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DOI:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2015-MOPB045
Title Study of Slip and Deformation in High Purity Single Crystal Nb for Accelerator Cavities
Authors
  • 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
Abstract 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.
Funding This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of High Energy Physics, through Grant No. DE-FG02-09ER41638.
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Conference SRF2015, Whistler, BC, Canada
Series International Conference on RF Superconductivity (17th)
Proceedings Link to full SRF2015 Proccedings
Session Poster Session
Date 14-Sep-15   14:20–17:30
Main Classification Fundamental SRF R&D - Bulk Nb
Keywords experiment, niobium, SRF, factory, cavity
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Robert E. Laxdal (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Jana Thomson (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-178-6
Published December 2015
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