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中国物理学会期刊

相场法研究位错环与时效温度协同调控富Cu相析出

Study on the synergistic regulation of Cu rich phase precipitation by dislocation loops and aging temperature using phase field method

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  • 富Cu相析出是反应堆压力容器(RPV)钢辐照致脆的关键微观机制,其演化过程与温度及位错缺陷密切相关。本文基于EPhase三维时效相场模型,研究了位错环存在条件下,Fe–15at.%Cu–3at.%Mn–1.5at.%Ni–1.5at.%Al合金在523–923 K温度范围内富Cu相的析出行为及其析出强化效应。结果表明,温度对位错调控富 Cu 相析出行为的影响规律具有显著的调控作用,析出机制随温度区间发生显著转变:低温条件下(523–623 K),析出过程以化学驱动为主导,对位错结构的依赖性较弱;中等温度下(723 K),位错应力场与热激活扩散协同,导致富Cu相呈明显的空间非均匀析出特征;高温条件下(823–923 K),富Cu相析出整体受到抑制,仅能在位错应力场提供额外驱动力的局部区域发生有限析出。能量分析结果表明,随温度升高,化学能与界面能对析出过程的驱动作用显著衰减,弹性能的影响逐渐占据主导地位,进而抑制富Cu相的形核与长大。相应地,合金析出强化效应随温度升高呈显著弱化趋势,高温条件下富Cu相难以形成有效强化作用,导致合金屈服强度随富Cu相生长无明显提升。本研究明确了温度–位错耦合作用下富Cu相析出的物理本质,为RPV钢服役过程中的组织演化预测及长期性能稳定性评估提供了重要理论依据。

    The precipitation behavior of Cu-rich phases in reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels under irradiation is a critical factor influencing mechanical property degradation. Understanding the coupled effects of temperature and dislocation defects on phase evolution is essential for predicting long-term material performance. This work employs a three-dimensional aging phase-field model (EPhase) to systematically investigate the nucleation, growth, and spatial distribution of Cu-rich phases in an Fe–15 at.% Cu–3 at.% Mn–1.5 at.% Ni–1.5 at.% Al alloy within the temperature range of 523–923 K, with particular attention to the role of dislocation loops. The results reveal that temperature plays a decisive role in modulating the interaction between dislocations and precipitation, leading to a clear transition in the dominant precipitation mechanism with increasing temperature. At low temperatures (523–623K), precipitation is primarily driven by chemical free energy reduction, with limited sensitivity to the dislocation field. At an intermediate temperature of 723 K, the elastic stress field around dislocations synergizes with thermally activated diffusion, resulting in pronounced spatially heterogeneous precipitation along the dislocation loop. At high temperatures (823–923K), the thermodynamic driving force for precipitation is substantially weakened; Cu-rich phases form only in localized regions where dislocation stress fields provide additional nucleation energy, while precipitation in the dislocation-free matrix is almost entirely suppressed. Energy decomposition analysis further shows that as temperature increases, the contributions of chemical and interfacial energies to the total free energy reduction diminish, whereas elastic energy becomes increasingly dominant, ultimately inhibiting both nucleation and growth of Cu-rich phases. Correspondingly, the precipitation strengthening effect degrades significantly with increasing temperature. At low temperatures, a high number density of finely dispersed Cu-rich precipitates leads to a substantial increase in yield strength. At elevated temperatures, however, precipitates are coarser, fewer in number, and spatially localized, offering little resistance to dislocation motion and resulting in negligible strengthening. These findings elucidate the coupled role of temperature and dislocation loops in governing the precipitation behavior of Cu-rich phases and provide a theoretical basis for predicting microstructural evolution and mechanical performance in RPV steels under long-term service conditions.

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