed material by interrupting creep crack growth tests. Comparisons have been made between the fracture toughness test results from the as-received, pre-compressed and creep damaged materials. Furthermore, the effects of creep crack discontinuities on the crack tip strain fields have been examined by digital image correlation measurements. Inelastic damage was found to reduce the fracture toughness of the material, with creep damage having more severe effects than pre-strain

Properties of cryogenically worked materials Interim report

Cryogenically worked materials during strain hardenin

Theoretical Analysis of Nitric Oxide Production in a Methane/Air Turbulent Diffusion Flame

The coherent flame model is applied to the methane-air turbulent diffusion flame with the objective of describing the production of nitric oxide. The example of a circular jet of methane discharging into a stationary air atmosphere is used to illustrate application of the model. In the model, the chemical reactions take place in laminar flame elements which are lengthened by the turbulent fluid motion and shortened when adjacent flame segments consume intervening reactant. The rates with which methane and air are consumed and nitric oxide generated in the strained laminar flame are computed numerically in an independent calculation. The model predicts nitric oxide levels of approximately 80 parts per million at the end of the flame generated by a 30.5 cm (1 foot) diameter jet of methane issuing at 3.05 x 10^3 cm/sec (100 ft/sec). The model also predicts that this level varies directly with the fuel jet diameter and inversely with the jet velocity. A possibly important nitric oxide production mechanism, neglected in the present analysis, can be treated in a proposed extension to the model