An interesting phenomenon of cooling-rate induced brittleness in Zr52.5Cu17.9Ni14.6Al10Ti5 bulk metallic glass （BMG） was reported. It was found that the as-cast BMG specimens exhibited a brittle-ductile transition w...An interesting phenomenon of cooling-rate induced brittleness in Zr52.5Cu17.9Ni14.6Al10Ti5 bulk metallic glass （BMG） was reported. It was found that the as-cast BMG specimens exhibited a brittle-ductile transition when the larger specimens were machined into smaller specimens through removing the cast-softening surface layer by layer. After compression tests, the as-machined small specimens, owing to the absence of the cast-softening surface, displayed highly dense and intersecting shear bands, and extensive plastic deformation. This is in contrast to the catastrophic failure and low deformability in the as-cast large specimens. More free volume was detected in the smaller as-fractured specimens, by differential scanning calorimetry, which may be attributed to the occurrence of strain softening and increased plasticity. Compared with the relatively smooth fracture surface in the smaller specimens, the larger specimens showed more diverse features on the fracture surface due to their graded structures.展开更多
The microstructure evolution of Zr60Al15Ni25 bulk metallic glass during rolling at room temperature is investigated by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC),high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) and...The microstructure evolution of Zr60Al15Ni25 bulk metallic glass during rolling at room temperature is investigated by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC),high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) and selected area electronic diffraction(SAED).The HRTEM images show that shear bands are produced in the rolled specimens,indicating the essence of inhomogeneous deformation due to rolling,and that there exist nanocrystals with size of about 5-10 nm in the transition regions between the shear bands and the undeformed matrix in the rolled specimens with deformation degrees of 80% and 95%.Based on the polyhedral structure model and the shear transformation zone(STZ) theory,the influence of viscous flow,free volume,viscosity and the stress situation on the crystallization behaviors in the metallic glass during rolling is discussed.展开更多
Free-volume evolutions of the as-cast and pre-annealed Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5 metallic glasses during cold-rolling were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry. As deformation degree increases, free volume i...Free-volume evolutions of the as-cast and pre-annealed Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5 metallic glasses during cold-rolling were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry. As deformation degree increases, free volume in the glasses always increases first and then saturates above a critical strain, while the structure remains completely amorphous. The glass with less initial free volume possesses a higher increase rate of free-volume content during deformation, and as a result the free-volume contents of all the glasses approach each other at higher strains. Coalescence of free volume in shear bands into nanovoids is proposed to be responsible for the saturation of free-volume content at high strains.展开更多
Whether the concept of effective stress and strain in elastic-plastic theory is still valid under the condition of finite deformation was mainly discussed. The uni-axial compression experiments in plane stress and pla...Whether the concept of effective stress and strain in elastic-plastic theory is still valid under the condition of finite deformation was mainly discussed. The uni-axial compression experiments in plane stress and plane strain states were chosen for study. In the two kinds of stress states, the stress-strain curve described by logarithm strain and rotated Kirchhoff stress matches the experiments data better than the curves defined by other stress-strain description.展开更多
基金Project(2012M511401)supported by China Postdoctoral Science FoundationProject(12JJ5018)supported by Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(2012RS4006)supported by Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan of ChinaProject(CSUZC2012028)supported by the Open-End Fund for the Valuable and Precision Instruments of Central South University,China
文摘An interesting phenomenon of cooling-rate induced brittleness in Zr52.5Cu17.9Ni14.6Al10Ti5 bulk metallic glass （BMG） was reported. It was found that the as-cast BMG specimens exhibited a brittle-ductile transition when the larger specimens were machined into smaller specimens through removing the cast-softening surface layer by layer. After compression tests, the as-machined small specimens, owing to the absence of the cast-softening surface, displayed highly dense and intersecting shear bands, and extensive plastic deformation. This is in contrast to the catastrophic failure and low deformability in the as-cast large specimens. More free volume was detected in the smaller as-fractured specimens, by differential scanning calorimetry, which may be attributed to the occurrence of strain softening and increased plasticity. Compared with the relatively smooth fracture surface in the smaller specimens, the larger specimens showed more diverse features on the fracture surface due to their graded structures.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.50804032)the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province,China (Grant No.2008011046)+1 种基金the Key Technologies R&D Program of Shanxi Province,China (Grant No.20080321036)the Shanxi Provincial Foundation for Leaders of Disciplines in Science (2004)
文摘The microstructure evolution of Zr60Al15Ni25 bulk metallic glass during rolling at room temperature is investigated by differential scanning calorimetry(DSC),high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) and selected area electronic diffraction(SAED).The HRTEM images show that shear bands are produced in the rolled specimens,indicating the essence of inhomogeneous deformation due to rolling,and that there exist nanocrystals with size of about 5-10 nm in the transition regions between the shear bands and the undeformed matrix in the rolled specimens with deformation degrees of 80% and 95%.Based on the polyhedral structure model and the shear transformation zone(STZ) theory,the influence of viscous flow,free volume,viscosity and the stress situation on the crystallization behaviors in the metallic glass during rolling is discussed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50471016 and 50671066) the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, the Ministry of Education of China
文摘Free-volume evolutions of the as-cast and pre-annealed Zr65Al7.5Ni10Cu17.5 metallic glasses during cold-rolling were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry. As deformation degree increases, free volume in the glasses always increases first and then saturates above a critical strain, while the structure remains completely amorphous. The glass with less initial free volume possesses a higher increase rate of free-volume content during deformation, and as a result the free-volume contents of all the glasses approach each other at higher strains. Coalescence of free volume in shear bands into nanovoids is proposed to be responsible for the saturation of free-volume content at high strains.
文摘Whether the concept of effective stress and strain in elastic-plastic theory is still valid under the condition of finite deformation was mainly discussed. The uni-axial compression experiments in plane stress and plane strain states were chosen for study. In the two kinds of stress states, the stress-strain curve described by logarithm strain and rotated Kirchhoff stress matches the experiments data better than the curves defined by other stress-strain description.
