Effect of strain rate on impact response and ω transformation of quenched Zr-Nb alloys

Yinghao Wang, Bin Tang, Y. W. Cui, Hongchao Kou, Jinshan Li

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Abstract

The strain rate sensitivity of impact response of quenched Zr-Nb alloys was experimentally investigated. The ω phase transformation with extremely high nucleation frequency is shown to cause a quite effective stress relaxation leading to the presence of stress plateau in the work hardening stage of stress-strain curve and the negative relationship between stress and strain rate. Besides, the habit plane for the impact induced ω phase transformation is the same as usually found for the thermally induced ω phase transformation. It is suggested that numerous ω particles in deformed samples may nucleate from the vacancies induced by impact loading.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10-15
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Characterization
Volume84
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Impact loading
  • Phase transformation
  • Stress relaxation
  • Zr-Nb alloys

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