简介:Cold-stretchedpressurevesselsfromausteniticstainlesssteels(ASS)arewidelyusedforstorageandtransportationofliquefiedgases,andhavesuchadvantagesasthinwallandlightweight.Fatigueisanimportantconcerninthesepressurevessels,whicharesubjectedtoalternativeloads.Eventhoughseveralcodesandstandardshaveguidelinesonthesepressurevessels,therearenorelevantdesignmethodsonfatiguefailure.TounderstandthefatiguepropertiesofASS1.4301(equivalentsincludeUNSS30400andAISI304)insolution-annealed(SA)andcold-stretchedconditions(9%strainlevel)andtheresponseoffatiguepropertiestocoldstretching(CS),low-cyclefatigue(LCF)testswereperformedatroomtemperature,withtotalstrainamplitudesrangingfrom-.4%to-.8%.Martensitetransformationsweremeasuredduringthetests.Comparisonsoncyclicstressresponse,cyclicstress-strainbehavior,andfatiguelifewerecarriedoutbetweenSAandCSmaterials.ResultsshowthatCSreducestheinitialhardeningstage,butprolongsthesofteningperiodinthecyclicstressresponse.Martensitetransformationhelpsformastableregimeandsubsequentsecondaryhardening.Thestressesofmonotonicandcyclicstress-straincurvesareimprovedbyCS,whichleadstoalowerplasticstrainandamuchhigherelasticstrain.ThefatigueresistanceoftheCSmaterialisbetterthanthatoftheSAmaterial,whichisapproximately1?03to2?04cycles.TheS-NcurveoftheASMEstandardforASSiscomparedwiththefatiguedataandisjustifiedtobesuitableforthefatiguedesignofcold-stretchedpressurevessels.However,consideringtheCSmaterialhasabetterfatigueresistance,theS-Ncurvewillbemoreconservative.ThepresentstudywouldbehelpfulinmakingfulluseoftheadvantagesofCStodevelopanewS-Ncurveforfatiguedesignofcold-stretchedpressurevessels.
简介:Numericalanalysesofthecoldturbulentflowinmodelcombustionchambersweremadebyusingκ.εturbulentmodel.ThehybriddifferenceschemeandSNIPmethodwereemployed.Numericalsolutionsforretouchmentlengthandvelocitydistributionswereobtainedintherecirculatingzoneofthecombustionchambers.Thecalculationresultswereinfairlygoodagreementwiththereportedexperimentaldata.Theworkpresentedinthispaperwasabasicpartofthecalculationmodelofsudden-enlargedcombustionchambers.
简介:Theplasticanisotropyofsheetmetalisusuallycausedbypreferredorientationofgrains,developedbymechanicaldeformationandthermaltreatment.Inthepresentstudy,aTaylor-likepolycrystalmodelsuggestedbyAsaroandNeedlemanisappliedtoinvestigatetheevolutionoftheanisotropicbehaviorofafacecenteredcubic(FCC)polycrystallinemetal,whichithasundergoneaplane-straincompressionthatrationallysimulatesthecoldrollingprocessofFCCpolycrystallinepurealuminium.ByusingtheTaylor-likepolycrystalmodel,polefiguresareobtainedtodescribethetexturedevelopmentofpolycrystallineaggregateafterplane-straincompression,andthentheplasticanisotropyofpolycrystallineaggregateisevaluatedbystretchingthepolycrystallineaggregateindifferentdirectionintermofyieldstress.Accordingtotheresults,thecontoursoflongitudinalflowstressinthree-dimensionalorientationspacearegivenandanalyzed.ExperimentresultssimilartothepredictionofplanaranisotropycanbefoundintheliteraturewrittenbyTakahashietal.thatindirectlyshowthecorrectnessofthepredictionofnon-planarplasticanisotropybythisanalysis.
简介:Wereportonthemodificationofthewettabilityofstainlesssteelbypicosecondlasersurfacemicrostructuringinthispaper.Comparedwithtraditionalmethods,picosecondlaser-inducedsurfacemodificationprovidesafastandfacilemethodforsurfacemodificationwithoutchemicaldamageandenvironmentalpollution.Asaresultoftreatmentby100pslaserpulses,microstructuresarefabricatedonthestainlesssteelsamplesurface,contributingtotheincreaseofthecontactanglefrom88°to105°,whichrealizesatransformationfromhydrophilicitytohydrophobicity.Themorphologicalfeaturesoffabricatedmicrostructuresarecharacterizedbyscanningelectronmicroscopyandopticalmicroscopy.