MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS

Tungsten heavy alloys are composite materials containing spherical tungsten particles embedded in binder matrix. Their excellent mechanical properties can be further improved by rotary forging. This paper aims to gain deeper understanding of the forging process by investigating the local elastic mod...

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Main Authors: Ondřej Kovářík, Jaroslav Čech, Jiří Čapek, Michal Hajíček, Jakub Klečka, Jan Siegl
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Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2020-06-01
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/6711
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Jaroslav Čech
Jiří Čapek
Michal Hajíček
Jakub Klečka
Jan Siegl
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description Tungsten heavy alloys are composite materials containing spherical tungsten particles embedded in binder matrix. Their excellent mechanical properties can be further improved by rotary forging. This paper aims to gain deeper understanding of the forging process by investigating the local elastic modulus, hardness, and residual stress of individual phases in W6Ni3Co pseudo-alloy. The resulting global properties of the composite material such as stress-strain behavior, fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth rate behavior are also studied. The results show that sintered and quenched material consists of highly textured matrix containing nearly perfect single crystal spheres of pure W. The rotary forging leads to significant lattice deformations destroying the texture and significantly increasing the hardness of both WNiCo matrix and W particles and making residual stresses in W particles anisotropic with increased compression along the longitudinal axis of the forged part.
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spelling doaj-art-273edf6269894ba8bbb406d835f44bee2025-08-20T03:28:41ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822020-06-0127014915410.14311/APP.2020.27.01495241MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYSOndřej Kovářík0Jaroslav Čech1Jiří Čapek2Michal Hajíček3Jakub Klečka4Jan Siegl5Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Materials, Trojanova 13, Praha 2, Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Materials, Trojanova 13, Praha 2, Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Materials, Trojanova 13, Praha 2, Czech RepublicUJP Praha a.s., Nad Kamínkou 1345, Praha-Zbraslav, Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Materials, Trojanova 13, Praha 2, Czech Republic Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plasma Physics, Za Slovankou 1782/3, Praha-Liben, Czech RepublicCzech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Department of Materials, Trojanova 13, Praha 2, Czech RepublicTungsten heavy alloys are composite materials containing spherical tungsten particles embedded in binder matrix. Their excellent mechanical properties can be further improved by rotary forging. This paper aims to gain deeper understanding of the forging process by investigating the local elastic modulus, hardness, and residual stress of individual phases in W6Ni3Co pseudo-alloy. The resulting global properties of the composite material such as stress-strain behavior, fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth rate behavior are also studied. The results show that sintered and quenched material consists of highly textured matrix containing nearly perfect single crystal spheres of pure W. The rotary forging leads to significant lattice deformations destroying the texture and significantly increasing the hardness of both WNiCo matrix and W particles and making residual stresses in W particles anisotropic with increased compression along the longitudinal axis of the forged part.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/6711instrumented indentation, residual strain, stress-strain, tungsten heavy alloy, w6ni3co
spellingShingle Ondřej Kovářík
Jaroslav Čech
Jiří Čapek
Michal Hajíček
Jakub Klečka
Jan Siegl
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
instrumented indentation, residual strain, stress-strain, tungsten heavy alloy, w6ni3co
title MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS
title_full MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS
title_fullStr MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS
title_full_unstemmed MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS
title_short MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS
title_sort mechanical properties of forged tungsten heavy alloys
topic instrumented indentation, residual strain, stress-strain, tungsten heavy alloy, w6ni3co
url https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/6711
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