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On High-Temperature Behaviours of Heat Resistant Austenitic Alloys
No full textAdvanced heat resistant materials are important to achieve the transition to long term sustainable power generation. The global increase in energy consumption and the global warming from greenhouse gas emissions create the need for more sustainable power generation processes. Biomass-fired power plants with higher efficiency could generate more power but also reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, e.g. CO2. Biomass offers no net contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere. To obtain greater efficiency of power plants, one option is to increase the temperature and the pressure in the boiler section of the power plant. This requires improved material properties, such as higher yield strength, creep strength and high-temperature corrosion resistance, as well as structural integrity and safety. Today, some austenitic stainless steels are design to withstand temperatures up to 650 °C in tough environments. Nickel-based alloys are designed to withstand even higher temperatures. Austenitic stainless steels are more cost effective than nickel-based alloys due to a lower amount of expensive alloying elements. However, the performance of austenitic stainless steels at the elevated temperatures of future operation conditions in biomass-red power plants is not yet fully understood. This thesis presents research on the influence of long term high-temperature ageing on mechanical properties, the influence of very slow deformation rates at high-temperature on deformation, damage and fracture, and the influence of high-temperature environment and cyclic operation conditions on the material behaviour. Mechanical and thermal testing have been performed followed by subsequent studies of the microstructure, using scanning electron microscopy, to investigate the material behaviours. Results shows that long term ageing at high temperatures leads to the precipitation of intermetallic phases. These intermetallic phases are brittle at room temperature and become detrimental for the impact toughness of some of the austenitic stainless steels. During slow strain rate tensile deformation at elevated temperature time dependent deformation and recovery mechanisms are pronounced. The creep-fatigue interaction behaviour of an austenitic stainless steel show that dwell time gives shorter life at a lower strain range, but has none or small effect on the life at a higher strain range. Finally, this research results in an increased knowledge of the structural, mechanical and chemical behaviour as well as a deeper understanding of the deformation, damage and fracture mechanisms that occur in heat resistant austenitic alloys at high-temperature environments. It is believed that in the long term, this can contribute to material development achieving the transition to more sustainable power generation in biomass-red power plants
Effect of temperature on mechanical response of austenitic materials
No full textGlobal increase in energy consumption and global warming require more energy production but less CO2emission. Increase in efficiency of energy production is an effective way for this purpose. This can be reached by increasing boiler temperature and pressure in a biomass power plant. By increasing material temperature 50°C, the efficiency in biomass power plants can be increased significantly and the CO2emission can be greatly reduced. However, the materials used for future biomass power plants with higher temperature require improved properties. Austenitic stainless steels are used in most biomass power plants. In austenitic stainless steels a phenomenon called dynamic strain aging (DSA), can occur in the operating temperature range for biomass power plants. DSA is an effect of interaction between moving dislocations and solute atoms and occurs during deformation at certain temperatures. An investigation of DSA influences on ductility in austenitic stainless steels and nickel base alloys have been done. Tensile tests at room temperature up to 700°C and scanning electron microscope investigations have been used. Tensile tests revealed that ductility increases with increased temperature for some materials when for others the ductility decreases. This is, probably due to formation of twins. Increased stacking fault energy (SFE) gives increased amount of twins and high nickel content gives a higher SFE. Deformation mechanisms observed in the microstructure are glide bands (or deformations band), twins, dislocation cells and shear bands. Damage due to DSA can probably be related to intersection between glide bands or twins, see figure 6 a). Broken particles and voids are damage mechanisms observed in the microstructure
Temperaturpåverkan på egenskaperna hos högtemperaturtåliga austenitiska rostfria stål KME 701
No full textDen globala ökningen av energianvändning och sammanhängande ökning i CO2-utsläpp vid förbränning har skärpt kraven på energileverantörer att i större utsträckning använda hållbara biobränslen samt att höja verkningsgraden på energiomvandlingsprocesserna. Detta kan uppnås genom att höja tryck och temperatur i biomasseldade förbränningspannor. Sådana omställningar leder oftast till nya utmaningar kopplade till materialegenskaper. I framtiden kommer behovet av reglerkraft att öka för att kompensera för väderbaserade energianläggningar, såsom sol- och vindkraft. Detta leder till att anläggningarna måste stoppas och startas betydlig oftare än nu. Det skapar ett behov av provningsmetoder som tar hänsyn till cykliska mekaniska och temperaturbaserade laster. Tillsammans med att framtidens material måste tåla högre temperaturer och tuffare miljöer, relaterat till bränsleflexibiliteten, innebär detta att befintliga austenitiska rostfria stål måste förbättras. Inte bara genom en ökning av andelen nickel och andra verksamma legeringselement utan även genom att generera ny kunskap om hur de mekaniska egenskaperna påverkas av den tuffare högtemperatursmiljön. Syftet med detta projekt var att utvärdera mekaniska beteenden relaterade till kombinerad cyklisk och statisk belastning, långtidsåldring samt cyklisk mekanisk och temperaturbelastning vid höga temperaturer. Detta uppnåddes genom att: Utvärdera kryp-utmattningsinteraktion beteendet hos pannmaterial. Utvärdera den strukturella stabiliteten hos de austenitiska rostfria stålen efter långtidsåldring vid hög temperatur. Utvärdera termomekaniska utmattningsegenskaper hos pannmaterial. Utvärdera spänningsrelaxation sprickningsbeteenden hos pannmaterial. Mekanisk provning enligt ovan har utförts och analyserats vid Linköpings universitet samt Sandvik Materials Technology för att få en ökad förståelse för hur mekaniska egenskaper påverkas av den tuffare högtemperatursmiljön som framtidens biomasseldade pannor utgör. Detta kan användas i materialutveckling samt vidare för att förbättra konstruktionen av framtidens biomasseldade pannor. Resultaten visade att: De undersökta pannmaterialen uppvisar kryp-utmattningsinteraktion skador och längre cykliskt liv är relaterat till högt krypmotstånd. Austenitiska rostfria stål uppvisar försprödning på grund av intermetalliska utskiljningar efter långtidsåldring vid höga temperaturer. De austenitiska rostfria stålen med högst högtemperaturshållfasthet uppvisade bäst termomekaniska utmattningsegenskaper. Mer metodutveckling och undersökning krävs för att utvärdera spänningsrelaxation sprickningsbeteendet hos pannmaterialen. A global increase in use of energy connected to an increase in CO2 emission during combustion has increased the demand on energy producers to use sustainable biomass fuels and to increase efficiency by increasing temperature and pressure in energy conversion plants. This often leads to problems related to materials properties. In the future, clear signs of increasing needs for regulating power to compensate for weather-based energy facilities, such as solar and wind power. This means that the power plants must be stopped and started significantly more often than now. It creates a need for testing methods that take into account cyclic mechanical and temperature-based loads. In addition, the future materials needs to withstand higher temperatures and tougher environments related to fuel flexibility. All this means that existing austenitic stainless steels need to be improved. Not only by increasing the nickel content and other alloying elements, but also by generating new knowledge of how the mechanical properties are affected by the tougher high-temperature environment. The purpose of this project was to evaluate mechanical behavior related to combined cyclic and static deformation, long-term ageing and cyclic mechanical and temperature stress at high temperatures. This was achieved by: Evaluate the creep-fatigue interaction behavior of boiler materials. Evaluate the structural stability of the austenitic stainless steel after long-term ageing at high temperature. Evaluate thermo-mechanical fatigue properties of boiler materials. Evaluate stress relaxation cracking behavior of boiler materials. Mechanical testing mentioned above have been performed and analysed at Linköping University and Sandvik Materials Technology to obtain a greater understanding of how mechanical properties are affected by the tougher high-temperature environment that the future biomass-fired boilers will require. This knowledge can be used in material development and further to improve the design of future biomass-fired boilers. The results showed that: The investigated boiler materials exhibit creep-fatigue interaction damage and longer cyclic life was related to high creep resistance. Austenitic stainless steels show an embrittlement after long-term ageing at high temperatures due to intermetallic precipitates. Austenitic stainless steel with higher high-temperature strength showed the best thermo-mechanical fatigue properties. Further method development and investigation are required to evaluate the stress relaxation cracking behavior of the boiler materials
High-Temperature Behaviour of Austenitic Alloys : Influence of Temperature and Strain Rate on Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Development
No full textThe global increase in energy consumption and the global warming from greenhouse gas emission creates the need for more environmental friendly energy production processes. Biomass power plants with higher efficiency could generate more energy but also reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, e.g. CO2. Biomass is the largest global contributor to renewable energy and offers no net contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere. One way to increase the efficiency of the power plants is to increase temperature and pressure in the boiler parts of the power plant. The materials used for the future biomass power plants, with higher temperature and pressure, require improved properties, such as higher yield strength, creep strength and high-temperature corrosion resistance. Austenitic stainless steels and nickel-base alloys have shown good mechanical and chemical properties at the operation temperatures of today’s biomass power plants. However, the performance of austenitic stainless steels at the future elevated temperatures is not fully understood. The aim of this licentiate thesis is to increase our knowledge about the mechanical performance of austenitic stainless steels at the demanding conditions of the new generation power plants. This is done by using slow strain rate tensile deformation at elevated temperature and long term hightemperature ageing together with impact toughness testing. Microscopy is used to investigate deformation, damage and fracture behaviours during slow deformation and the long term influence of temperature on toughness in the microstructure of these austenitic alloys. Results show that the main deformation mechanisms are planar dislocation deformations, such as planar slip and slip bands. Intergranular fracture may occur due to precipitation in grain boundaries both in tensile deformed and impact toughness tested alloys. The shape and amount of σ-phase precipitates have been found to strongly influence the fracture behaviour of some of the austenitic stainless steels. In addition, ductility is affected differently by temperature depending on alloy tested and dynamic strain ageing may not always lead to a lower ductility
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
On the micro- and macroscopic elastoplastic deformation behaviour of cast iron when subjected to cyclic loading
No full textThe complicated constitutive behaviour of cast iron, involving a non-linear elastic regime, tension-compression stress asymmetry, varying elastic modulus and an inflection in the tension-to-compression hardening curve, is investigated using a micromechanical modelling approach. In this way, it is demonstrated that the abnormalities observed in the constitutive behaviour are qualitatively and quantitatively explained by the interaction behaviour between the matrix and graphite constituents. In initial tension, the absence of linearity is rationalised by the successive loss in load-carrying capacity of the graphite phase due to debonding, which in subsequent cycling, results in the opening and re-contact of the matrix-graphite interface. This effect is demonstrated to result in tension-compression asymmetry in stress and elastic modulus, as well as the inflection in tension-to-compression loading. The given model of explanation is validated by comparison to the experimentally acquired microscopic strain field in EN-GJV-400 at locations where stress concentrations are generated due to the matrix-graphite debonding, using high-resolution digital image correlation of scanning electron images.Funding Agencies|Scania CV AB; Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems [FFI - 2012 - 03625]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research [SM12 - 0014]; Strategic Faculty Grant AFM (SFO - MAT - LiU) at Linkoping University [2009 -00971]</p
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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