Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Modifying of structure-phase states and properties of metals by concentrated energy flows 1
1.1 Fatigue failure in metals and alloys 1
1.2 Face hardening of metals and alloys by concentrated energy flows 5
1.3 The effect of electron-beam processing on fatigue strength of various steels 15
1.4 The relevance of face hardening methods for the structure and properties of aluminum-silicon alloys 21
1.5 Processing of the surfaces in titanium and titanium-based alloys 29
1.6 The use of concentrated energy flows for the face hardening of titanium and its alloys 32
1.7 The modifying of structure and properties in a plex surface treatment 35
Chapter 2 Spe analysis aspects of modified light alloys 41
2.1 Materials of research 41
2.2 Methods of fatigue tests 41
2.3 Methods of electron-beam processing 43
2.4 Vacuum impulse electrical explosion apparatus EVU60/10 for the generation of impulse multiphase plasma jets 45
2.5 Equipment for the processing of titanium alloy surface by low-energy high-current electron beam 48
2.6 Methods of structural studies 51
2.7 Methods of quantity-related proceeding of research data 57
Chapter 3 Structure and properties of as-cast silumin and processed by intense pulsed electron beam 59
3.1 Structure-phase study of as-cast silumin 60
3.2 Structure and phase position of silumin irradiated by an intense pulsed electron beam 64
Chapter 4 Fractography of silumin surface fractured in high-cycle fatigue tests 73
4.1 Fractography of a fatigue failure surface in as-cast silumin 75
4.2 Fractography of fatigue failure surface in silumin irradiated by an intense pulsed electron beam 78
4.2.1 Analysis of a fracture surface in silumin samples modified by an electron beam with a minimal fatigue life 78
4.2.2 Analysis of a fracture surface in silumin samples modified by an electron beam with a maximal fatigue life
……Chapter 5 Degradation of silumin structure and properties in highcycle fatigue testsChapter 6 Modifying of tiranium alloy VT6 surface by electrical ecplosion alloyingChapter 7 Modifying of titanium alloy VT6 surface by electrical explosion alloying and elecrton-beam processingChapter 8 Microhardness and wear resistance of modified layers Chapter 9 Effect of electron-beam processing on structure and phase composition of tianium vt1-0 fractured in fatigue testsReferences