First-principles based calculations were carried out to explore the possible mechanisms of stress/strain aging in Al alloys. Potential effects of temperature and external stress/strain were evaluated on the solvus boundary of Al3Se in Al-Sc alloy, and the interface energy of Al/θ＂ in Al-Cu alloys. Results show that applying tensile strain/stress during conventional aging can significantly decrease the solubility entropy, by red-shifting the phonon DOS at high states. The resulted solvus boundary would shift up on the phase diagram, suggesting a reduced solubility limit and an increased maximum possible precipitation volume of AlaSc in Al-Sc alloy. Moreover, the applied strain/stress has different impacts on the formation energies of different orientated Al/θ＂ interfaces in Al-Cu alloys, which can be further exaggerated by the Poisson effect, and eventually affect the preferential precipitation orientation in Al-Cu alloy. Both mechanisms are expected to play important roles during stress/strain aging.
采用差热分析仪（DSC）、透射电子显微镜（TEM）等分析手段,研究应力/电场耦合时效后2524合金的DSC的曲线特征和微观组织。结果表明：与无外场时效（190℃/5 h）样品相比,施加25-130 MPa应力时效后,2524铝合金中S相析出体积分数升高,析出速率提高30%,S相的形成激活能降低55 k J/mol;施加130 MPa＋16 k V/cm耦合外场时效后,S相激活能仅降低了38 k J/mol。
The exposure of Al-5Cu alloy to an external stress with normal aging was carried out. The effects of external stress-aging on the morphology and precipitation behavior of θ＂ phase were investigated by transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） and first principle calculation. The size of the θ＂ phase precipitated plates in stress-aging （453 K, 6 h, 50 MPa） is 19.83 nm, which is smaller than that of those present （28.79 nm） in stress-flee aging （453 K, 6 h）. The precipitation process of θ＂ phase is accelerated by loading external stress aging according to the analysis of DSC results. The apparent activation energy for the external stress-aging is 10% lower than the stress-free one. The first principle calculation results show that the external stress makes a decrease of 6% in the interface energy. The effects of the stress on aging process of the alloy are discussed on the basis of the classical theory. The external stress changes the morphology and precipitation behavior of θ＂ phase because the critical nucleation energy is decreased by 19% under stress aging.
利用MMS 200热模拟实验机对FGH4169合金进行高温压缩实验,建立该合金高温变形本构方程。研究结果表明:在变形温度为950～1 050℃,应变速率为0.004～10 s 1的条件下,动态再结晶是该合金的重要软化机制;FGH4169合金在950～1 050℃范围内的激活能为430 kJ/mol,该合金的功率耗散效率约比Inconel718合金的功率耗散效率高10%,峰值效率达到57%。并得到FGH4169合金在本实验条件下的加工图;其适合加工工艺如下:变形温度为1 010～1 050℃,应变速率为0.01～0.1 s 1,或者变形温度为980℃,应变速率为0.004～0.01 s 1。
