《Tensile properties of a nickel-base alloy subjected to surface severe plastic deformation]》.pdf

Materials Science and Engineering A 493 (2008) 176–183 Tensile properties of a nickel-base alloy subjected to surface severe plastic deformation J.W. Tian a , K. Daib , J.C. Villegas c , L. Shaw d,∗, P.K. Liaw a , D.L. Klarstrom e , A.L. Ortiz f a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA b Quality Engineering Software Technology, East Hartford, CT 06108, USA c Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ, USA d Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA e Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo, IN, USA f Departamento de Ingenier´ıa Mec´anica, Energ´etica y de los Materiales, Universidad de Extremadura, 06071 Badajoz, Spain Received 8 March 2007; received in revised form 3 July 2007; accepted 7 July 2007 Abstract A surface severe plastic deformation (S2PD) method has been applied to bulk specimens of HASTELLOY® C-2000 alloy, a nickel-base alloy. The mechanical properties of the processed C-2000 alloy were determined via tensile tests and Vickers hardness measurements, whereas the microstructure was characterized using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffractometry. The improved tensile strength was related to the nanostructure at the surface region, the residual compressive stresses, and the work-hardened surface layer, all of which resulted from the S2PD process. To understand the contributions of these three factors, finite element