ASE324- Aerospace Materials Laboratory.ppt

1、ASE324: Aerospace Materials Laboratory,Instructor: Rui HuangDept of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics The University of Texas at AustinFall 2003,Lecture 4,September 9, 2003,Plastic deformation,Material remains intact Original crystal structure is not destroyed Crystal distortion is ext

2、remely localized Possible mechanisms: Translational glide (slipping) Twin glide (twinning),Translational glide,The principle mode of plastic deformation Slip planes: preferred planes with greatest interplanar distance, e.g., (111) in fcc crystals Slip directions: with lowest resistance, e.g., closed

3、 packed direction Slip lines: intersection of a slip plane with a free surface Slip band: many parallel slip lines very closely spaced together,Slip plane,Slip line,Existence of defects,Theoretical yield strength predicted for perfect crystals is much greater than the measured strength.The large dis

4、crepancy puzzled many scientists until Orowan, Polanyi, and Taylor (1934).The existence of defects (specifically, dislocations) explains the discrepancy.,Defects,Point defects: vacancies, interstitial atoms, substitional atoms, etc.Line defects: dislocations (edge, screw, mixed) Most important for p

5、lastic deformationSurface defects: grain boundaries, phase boundaries, free surfaces, etc.,Edge dislocations,Burgers vector: characterizes the “strength” of dislocations Edge dislocations: b dislocation line,D.R. Askeland and P.P. Phule, The Science and Engineering of Materials, Brooks/Cole (2003).,

6、Screw dislocations,Burgers vector b / dislocation line,D.R. Askeland and P.P. Phule, The Science and Engineering of Materials, Brooks/Cole (2003).,Mixed dislocation,Have both edge and screw components.,Observation of dislocations,Transmission Electron microscopy (TEM): diffraction images of dislocat

7、ions appear as dark lines.,M.F. Ashby and D.R.H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1, 2nd ed. (2002),Glide of an edge dislocation,Break one bond at a time, much easier than breaking all the bonds along the slip plane simultaneously, and thus lower yield stress.,D.R. Askeland and P.P. Phule, The Science a

8、nd Engineering of Materials, Brooks/Cole (2003).,Motion of dislocations,William D. Callister, Jr., Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2003),Force acting on dislocations,Applied shear stress () exerts a force on a dislocation Motion of dislocation is resisted

9、 by a frictional force (f, per unit length) Work done by the shear stress (W) equals the work done by the frictional force (Wf).,M.F. Ashby and D.R.H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1, 2nd ed. (2002),Lattice friction stress,Theoretical shear strength:Lattice friction stress for dislocation motion:Latt

10、ice friction stress is much less than the theoretical shear strength Dislocation motion most likely occurs on closed packed planes (large a, interplanar spacing) in closed packed directions (small b, in-plane atomic spacing).,Interactions of dislocations,Two dislocations may repel or attract each ot

11、her, depending on their directions.,Repulsion,Attraction,Line tension of a dislocation,Atoms near the core of a dislocation have a higher energy due to distortion. Dislocation line tends to shorten to minimize energy, as if it had a line tension. Line tension = strain energy per unit length,T,T,Disl

12、ocation bowing,Dislocations may be pinned by solutes, interstitials, and precipitates Pinned dislocations can bow when subjected to shear stress, analogous to the bowing of a string.,bL,T,T,R,/2,/2,R,L,Dislocation multiplication,Some dislocations form during the process of crystallization. More disl

13、ocations are created during plastic deformation. Frank-Read Sources: a dislocation breeding mechanism.,Frank-Read sources in Si,Dash, Dislocation and Mechanical Properties of Crystals, Wiley (1957).,Strengthening mechanisms,Pure metals have low resistance to dislocation motion, thus low yield streng

14、th.Increase the resistance by strengthening: Solution strengthening Precipitate strengthening Work hardening,Solution strengthening,Add impurities to form solid solution (alloy)Example: add Zn in Cu to form brass, strength increased by up to 10 times.,Bigger Zn atoms make the slip plane “rougher”, t

15、hus increase the resistance to dislocation motion.,Precipitate strengthening,Precipitates (small particles) can promote strengthening by impeding dislocation motion.,Dislocation bowing and looping. Critical condition at semicircular configuration:,M.F. Ashby and D.R.H. Jones, Engineering Materials 1

16、, 2nd ed. (2002),Work-hardening,Dislocations interact and obstruct each other. Accounts for higher strength of cold rolled steels.,Polycrystalline materials,Different crystal orientations in different grains. Crystal structure is disturbed at grain boundaries.,D.R. Askeland and P.P. Phule, The Scien

17、ce and Engineering of Materials, Brooks/Cole (2003).,Plastic deformation in polycrystals,Slip in each grain is constrained Dislocations pile up at grain boundaries Gross yield-strength is higher than single crystals (Taylor factor)Strength depends on grain size (Hall-Petch).,Dislocation pile-up at grain boundaries,