IN-SITU MICRO-NANO IMPACT INDENTATION TESTING INSTRUMENT
20250314571 ยท 2025-10-09
Inventors
- Zhichao MA (Changchun, CN)
- Guoxiang Shen (Changchun, CN)
- Jiazheng Sun (Changchun, CN)
- Wei ZHANG (Changchun, CN)
- Hongcai Xie (Changchun, CN)
- Shuai Tong (Changchun, CN)
- Junming Xiong (Changchun, CN)
- Zixin GUO (Changchun, CN)
- Wenyang Zhao (Changchun, CN)
- Cong Li (Changchun, CN)
- Yicheng Li (Changchun, CN)
- Boyi Kou (Changchun, CN)
- Zaizheng Yang (Changchun, CN)
- Jiakai Li (Changchun, CN)
Cpc classification
International classification
Abstract
The present invention relates to an in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument, falling within the technical field of material micromechanical testing. The instrument comprises a nitrogen generation module, an environmental chamber, a high/low temperature loading module, an optical-infrared in-situ monitoring module, an electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module, etc. After the nitrogen is introduced into the environmental chamber and the test area is determined by microscopic imaging, the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module can drive an indenter to indent a specimen. An acoustic emission sensor embedded in the high/low temperature loading module can monitor the surface crack propagation of the specimen. The optical-infrared in-situ monitoring module can perform real-time high-speed optical imaging and infrared imaging on the impact indentation process. The present invention can perform micro-nano impact indentation testing on the material at high or low temperatures.
Claims
1. An in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument, wherein a high-temperature loading unit and a low-temperature loading unit of a high/low-temperature loading module are mounted in parallel on a right side wall of an environmental chamber, an optical imaging unit and an infrared imaging unit of the optical-infrared in-situ monitoring module are respectively arranged on a left side wall and a rear side wall of the environmental chamber, and both an electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module and a microscopic imaging module are mounted at a bottom of the environmental chamber; the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module is provided with an indenter that horizontally impacts a high-temperature specimen clamped on the high-temperature loading unit on a right side under the driving of an electromagnetic linear motor and a piezoelectric stack; the high-temperature and low-temperature loading units are fixed on the same horizontal sliding rail, and a motor on the horizontal sliding rail drives the low-temperature loading unit to move to a front side of the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module, so that the switching from a high-temperature impact indentation test to a low-temperature impact indentation test is completed; in-situ monitoring is performed on the testing process by the optical-infrared in-situ monitoring module combined with an acoustic emission sensor II and an acoustic emission sensor I in the high-temperature and low-temperature loading units; and the microscopic imaging module is configured to select a test area before impact indentation and observe residual morphology after impact indentation.
2. The in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claim 1, wherein the high/low temperature loading module comprises the high-temperature loading unit and the low-temperature loading unit; a vertical sliding table I of the low-temperature loading unit is mounted on a horizontal sliding rail, a bearing plate I of the vertical sliding table I is connected to a cooling platform, and a refrigerating fluid stored in the cooling platform flows into a micro-channel pipeline inside a micro-channel cold platform through an inlet pipeline and then flows out through an outlet pipeline to return to the cooling platform; a low-temperature specimen is fixed on a top of the micro-channel cold platform through a clamp I, the low-temperature specimen is loaded with low temperature by driving the refrigerating fluid to circularly flow through the micro-channel pipeline, and the temperature of the low-temperature specimen is fed back and adjusted through a low-temperature thermocouple; and the micro-channel cold platform and a heat insulation retainer I are fixed through threads, an acoustic emission sensor I is embedded and mounted below the heat insulation retainer I, and the heat insulation retainer I and an acoustic emission embedded platform I are connected to the cooling platform through long bolts I and nuts I.
3. The in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claim 1, wherein the high-temperature loading unit is mounted beside the low-temperature loading unit in parallel and shares the same horizontal sliding rail, so that high-temperature loading on the high-temperature specimen is achieved; a heating platform is mounted on a bearing plate II of a vertical sliding table II, an eddy current induction coil I of the heating platform heats a heat conduction platform in a heat insulation retainer II and the high-temperature specimen clamped at a top of the heat conduction platform, and the temperature is fed back and adjusted through a high-temperature thermocouple; and the heat conduction platform is connected to the heat insulation retainer II by threads, an acoustic emission sensor II is embedded and mounted below the heat insulation retainer II, and the heat insulation retainer II and an acoustic emission embedded platform II are connected to the heating platform through long bolts II and nuts II.
4. The in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claim 1, wherein the optical-infrared in-situ monitoring module comprises an optical imaging unit and an infrared imaging unit; the optical imaging unit is configured to perform real-time in-situ monitoring on the dynamic propagation behavior of micro-area cracks in the impact indentation process; the optical imaging unit mainly comprises a high-speed camera and a supporting arm, a zoom magnifying lens and a macro lens are mounted on the high-speed camera, a camera base is connected to a bearing pin through a rotating pin, the bearing pin and a through hole on the supporting arm form a rotating pair, and the supporting arm is further fixed on a rear inner wall of the environmental chamber through a bolt; the infrared imaging unit is configured to perform in-situ monitoring on the temperature distribution and the dynamic temperature gradient of the test micro-area, and comprises an infrared thermal imager and a bracket, wherein a thermal imager lens on the infrared thermal imager is internally provided with an optical filter; and a base of the thermal infrared imager is connected to the bracket through a pin and is further fixed on a left inner wall of the environmental chamber.
5. The in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module is formed by two-stage driving of the electromagnetic linear motor and the piezoelectric stack, and the piezoelectric stack completes transient indentation after the electromagnetic linear motor achieves long-range approach; a head part of the piezoelectric stack is fixed in a preload support, a tail output end of the piezoelectric stack is connected to a flexible hinge for amplifying displacement, an output end of the flexible hinge is connected to a load sensor, and the other end of the load sensor is connected to a heat insulation pressing rod and supported by a bearing; the heat insulation pressing rod is connected to a heat conduction pressing rod by using a heat insulation ring and a heat insulation baffle for achieving heat insulation, and a tip of the heat conduction pressing rod is embedded and mounted with an indenter and a copper wire.
6. The in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claim 1, wherein a two-dimensional piezoelectric driving platform is fixed on the electromagnetic linear motor and drives a bearing platform to move, so that dot-matrix impact indentation is achieved.
7. The in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claim 1, wherein the microscopic imaging module is composed of a microscopic lens and a base, the base is connected to a lens arm through a rotating pin, a lens tube moves in a sliding groove through an adjusting knob to achieve focusing, and meanwhile, a lens converter can achieve switching of optical lenses with different magnifications.
8. A testing method implemented by using the in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claims 1, wherein when a high-temperature test is performed, an eddy current induction coil II on the heating base is turned on to heat the heat conduction pressing rod and the indenter, the copper wire adjacent to the indenter is connected to the high-temperature specimen to conduct heat for achieving isothermal contact, when the indenter and the high-temperature specimen are synchronously heated to a preset temperature, the piezoelectric stack drives the indenter to indent the high-temperature specimen according to a preset strain rate, a displacement measuring platform is arranged between a flexible hinge base and the heating base through a positioning guide rail, and a laser displacement sensor carried by the displacement measuring platform collects impact displacement.
9. A testing method implemented by using the in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument according to claims 1, wherein when a low-temperature test is performed, the low-temperature loading unit is moved to a front side of the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module by the horizontal sliding rail, the heating base is removed, the heat conduction pressing rod is replaced by a refrigeration pressing rod, the refrigerating fluid is introduced into the refrigeration pressing rod to cool the indenter, the indenter is driven to perform an impact indentation test after the indenter and the low-temperature specimen are cooled to a preset temperature, and the same laser displacement sensor is used to obtain impact displacement and load data.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0015] The drawings illustrated herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the application. The illustrative examples and descriptions of the present invention are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute improper limitations to the present invention.
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[0023] In the drawings: 1: host; 2: electronic control module; 3: vibration isolation shell; 4: nitrogen generation module; 5: environmental chamber; 6: high/low temperature loading module; 6.1: low-temperature loading unit; 6.1.1: vertical sliding table I; 6.1.2: bearing plate I; 6.1.3: acoustic emission sensor I; 6.1.4: horizontal sliding rail; 6.1.5: inlet pipeline; 6.1.6: cooling platform; 6.1.7: acoustic emission embedded platform I; 6.1.8: heat insulation retainer I; 6.1.9: nut I; 6.1.10: clamp I; 6.1.11: low-temperature specimen; 6.1.12: low-temperature thermocouple; 6.1.13: micro-channel cold platform; 6.1.14: long bolt I; 6.1.15: outlet pipeline; 6.2: high-temperature loading unit; 6.2.1: vertical sliding table II; 6.2.2: bearing plate II; 6.2.3: acoustic emission sensor II; 6.2.4: heating platform; 6.2.5: acoustic emission embedded platform II; 6.2.6: long bolt II; 6.2.7: heat insulation retainer II; 6.2.8: eddy current induction coil I; 6.2.9: nut II; 6.2.10: heat conduction platform; 6.2.11: clamp II; 6.2.12: high-temperature specimen; 6.2.13: high-temperature thermocouple; 7: optical-infrared in-situ monitoring module; 7.1: optical imaging unit, 7.1.1: high-speed camera; 7.1.2: camera base; 7.1.3: rotating pin; 7.1.4: supporting arm; 7.1.5: bearing pin; 7.1.6: zoom magnifying lens; 7.1.7: macro lens; 7.2: infrared imaging unit; 7.2.1: thermal imager lens; 7.2.2: thermal imager bracket; 7.2.3: pin; 7.2.4: thermal imager base; 7.2.5: infrared thermal imager; 8: electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module; 8.1: electromagnetic linear motor; 8.2: two-dimensional piezoelectric driving platform; 8.3: bearing platform; 8.4: flexible hinge base; 8.5: piezoelectric stack; 8.6: preload support; 8.7: refrigeration pressing rod; 8.8: positioning guide rail; 8.9: displacement measuring platform; 8.10: heating base; 8.11: eddy current induction coil II; 8.12: laser displacement sensor; 8.13: flexible hinge; 8.14: load sensor; 8.15: bearing; 8.16: heat insulation pressing rod; 8.17: heat insulation baffle; 8.18: heat insulation ring; 8.19: heat conduction pressing rod; 8.20: indenter; 8.21: copper wire; 9.1: microscope base; 9.2: rotating pin; 9.3: lens arm; 9.4: sliding groove; 9.5: adjusting knob; 9.6: lens tube; 9.7: 100 optical lens; 9.8: 500 optical lens; 9.9: 20 optical lens; and 9.10: lens converter.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0024] The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings. It is clear that the described embodiments are merely a part rather than all of embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort fall within the protection scope of the present invention. In order to make the objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention more apparent and understandable, the following describes the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementations. In the present invention, / and - in high/low temperature, optical-infrared and electromagnetic-piezoelectric respectively represent or and and.
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[0029] The structure of the high-temperature loading unit 6.2 is similar to that of the low-temperature loading unit, the high-temperature loading unit and the low-temperature loading unit are jointly (in parallel) mounted on the same horizontal sliding rail 6.1.4, and a vertical sliding table II 6.2.1 is mounted on the horizontal sliding rail 6.1.4; a bearing plate II 6.2.2 on the vertical sliding table II 6.2.1 is connected to a heating platform 6.2.4 through a bolt, and an eddy current induction coil I 6.2.8 on the heating platform 6.2.4 can heat a heat conduction platform 6.2.10 in a heat insulation retainer II 6.2.7 and the high-temperature specimen 6.2.12; the high-temperature specimen 6.2.12 on the heat conduction platform 6.2.10 is fixed on the top of the heat conduction platform by the clamp II 6.2.11 (a ceramic clamp), and the feedback and adjustment of the temperature is achieved by a high-temperature thermocouple 6.2.13 attached to the high-temperature specimen 6.2.12 during heating; and the heat insulation retainer II 6.2.7 is arranged outside the heat conduction platform, the acoustic emission sensor II 6.2.3 is also embedded and mounted below the heat insulation retainer II 6.2.7 and configured to monitor crack nucleation and propagation in the high-temperature impact indentation process, and the heat insulation retainer II 6.2.7 is connected to the heating platform 6.2.4 through long bolts II 6.2.6.
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[0032] A head part of the piezoelectric stack is fixed in a preload support 8.6, a tail output end of the piezoelectric stack is connected to a flexible hinge 8.13 for amplifying displacement, an output end of the flexible hinge is connected to a load sensor 8.14; in order to protect the load sensor, a heat insulation pressing rod 8.16, a heat insulation baffle 8.17 and a heat insulation ring 8.18 are connected between the load sensor and the heat conduction pressing rod 8.19; the tip of the heat conduction pressing rod 8.19 is embedded and mounted with an indenter 8.20 and a copper wire 8.21, wherein the indenter is made of high-temperature-resistant tungsten carbide material; when the high-temperature test is performed, the eddy current induction coil II 8.11 on the heating base 8.10 is turned on to heat the pressing rod and the indenter, the copper wire adjacent to the indenter is connected to the specimen to achieve isothermal heat conduction so as to reduce temperature drift, when the indenter and the high-temperature specimen 6.2.12 are synchronously heated to a preset temperature, the piezoelectric stack driving indenter indents the specimen according to a preset strain rate, and the laser displacement sensor 8.12 carried by the displacement measuring platform 8.9 is configured to collect impact displacement; and when the low-temperature test is performed, the low-temperature loading unit 6.1 is moved to the front side of the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module by the horizontal sliding rail 6.1.4, the heating base is removed, the heat conduction pressing rod is replaced by a refrigeration pressing rod 8.7, the refrigerating fluid is introduced into the refrigeration pressing rod to cool the indenter, the indenter is driven to perform an impact indentation test after the indenter and the low-temperature specimen 6.1.11 are cooled to a preset temperature, and the same sensor is used to obtain impact displacement and load data. In addition, the two-dimensional piezoelectric driving platform 8.2 is fixed on the electromagnetic linear motor and can drive a bearing platform 8.3 to move, so that dot-matrix impact indentation is achieved.
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[0034] When the in-situ micro-nano impact indentation testing instrument of the present invention is used, the working process is as follows.
[0035] The high-temperature specimen (or the low-temperature specimen) is clamped on a clamp of a heat conduction platform (or a micro-channel cold platform) of a high-temperature (or low-temperature) testing module, a horizontal sliding table and a vertical sliding table II (or a vertical sliding table I) are adjusted, and the specimen is moved to the front side of a microscopic imaging module; after an impact area is determined by the microscopic imaging system, the specimen is moved to the front side of the indenter of the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module in parallel only through a horizontal sliding rail; an electromagnetic linear motor is driven to approach the specimen in a long range; the degree of freedom, the focal length and the magnification of the high-speed camera are adjusted to focus the to-be-tested area of the specimen; and the degree of freedom of the thermal imager is adjusted to focus the infrared imaging field of view, and parameters such as a frame rate and an infrared imaging range are adjusted.
[0036] Before the test is started, the cabin door of the environmental chamber is closed, the sealing valve is screwed, and the switch of the nitrogen generation module is opened; after the nitrogen concentration and the pressure reach set values, the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module an the eddy current induction coils I and II on the high-temperature loading unit are turned on to synchronously heat the high-temperature specimen and the indenter (or a cooling liquid is introduced into a micro-channel cold platform of a refrigeration pressing rod of the electromagnetic-piezoelectric coupling impact module and a low-temperature loading module to cool the low-temperature specimen), and a high-temperature thermocouple (or a low-temperature thermocouple) is configured for the feedback and adjustment of the temperature until the indenter and the specimen reach the set temperature.
[0037] The high-speed camera, the infrared thermal imager, the acoustic emission sensor II (or the acoustic emission sensor I), the load sensor and the laser displacement sensor are triggered to collect signals; the piezoelectric stack is triggered to impact and indent the specimen, and the piezoelectric stack automatically stops advancing when the specimen is indented to a preset depth; after the load is kept for a period of time based on a requirement, the piezoelectric stack retreats at a set speed until the piezoelectric stack leaves the specimen; the collection of various information is stopped after the test is completed, and the eddy current induction coil is turned off (or the flow of the refrigerating fluid is blocked).
[0038] After the specimen and the indenter are cooled (or warmed) to room temperature, the nitrogen is unloaded, the electromagnetic linear motor is driven away from the specimen, and the cabin door is opened to take out the specimen.
[0039] The above described contents are only preferred examples of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. For those skilled in the art, the present invention can be modified and varied. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made to the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.