ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
The influence of grain shape and size on superplastic behavior and deformation mechanisms was investigated in annealed β-silicon nitride materials and compared with the results for hot-pressed material. The microstructure of the annealed materials consisted of fine equiaxed β-grains together with some elongated ones. Similar to the deformation behavior in the hot-pressed material, strain hardening did not occur in these annealed materials. Moreover, in contrast to the deformation behavior under tension, grain alignment under compression resulting from the development of a mild texture did not give rise to strain hardening. An annealed material with small elongated grains had a flow-stress dependency of n= 1, whereas other annealed materials with large elongated grains exhibited a flow-stress dependency of n= 1.6. In terms of texture development and the effect of grain shape on the creep rate when diffusion was the rate-controlling mechanism, a single curve with a stress exponent of ∼1 and a grain-size exponent of 3 were obtained for all materials. This suggests that the deformation mechanism in these annealed materials was the same as that of fine equiaxed β-silicon nitride.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01701.x
