Evidence of back diffusion reducing cracking during solidification

Initiation and growth kinetics of solidification cracking during welding of steel

Solidification cracking is a key phenomenon associated with defect formation during welding. To elucidate the failure mechanisms, solidification cracking during arc welding of steel are investigated in situ with high-speed, high-energy synchrotron X-ray radiography. Damage initiates at relatively low true strain of about 3.1% in the form of micro-cavities at the weld subsurface where peak volum...

Effect of grain size on solidification cracking susceptibility of type 347 stainless steel during laser welding

REACT: Reducing Early-Age Cracking Today

Concrete is generally viewed as a durable and long-lasting construction material. However, the long-term performance of a concrete structure can be greatly compromised by early-age cracking. One recent informal estimate from the industry places this as a $500 million problem in the U.S. alone, with some ready-mix companies experiencing early-age issues on as many as 70 % of their jobs. As is of...

IsotopIc FractIonatIon DurIng solIDIFIcatIon

LLE Review, Volume 105 26 Introduction In inertial fusion experiments, it is energetically advantageous to form the fuel into a solid shell before compression.1 Current cryogenic target experiments on OMEGA are being performed with pure deuterium (D2) as the fuel. 2 Future cryogenic target experiments will be performed with an equimolar solid mixture of deuterium and tritium (D-T). An equilibri...

Eliminating cracking during drying.

When colloidal suspensions dry, stresses build up and cracks often occur -a phenomenon undesirable for important industries such as paint and ceramics. We demonstrate an effective method which can completely eliminate cracking during drying: by adding emulsion droplets into colloidal suspensions, we can systematically decrease the amount of cracking, and eliminate it completely above a critical...