International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

One of the effective ways to control the properties of copper is to refine its structure to a nano- or ultrafine-grained level, and primarily with the help of severe plastic deformation. At the same time, radial-shear rolling is one of the promising methods for obtaining long-length rods with a gradient ultra-fine-grained structure. It is known from a number of scientific works that one of the main factors influencing the possibility of obtaining an ultrafine-grained structure in various ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys is the deformation temperature of these metals and alloys. The aim of the work is to study the influence of the deformation temperature at the radial-shear rolling mill on the microstructure evolution of copper. The following deformation temperatures of copper rods were selected for the planned studies: 20°C, 100°C and 200°C. The conducted studies have shown that the implementation of radial-shear rolling at ambient temperature compared with rolling at temperatures of 100°C and 200°C made it possible to achieve more intensive refinement of the initial structure. And first of all, this is due to the fact that with radial-shear rolling of copper, realized at ambient temperature, there are no dynamic return processes.

One of the effective ways to control the properties of copper is to refine its structure to a nano- or ultrafine-grained level, and primarily with the help of severe plastic deformation. At the same time, radial-shear rolling is one of the promising methods for obtaining long-length rods with a gradient ultra-fine-grained structure. It is known from a number of scientific works that one of the main factors influencing the possibility of obtaining an ultrafine-grained structure in various ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys is the deformation temperature of these metals and alloys. The aim of the work is to study the influence of the deformation temperature at the radial-shear rolling mill on the microstructure evolution of copper. The following deformation temperatures of copper rods were selected for the planned studies: 20°C, 100°C and 200°C. The conducted studies have shown that the implementation of radial-shear rolling at ambient temperature compared with rolling at temperatures of 100°C and 200°C made it possible to achieve more intensive refinement of the initial structure. And first of all, this is due to the fact that with radial-shear rolling of copper, realized at ambient temperature, there are no dynamic return processes.

Theoretical and experimental data on the impact of heating rate during spark-plasma sintering on densification kinetics, grain size and capillary pressure in powder compacts, based on Fe, are given. It is found out, that an increase of heating rate in range from 10 °C/s to 20 °C/s leads to acceleration of process of obtainment of non-porous compacts and decrease of structure grain size.

The direct problem in ultrasonic testing (UT) is: “Evaluation of attenuation coefficient by means velocity of ultrasonic wave propagation, frequency and grain size in polycrystalline materials”. The inverse problem in UT is formulate as “Non-destructive evaluation of grain size by measurement of acoustical characteristics”. The values of acoustical characteristics (V V f ) L T L ; ;α ; are measured, according ASTM E 494:2015. In this article a equation for grain size (D) is derived.

The fatigue of metals is a relatively new part of mechanics of destruction. In modern theories to explain the destruction of a material of fatigue is considered that the process begins and flow the basis of generation and accumulation of micro-cracking in the material. To describe this process is by using kinetic diagrams of fatigue. The interest to the theory is a discussion of the process of fatigue of middle level. This article examined the kinetic diagrams of fatigue of middle level and evaluate their parameters by ultrasound measurements.