Author: Pourboghrat, F.
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MOPB045 Study of Slip and Deformation in High Purity Single Crystal Nb for Accelerator Cavities 191
 
  • D. Kang, D.C. Baars, T.R. Bieler
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Compton
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • A. Mapar, F. Pourboghrat
    MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics, through Grant No. DE-FG02-09ER41638.
High purity Nb has been used to build accelerator cavities over the past couple decades, and there is a growing interest in using ingot Nb as an alternative to the fine grain sheets. Plastic deformation governed by slip is complicated in body-centered cubic metals like Nb. Besides the crystal orientation with respect to the applied stress (Schmid effect), slip is also affected by other factors including temperature, strain rate, strain history, and non-Schmid effects such as twinning/anti-twinning asymmetry and non-glide shear stresses. A clear understanding of slip is an essential step towards modeling the deep drawing of large grain ingot slices, hence predicting the final microstructure/performance of cavities. Two groups of single crystals, with and without a prior heat treatment, were deformed to 40% engineering strain in uniaxial tension. Differences in flow stresses and active slip systems between the two groups were observed, likely due to the removal of preexisting dislocations. Crystal plasticity modeling of the stress-strain behavior suggests that the non-Schmid effect is small in Nb, and that the deep drawing process might be approximated with a Schmid model.
 
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MOPB057 Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Single Crystal Nb 228
 
  • A. Mapar, F. Pourboghrat
    MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • T.R. Bieler, D. Kang
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Compton
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics, through Grant No. DE-FG02-09ER41638.
Deformation behavior of niobium (Nb) is not thoroughly studied, although it is widely used in manufacturing superconducting cavities. This deficiency of knowledge limits the predictibality in raw material properties for fine grain sheets, which are less anisotropic and easier to deform uniformly than large grain sheets. Studies on modeling and simulation of deformation of Nb are also limited. Therefore design of a new manufacturing procedure becomes a costly process, because models predicting the deformation of Nb are not accurate. A polycrystal is an aggregate of single crystals. Tensile tests were performed on single crystal with different orientations, to study the deformation behavior of Nb. A number of crystal plasticity models were developed, calibrated and finally used to predict the deformation of single crystal tensile samples. This study compares the predictions of these models. This provides a foundation for physically realistic polycrystal deformation models.
 
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THPB040 Hydroforming of Large Grain Niobium Tube 1171
 
  • A. Mapar, F. Pourboghrat
    MSU, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • T.R. Bieler
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Compton
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • J.E. Murphy
    University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada, USA
 
  Funding: This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics, through Grant No. DE-FG02-09ER41638.
Currently most of Niobium (Nb) cavities are manufactured from fine grain Nb sheets. As-cast ingots go through a series of steps including forging, milling, rolling, and intermediate annealing, before they are deep-drawn into a half-cell shape and subsequently electron beam welded to make a full cavity. Tube hydroforming, a manufacturing technique where a tube is deformed using a pressurized fluid, is an alternative to the current costly manufacturing process. A whole cavity can be made from a tube using tube hydroforming. This study focuses on deformation of large grain Nb tubes during hydroforming. The crystal orientation of the grains is recorded. The tube is marked with a square-circle-grid which is used to measure the strain after deformation. The deformation of the tube is going to be modeled with crystal plasticity finite element and compared with experiments. This paper only covers the characterization of the tube and the hydroforming process.
 
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