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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stress and Distortion in AF1410 Steel Under Varying Quenching Conditions

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High Co-Ni ultrahigh-strength steel parts are severely distorted after quenching. It is necessary to understand the relationship between phase transformation kinetics and stress evolution in the quenching process to reasonably control distortion. The evolution of stress and distortion in three different quenching processes, including water quenching, oil quenching, and vacuum gas quenching for U-shaped AF1410 steel samples, was investigated by experimental and numerical methods. A thermo-metallurgical–mechanical coupled model was developed to accurately predict the magnitude and distribution of the phase fraction, stress, and distortion. The results showed that the distortion of the U-shaped sample quenched by water, oil, and vacuum gas was decreased sequentially. The different distortion trends showed that it was necessary to comprehensively consider the influence of the cooling rate and solid-state phase transformation (SSPT) on stress and distortion. The influence of SSPT was more evident as the cooling rate increased. In addition, choosing a low quenching holding temperature could reduce the distortion magnitude of the U-shaped sample. The U-shaped sample and the corresponding finite element model could be an effective tool for evaluating the distortion behavior of aeronautical parts made of high Co-Ni ultrahigh-strength steel.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the NSFC funded program of Liaoning Province [Grant No. 2019-MS-338], the major R&D project of Liaoning Province [Grant No. 2019JH3/30100039], and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [Grant No. XDC04030601].

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Zhang, K., Dong, W. & Lu, S. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stress and Distortion in AF1410 Steel Under Varying Quenching Conditions. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 31, 6858–6869 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06688-6

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