Volume 119, Nº 5 (2018)

Typical configurations of broken dislocation boundaries formed during plastic deformation at faceted grain boundaries have been analyzed. The reasons for their formation have been determined. It has been shown that the shape and sizes of strain-induced broken dislocation boundaries can be determined by the geometry of a faceted boundary and the relevant slip systems of lattice dislocations. The calculations carried out in the framework of the 2D model make it possible to explain the morphology of the observed broken dislocation boundaries.

Phase transitions have been computer-simulated using the Monte Carlo method in the three-dimensional antiferromagnetic Ising model for the various ratios of the exchange integrals calculated over the surface and bulk of the system. The phase diagram of the system has been constructed. It has been shown that the phase diagram contains a phase in which the ordering of spins located on the surface takes place at a temperature below the Néel temperature. Contrary to the ferromagnetic Ising model, lines of phase transitions intersect at the tetracritical rather than tricritical point. The dependence of the surface critical exponents on the ratio of the exchange integrals has been obtained. It has been discovered that, at a ratio of the exchange integrals less than a certain value, the surface phase transition exhibits attributes of the phase transition of the third order.

A quantum model of a magnetically soft ferromagnet constructed based on a single domain of an α-Fe crystal magnetized to saturation and placed in an alternating magnetic field is suggested. Based on the method of an effective Hamiltonian, the model takes into account the Zeeman energy, the spin-orbital interaction, and the interaction with the crystal field. In order to take into account the magnetic anisotropy, an expansion of a trial single-electron wave function into a series in terms of a small parameter of the spin-orbital interaction is suggested. The nonlinear equations of motion for the magnetization and orbital moment of the domain have been determined within the Heisenberg representation. The parameters of the nonlinear equations have been determined by comparing with the experimental data on the magnetic anisotropy of iron. The equations were solved numerically using the Runge–Kutta method with taking into account the magnetic friction introduced phenomenologically. The dependence of the magnetization of a single domain on the strength of the applied magnetic field has been characterized by hysteresis. The main parameters of the hysteresis loop are in quantitative agreement with the experimentally measured magnetic properties of nanoparticles of iron and iron oxide. A method of simulating the magnetization dynamics of a multidomain ferromagnet in the approximation of a strong crystal field has been suggested.

Features of the structure of a layered material welded by explosion of high-strength titanium alloy and tool roller steel with an intermediate layer of the structural low-carbon steel have been studied. The structural transformations occurring in materials upon their dynamic interaction have been analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the structure of vortex zones formed at the interfaces of billets of various steels, as well as structural steel and titanium-based alloy. The structural analysis methods made it possible to fix stable and metastable joints appearing upon the explosive welding of various metals. To reveal features of structural transformations caused by prolonged heating, billets of titanium alloy and structural steel were also joined by diffusion welding. It has been shown that, in the course of the diffusion welding process, a continuous layer of stable brittle intermetallic compounds is formed along the entire interface of the welded materials. In the explosively welded materials, the intermetallic phases are distributed locally and, thus, they have a weaker embrittlement effect.

The results of a study of the phase composition and microstructure of foils of Sn–8.0 Zn–3.0 Bi–X In (X = 1.5, 2.5, 4.5, 9.0) (wt %) alloys formed by rapidly quenching from the melt at a cooling rate of up to 5 × 10⁵ K/s have been presented. The dependence of the phase composition of the rapidly quenched foils on the concentration of In has been determined. It has been shown that, in rapidly quenched foils, crystallization occurs with the formation of supersaturated solid solutions based on β-Sn and γ phase (Sn₄In). The mechanisms and rates of decomposition of the supersaturated solid solutions at room temperature have been established. The specific features of the formation of the microstructure of the foils have been discussed. The grain structure has been studied by the electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) method; the formation of an elongated shape of grains and the high specific surface area of small-angle boundaries has been explained.

As a result of the phase transformation of austenite to martensite during steel quenching, weakened structural regions, specifically the boundaries of the original austenite grains, have been formed. They are weakened because of microstructural factors, such as the residual internal microstrains and segregation of embrittling impurities. The joint effect of microstructural factors, namely, residual microstrains and segregation of phosphorus and carbon at grain boundaries, on reducing the local strength of the boundaries of the initial austenite grains in martensitic steels is quantitatively evaluated, and the impacts of these microstructural factors have been separated. The dependences of the local grain-boundary strength on the ratio of various levels of residual microstrains and on the atomic concentration of phosphorus impurities at the grain boundary in segregation spots have been determined. It has been shown quantitatively that the adsorption enrichment of the austenite grain boundaries with phosphorus leads to a decrease in the intergrain adhesion and facilitates the emergence and development of cracks along the boundaries of the initial austenite grains. The quantitative dependence of the local strength of grain boundaries on the concentration ratio of carbon and phosphorus in them has been shown. Carbon in concentrations of up to 0.04% reduces the embrittlement of the boundaries due to the segregation of phosphorus and loses its neutralizing effect on the phosphorus segregation at concentrations of more than 0.04%, so the phosphorus concentration at the grain boundaries increases and the embrittlement resistance of the latter decreases. The applicability of the developed technique for the quantitative evaluation of the local strength of hardened steel grain boundaries by using tests on delayed fracture and applying the method of finite elements to determine the local strains has been shown.