Research on submicron-grained structure formation in titanium alloys upon reversible hydrogenation and plastic deformation

The influence of thermohydrogen treatment combined with hot rolling on the structural formation in α- and near-α-titanium alloys has been studied. The prospects of obtaining submicron-grained sheet semifinished products of VT5 (Ti-5.8Al-0.1Fe, wt %) and VT20 (Ti-5.9Al-1.5V-1.2Mo-1.8Zr-0.1Fe, wt %) alloys are shown. In these materials, a submicron-grained structure allows the plastic deformation to be induced by superplasticity at temperatures reduced by 100-200°

Automatic selection of a subset size at vector fields construction

An algorithm for selection of the size of a correlation kernel at displacement vector field construction by the method of digital image correlation has been proposed. The algorithm has been tested on simulated and experimental optical images having different texture. The influence of the correlation kernel size and image texture on nose immunity at determining displacements has been studied. It is shown that the proposed algorithm allows to find this size providing the minimum error when determination of displacements and estimation of deformation

Influence of ion-beam treatment on structure and defor-mation resistance of 12Cr1MoV steel under static, cyclic and dynamic loading

Features of modification of structure and properties of 12Cr1MoV steel subjected to ion-beam irradiation by zirconium ion beam have been investigated with the use of optical and electron microscopy, and microhardness measurement. It was shown that after the treat-ment the modification occurs across the entire cross-section of specimens with the thickness of 1 mm. Changes in mechanical properties of these specimens under static, cyclic and impact loading were interpreted in terms of identified structure modifications

A proof of the Grothendieck-Serre conjecture on principal bundles over regular local rings containing infinite fields

Let R be a regular local ring, containing an infinite field. Let G be a reductive group scheme over R. We prove that a principal G-bundle over R is trivial, if it is trivial over the fraction field of R.Comment: Section "Formal loops and affine Grassmannians" is removed as this is now covered in arXiv:1308.3078. Exposition is improved and slightly restructured. Some minor correction

Reasons for crack nucleation in welded joints of main gas-pipelines after a long-term operation

A crack of operational origin in the welded joint of the main gas pipeline is analyzed. The reasons for its nucleation and impact on technological microdefects that were formed earlier during the welding are found. Micromechanisms and stages of nucleation and propagation of the crack are investigated

Structural Degradation of the Welded Joint of the Gas Main after a Long-Term Operation in Sub-Acid Soil

The authors investigated the main regularities in the structural and mechanical degradation of steel and a welded joint of the "Soyuz" gas main in operation. It is established that the defect accumulation kinetics in welds are determined both by technological disruptions in their manufacture and by hydrogenation of the weld during a long operating time. A weakening of the mechanical properties of the weld after a prolonged operation is shown, which in some cases led to the appearance of cracks and fracture of the gas main

Diagnostic features of relief formations on the nanostructured titanium VT1-0 surface after laser shock-wave treatment

A new class of diagnostic features for conducting morphological analysis of relief formations induced by laser shock-wave treatment on the surface of the nanostructured titanium VT1-0 alloy is proposed. They are the coefficients of series expansions of statistical estimates for the orthogonal basis of Chebyshev, Laguerre, Kravchuk discrete polynomials and trigonometric functions. Based on the criterion of the minimum number of the diagnostic features in the above-mentioned bases, the Chebyshev one was selected as the most appropriate to solve this problem

A measurement of the neutron lifetime using the method of storage of ultracold neutrons and detection of inelastically up-scattered neutrons

AbstractWe present estimations of systematic corrections and results of their experimental studies for our neutron lifetime experiment carried out in 2008–2010 at ILL. Taking into account these systematic corrections, we reduce the data of three independent sets of measurements (obtained during period 2008–2010) performed with different energy spectra of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) at different trap temperatures to the mean neutron lifetime value equal to 880.2(1.2) s