Impact of Cryogenic Cycling on the Macro and Microscopic Residual Stress in SiC/Al Composites
GU Liming1,2, FENG Xiaoming1,2, YU Zhao1,2, ZHANG Junfan1(), LIU Zhenyu1, HE Lunhua3,4,5, LU Huaile3,6, LI Xiaohu3, WANG Chen3, ZHANG Xiaodong3, XIAO Bolv1, MA Zongyi1
1 Shi -changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China 2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China 3 Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China 4 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 5 Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China 6 Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Cite this article:
GU Liming, FENG Xiaoming, YU Zhao, ZHANG Junfan, LIU Zhenyu, HE Lunhua, LU Huaile, LI Xiaohu, WANG Chen, ZHANG Xiaodong, XIAO Bolv, MA Zongyi. Impact of Cryogenic Cycling on the Macro and Microscopic Residual Stress in SiC/Al Composites. Acta Metall Sin, 2024, 60(8): 1031-1042.
Aluminum-based silicon carbide (SiC/Al) composites are widely used in the field of precision optics by virtue of their high specific modulus, high specific strength, and excellent dimensional stability. The dimensional stability of these composites is primarily influenced by macroscopic and microscopic residual stresses induced during the heat treatment process. This study employed neutron diffraction and finite element method (FEM) to investigate the impact of cryogenic cycle treatment on both macroscopic and microscopic residual stresses within the 35%SiC/6092Al composite material in the annealed state. The results of this study will clarify the methods and effects of reducing the residual stress and improving the dimensional stability of precision optical parts. The study focused on the influencing factors such as the number of cryogenic cycles, sample size, reinforcement particle size, and temperature difference of cryogenic cycles. The results show that the deep cryogenic cycles can remarkably reduce the internal stress of SiC/Al composites in the annealed state; as the number of cryogenic cycles increases, the internal stress reduction effect of a single cycle weakens. The cryogenic cycles primarily induce plastic strain in the matrix around particles, thereby influencing the internal stress between the particles and the surrounding matrix. No significant relationship is found between cryogenic cycles and external dimensions. Moreover, the cryogenic cycle barely increases the macroscopic stress of the annealed sample. For composites with equal volume fraction of SiC particles, the reduction in the internal stress after multiple cryogenic cycles is the same regardless of the SiC size. Moreover, the effect of multiple cryogenic cycles on the reduction in internal stress has little to do with the cryogenic cycle temperature difference. Cryogenic cycles at temperatures ranges of 100~-196°C and 200~-196°C exhibit almost identical alterations in internal stress.
Fund: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3705705);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52192594);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51931009);Chinese Academy of Sciences High-Performance Engineering Materials Institutional Platform(JZHKYPT-2021-01);Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS(2020197)
Corresponding Authors:
ZHANG Junfan, associate professor, Tel: (024)83970048, E-mail: jfzhang@imr.ac.cn
Fig.1 Neutron diffraction stress measurement site graphic and dimensional graphic (a), and neutron diffraction light path diagram (b) (ND—normal direction, RD—radial direction)
Fig.2 Representative volume element of 35%SiC/Al composites (a) reinforcement particles (b) matrix and reinforcement particles
Phase
Parameter
Value
Unit
Al
Conductivity
174.57[30]
mJ·(s·mm·oC)-1
Young's modulus
68.00
GPa
Poisson's ratio
0.33
-
Thermal expansion coefficient
2.30 × 10-5
K-1
Yield stress
200
MPa
SiC
Conductivity
120.00
mJ·(s·mm·℃)-1
Young's modulus
415.00
GPa
Poisson's ratio
0.17
-
Table 1 Material parameters used in numerical simulations
Fig.3 SEM images of initial annealed SiC/6092Al composites with the SiC particle sizes of 7 μm (a) and 14 μm (b)
Fig.4 Sample size and stress measurement locations S1-S14 (a), and results of macroscopic stress (b), Al phase stress (c), and SiC phase stress (d)
Fig.5 Al internal stresses (a, d, g), SiC internal stresses (b, e, h), and macroscopic stresses (c, f, i) of D120 sample in different cryogenic cycles (a-c) P1 (d-f) P2 (g-i) P3
Fig.6 Internal stresses of Al phase (a-c) and SiC phase (d-f) of D120 sample before and after cryogenic cycles (a, d) annealed stress distributions (b, e) stress distributions of 1 cryogenic cyc (c, f) average stress diagrams of different cryogenic cycles
Fig.7 Distributions of equivalent plastic strains (PEEQ) in Al phase after different cryogenic cycles of D120 sample (a-g) annealed state (a) and 1-6 cryogenic cyc, respectively (b-g) (h) comparison of equivalent plastic strains in matrix with different number of cryogenic cycles
Fig.8 Al internal stresses (a, b), SiC internal stresses (c, d), and macroscopic stresses (e, f) in different sample sizes at annealed state (a, c, e) and 6 cryogenic cyc (b, d, f)
Fig.9 Al internal stresses (a, b), SiC internal stresses (c, d), and macroscopic stresses (e, f) in different SiC particle sizes at 7 μm SiC (a, c, e) and 14 μm SiC (b, d, f)
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