This study proposed a novel method to heal microcrack within Mg alloy tubes using high density eddy current pulse treatment (ECPT). Through electromagnetic induction inside a copper coil connected with a high density pulse power source supply, the high density (greater than 5 × 109 A/m2) and short duration eddy current was generated in tube specimens of Mg alloy. The results show that the microcracks in tube specimens was healed evidently and the mechanical properties of the tubes subjected to ECPT were improved simultaneously. The crack healing during ECPT was ascribed to not only the thermal stress around the microcrack tips and the softening or melting of metals in the vicinity of microcrack tips, but also the squeezing action acted by the Lorentz force. In the inward-discharging scheme, both the compressive radial stress and tangential stress induced by the Lorentz force contributed to more sufficient crack healing and thus better mechanical properties of tube specimens after the ECPT experiment, compared to the outward-discharging scheme. The ECPT can heal microcracks automatically without directly contacting tubular specimens and is not limited by the length of tubular workpieces, exhibiting great potential for crack healing in non-ferrous alloy tubes.
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机译:这项研究提出了一种使用高密度涡流脉冲处理(ECPT)修复镁合金管内微裂纹的新方法。通过与高密度脉冲电源相连的铜线圈内部的电磁感应,可实现高密度(大于5×10 9 sup> A / m 2 sup>)和短时涡流镁合金试管中产生电流。结果表明,试管中的微裂纹得到了明显的修复,同时ECPT试管的力学性能得到了改善。 ECPT期间的裂纹愈合不仅归因于微裂纹尖端周围的热应力以及微裂纹尖端附近金属的软化或熔化,还归因于洛伦兹力所产生的挤压作用。在向内排放方案中,与向外排放方案相比,由洛伦兹力引起的压缩径向应力和切向应力均有助于ECPT实验后的试管试样获得更充分的裂纹愈合并因此获得更好的机械性能。 ECPT可以在不直接接触管状样品的情况下自动修复微裂纹,并且不受管状工件长度的限制,在非铁合金管中具有很大的裂纹修复潜力。
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