No abstract

Closed solutions of electrostatic and electrodynamics problems are formed in metals for a piecewise-homogeneous medium, where half-space is filled with metal of finite values having electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability being implemented within the framework of a mathematical model for capacitive type sensor when converting electrical energy into

The influence of the layers thickness of bilayer multi-period coatings of the CrNx/MoNx and CrNx/TiNx systems on their phase-structural state, substructure, stress-strain state and mechanical properties was studied using methods of precision structural analysis in combination with computer simulation of implantation processes during particle deposition. It is established that a two-phase structure of CrN and -Mo2N phases of the structural type NaCl is formed in the multi-period coatings of the CrNx/MoNx system with a nanometer thickness of the layers. Because of the small difference in periods (less than 0.5 %) for Λ  20 nm, the layers form a coherent interlayer interface. The use of small Ub -20 V during deposition makes it possible to avoid significant mixing at interlayer (interphase) boundaries even at the smallest Λ  10 nm. Nitride layers formed under conditions of vacuum arc deposition are under the action of compressive stresses. In the СrNх/TiNх system, because of the relatively large discrepancy between periods (more than 2.5 %), during the formation of the same structural components in the layers (CrN and TiN phases of the structural type NaCl), the epitaxial growth with period adjusting does not occur, even for the smallest Λ  10 nm. The action of the deformation factor at the interphase boundary allows achieving an ultrahard state (with a hardness of about 50 GPa), which causes a relatively low friction coefficient. The obtained results on the formation of phase-structural states with the nanoscale thickness of layers of multi-period nitride coatings are explained from the position of minimization of surface energy and deformation energy.

To reveal the regularities of structural engineering of vacuum-arc coatings based on chromium and its nitrides, the influence of the main physicotechnological factors (the pressure of the nitrogen atmosphere and the bias potential) in the formation of coatings was studied. It was discovered that during the deposition of chromium coatings the formation of the texture axis [100], as well as the macrodeformation of compression is happening. The supply of a high-voltage negative pulse potential to the substrate increases the mobility of the deposited atoms and leads to relaxation of the compression deformation. As the pressure increases from 210-5 Torr to 4.810-3 Torr, the phase composition of the coatings changes: Cr (JCPDS 06-0694) → Cr2N(JCPDS 35-0803) → CrN(JCPDS 11-0065). The supply of high-voltage pulses leads to the formation of a texture of crystallites with parallel growth surfaces planes having d ≈ 0.14 nm. The structure obtained by pulsed high-voltage action makes it possible to increase the hardness of the coating to 32 GPa and reduce the friction coefficient to 0.32 in the "chromium nitride-steel" system and to 0.11 in the "chromium nitride-diamond" system. The results obtained are explained from the viewpoint of increasing the mobility of atoms and the formation of cascades of displacements when using an additional high-voltage potential in the pulse form during the deposition of chromium-based coatings.

In this paper, the assessment of the effect of a corrosion defect, which is developing over time on the working capacity of the pipeline elbow, has been carried out. Corrosion damage models explicitly as volumetric defect on the out surface of the pipeline elbow. The zones on the damaged section of the pipeline on which the maximum stresses are localized has been defined using the finite element analysis. The estimation of the characteristics of the deformed state of a design with defect is analysed with the framework of computer simulations. On the basis of the obtained results, the probabilistic characteristics of the stresses and plastic strains have been approximated as a function of internal pressure and corrosion defect depth, such as mean value, coefficients of variation and asymmetry. Probability densities function of plasticity appearance have been found for different defect size in operation at typical loading levels.