We have considered a semi-infinite crack embedded in a transversely isotropic medium and studied two special cases, one, in which the axis of symmetry is normal to the crack face and the wave incidence is arbitrary and another, in which the axis lies in the crack plane normal to the edge and the incident wave vector is also normal to the edge. The problem is of interest in Non-Destructive Evalu...

Hydrogen-related defects in the metastable austenitic stainless steel 304 were analyzed by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy to determine factors responsible for hydrogen embrittlement. Hydrogen was introduced cathodic electrolysis method ~10-µm topmost layer which then etched electrochemical polishing investigate formation of hydrogen-induced bulk. Although embrittlement did not occu...

A formulation is proposed for true stress–true strain relationships in the plastic regime that exhibit sigmoidal shapes, such as those of certain metastable austenitic stainless steels (MASS). It contains two terms, broadly accounting contributions to hardening from conventional plasticity and mechanical stimulation martensite formation. a continuous function, designed cover range zero up sever...

Twinning induced plasticity steels are austenitic alloys in which mechanical twinning is a prominent deformation mode, and which exhibit exceptional combinations of ductility, work hardening and ultimate strength. The authors develop in the present paper a crystallographic theory to enable the quantitative investigation of the role of mechanical twinning in enhancing the properties of these all...

In some austenitic stainless steel welds grains orientations cause deviation and splitting of the ultrasonic beam. It is especially true in the case of multipass welds when the remelting process after each pass causes complex solidification process. With the new model MINA (Modelling anisotropy from Notebook of Arc welding) we show that we are able to predict thoroughly grains orientations. Thi...

The space of metastable materials offers promising new design opportunities for next-generation technological materials, such as complex oxides, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, steels, and beyond. Although metastable phases are ubiquitous in both nature and technology, only a heuristic understanding of their underlying thermodynamics exists. We report a large-scale data-mining study of the Mat...

Introduction. Reliability-critical components of equipment working in contact with high-speed liquid media (for example, turbine blades hydroelectric power stations, pump impellers, ship propellers) are subjected to one the types wear – cavitation erosion. The current study aims select and scientifically substantiate type coating its structural-phase state for effective protection parts from Re...

A generalized phase transformation kinetics model is used to understand the martensite to austenite transformation in a cold-rolled and annealed metastable AISI 301LN ultrafine-grained austenitic stainless steel. The model shows that the presence of interstitial nitrogen and heavy cold-rolling is important to promote fast transformation kinetics, through rapid nitrogen-diffusion and austenite n...