Taking a Ti−5Al−5Mo−5V−1Cr−1Fe alloy as exemplary case,the fatigue crack growth sensitivity and fracture features with various tailoredαphase morphologies were thoroughly investigated using fatigue crack growth rate(...Taking a Ti−5Al−5Mo−5V−1Cr−1Fe alloy as exemplary case,the fatigue crack growth sensitivity and fracture features with various tailoredαphase morphologies were thoroughly investigated using fatigue crack growth rate(FCGR)test,optical microscopy(OM)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The tailored microstructures by heat treatments include the fine and coarse secondaryαphase,as well as the widmanstatten and basket weave features.The sample with coarse secondaryαphase exhibits better comprehensive properties of good crack propagation resistance(with long Paris regime ranging from 15 to 60 MPa·m1/2),high yield strength(1113 MPa)and ultimate strength(1150 MPa),and good elongation(11.6%).The good crack propagation resistance can be attributed to crack deflection,long secondary crack,and tortuous crack path induced by coarse secondaryαphase.展开更多
Aiming at the problems of inaccuracy in detecting theαphase contour of TB6 titanium alloy.By combining computer vision technology with human vision mechanisms,the spatial characteristics of theαphase can be simulate...Aiming at the problems of inaccuracy in detecting theαphase contour of TB6 titanium alloy.By combining computer vision technology with human vision mechanisms,the spatial characteristics of theαphase can be simulated to obtain the contour accurately.Therefore,an algorithm forαphase contour detection of TB6 titanium alloy fused with multi-scale fretting features is proposed.Firstly,through the response of the classical receptive field model based on fretting and the suppression of new non-classical receptive field model based on fretting,the information maps of theαphase contour of the TB6 titanium alloy at different scales are obtained;then the information map of the smallest scale contour is used as a benchmark,the neighborhood is constructed to judge the deviation of other scale contour information,and the corresponding weight value is calculated;finally,Gaussian function is used to weight and fuse the deviation information,and the contour detection result of TB6 titanium alloyαphase is obtained.In the Visual Studio 2013 environment,484 metallographic images with different temperatures,strain rates,and magnifications were tested.The results show that the performance evaluation F value of the proposed algorithm is 0.915,which can effectively improve the accuracy ofαphase contour detection of TB6 titanium alloy.展开更多
Near β titanium alloys are attractive materials for aeronautical applications due to their high specific strength,excellent damage tolerance performance and good hardenability.Their mechanical properties are strongly...Near β titanium alloys are attractive materials for aeronautical applications due to their high specific strength,excellent damage tolerance performance and good hardenability.Their mechanical properties are strongly governed by the microstructural characteristics,especially the morphology,volume fraction,orientation and distribution of theαphase.展开更多
The influence of a small amount of α phase in β′ matrix on shape memory effect and superelasticity of CuZnAl shape memory alloy has been studied systematically.It has been found that transformation temperature can ...The influence of a small amount of α phase in β′ matrix on shape memory effect and superelasticity of CuZnAl shape memory alloy has been studied systematically.It has been found that transformation temperature can be adjusted in a large scale by controlling the amount of α phase, meanwhile,shape memory effect and superelasticity do not decrease obviously when there exists a small amount of α phase.Based on the optical and trans- mission electron microscopy observation,the influ- ence of α phase on shape memory effect and superelasticity has been discussed.展开更多
The role of α precipitates formed during aging in the fracture toughness and fracture behavior of β-type bio-titanium alloy Ti–29Nb–13Ta–4.6Zr(TNTZ) was studied. Results showed that the fracture toughness of the ...The role of α precipitates formed during aging in the fracture toughness and fracture behavior of β-type bio-titanium alloy Ti–29Nb–13Ta–4.6Zr(TNTZ) was studied. Results showed that the fracture toughness of the TNTZ alloy aged at 723 K decreases to the minimum of 72.07–73.19 kJ·m^(-2)when the aging time is extended to 4–8 h and then gradually increases and reaches 144.89 kJ·m^(-2)after 72 h. The decrease in fracture toughness within the aging time of 4–8 h is caused by the large stress concentration at the tip of acicular α precipitates with a high aspect ratio and the preferential crack propagation along the inhomogeneous acicular α precipitates distributed in “V-shape” and “nearly perpendicular shape”. When the aging time is extended to 8–72 h, the precrack tip is uniformly blunted, and the crack is effectively deflected by α precipitates with multi long axis directions, more high homogeneity, low aspect ratio, and large number density. Analysis of the effect of αprecipitates on the fracture behavior suggested that the number of long axis directions of α precipitates is the key controlling factor for the fracture behavior and fracture toughness of the TNTZ alloy aged for different times.展开更多
To reveal the affecting mechanism of cooling rate on lamellarαprecipitation,the precipitation behaviors of lamellarαphase in IMI834 titanium alloy during isothermal and non-isothermal heat treatments were quantitati...To reveal the affecting mechanism of cooling rate on lamellarαprecipitation,the precipitation behaviors of lamellarαphase in IMI834 titanium alloy during isothermal and non-isothermal heat treatments were quantitatively characterized using experimental analysis.Critical precipitation temperatures at various cooling rates were obtained using thermal dilatation testing.Using metallographic microscopy,electron microprobe analysis,and data fitting methods,the quantitative evolution models of average width,volume fraction,and solute concentration in theαandβphases were built for different temperatures or cooling rates.A comparison between the two precipitation behaviors showed that the average width and volume fraction of lamellarαphase under non-isothermal conditions were smaller than those under isothermal conditions.With increasing cooling rate,the average width and volume fraction were decreased significantly,and the critical precipitation temperatures were reduced.This phenomenon is mainly attributed to the decreased diffusion velocity of solutes Al,Mo,and Nb with increasing cooling rate.展开更多
Globularαphases can significantly improve the ductility of titanium alloys.Cyclic heat treatment(CHT)has been proved to be an effective way to induce the formation of globularαphases inα+βtitanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V ...Globularαphases can significantly improve the ductility of titanium alloys.Cyclic heat treatment(CHT)has been proved to be an effective way to induce the formation of globularαphases inα+βtitanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V fabricated by laser aided additive manufacturing(LAAM).However,there is no prior research reporting methods for obtaining globularαphases in LAAM-built near-αtitanium alloys.This work investigated the cyclic heat treatment(CHT)procedures suitable for the LAAM-built near-αtitanium alloy Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo(Ti6242)to attain the globularαphases.The results show that 980℃ is the most suitable upper temperature limit for CHT.However,it is difficult to achieve a high volume fraction of the globularαphases in the LAAM-built Ti6242 alloys through CHT,which is ascribed to the low composition gradient caused by moreα-stabilizing elements and fewerβ-stabilizing elements.The as-built sample demonstrated elongation of 6.3%,which is lower than the AMS 4919J standard(elongation≥10%).After 980℃ CHT and 980℃ CHT with solution heat-treatment,the formation of the globularαphases significantly increased the elongation to 13.5%and 12.9%,respectively.Although the mechanical strength is reduced after heat-treatment,the room-temperature tensile properties still exceed the AMS 4919J standard.Fractography examination showed that the as-built sample exhibited a mixed brittle and ductile fracture behavior,while the 980℃ CHT and 980℃ CHT with solution heat-treated samples displayed ductile fracture.展开更多
The variations of the ^(63)Cu NMR,spectra of Cu_(83)-Zn_(17) powder mixtures with time of ball milling arc shown and analyzed.With increasing the ball-milling time,theαphase is developed as terminal phase over 5h.acc...The variations of the ^(63)Cu NMR,spectra of Cu_(83)-Zn_(17) powder mixtures with time of ball milling arc shown and analyzed.With increasing the ball-milling time,theαphase is developed as terminal phase over 5h.accompanying the emergence aid following disappearance of siiiall aniountβphase.The microstructural changes after aging at room temperature are also detected.Some valuable conclusions related to the alloying reaction on an atomic scale have been drawn.展开更多
To study the relationship between the microstructure and tensile properties of the novel metastable β titanium alloy Ti-5.5Cr-5Al-4Mo-3Nb-2Zr,a heat treatment process of ABFCA(solid solution in α+βregion with subse...To study the relationship between the microstructure and tensile properties of the novel metastable β titanium alloy Ti-5.5Cr-5Al-4Mo-3Nb-2Zr,a heat treatment process of ABFCA(solid solution in α+βregion with subsequent furnace cooling followed by aging treatment finally)was designed,by which α phases of different sizes can be precipitated in the β matrix.The results show that the microstructure obtained by this heat treatment process is composed of primary α(α_(p))phase,submicro rod-like α(α_(r))phase and secondary α(α_(s))phase.The alloy with multi-scale α phase has an excellent balance between strength and ductility.The elongation is about 18.3% at the ultimate tensile strength of 1125.4 MPa.The relationship between the strength of the alloy and the α phase was established.The strength of the alloy is proportional to the power of‒1/2 of the average spacing and width of α phase.The α_(s) phase with a smaller size and phase spacing can greatly improve the strength of the alloy by hindering dislocation slip.The transmission electron microscope analysis shows that there is a large amount of dislocation accumulation at the α/β interfaces,and many deformation twins are found in the α_(p) phase after tensile deformation.When the dislocation slip is hindered,twins occur at the stress concentration location,and twins can initiate some dislocations that are difficult to slip.Meanwhile,the plastic strain is distributed uniformly among the α_(p),α_(r),α_(s) phases and β matrix,thereby enhancing the ductility of the alloy.展开更多
基金Project(U1867201)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject supported by State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy,Central South University,China。
文摘Taking a Ti−5Al−5Mo−5V−1Cr−1Fe alloy as exemplary case,the fatigue crack growth sensitivity and fracture features with various tailoredαphase morphologies were thoroughly investigated using fatigue crack growth rate(FCGR)test,optical microscopy(OM)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).The tailored microstructures by heat treatments include the fine and coarse secondaryαphase,as well as the widmanstatten and basket weave features.The sample with coarse secondaryαphase exhibits better comprehensive properties of good crack propagation resistance(with long Paris regime ranging from 15 to 60 MPa·m1/2),high yield strength(1113 MPa)and ultimate strength(1150 MPa),and good elongation(11.6%).The good crack propagation resistance can be attributed to crack deflection,long secondary crack,and tortuous crack path induced by coarse secondaryαphase.
基金Supported by Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory for Software Engineering(Grant No.22567637H)the"Rail Vehicle Application Engineering"National International Science and Technology Cooperation Base Open Project Fund(Grant No.BMRV21KF09).
文摘Aiming at the problems of inaccuracy in detecting theαphase contour of TB6 titanium alloy.By combining computer vision technology with human vision mechanisms,the spatial characteristics of theαphase can be simulated to obtain the contour accurately.Therefore,an algorithm forαphase contour detection of TB6 titanium alloy fused with multi-scale fretting features is proposed.Firstly,through the response of the classical receptive field model based on fretting and the suppression of new non-classical receptive field model based on fretting,the information maps of theαphase contour of the TB6 titanium alloy at different scales are obtained;then the information map of the smallest scale contour is used as a benchmark,the neighborhood is constructed to judge the deviation of other scale contour information,and the corresponding weight value is calculated;finally,Gaussian function is used to weight and fuse the deviation information,and the contour detection result of TB6 titanium alloyαphase is obtained.In the Visual Studio 2013 environment,484 metallographic images with different temperatures,strain rates,and magnifications were tested.The results show that the performance evaluation F value of the proposed algorithm is 0.915,which can effectively improve the accuracy ofαphase contour detection of TB6 titanium alloy.
基金funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB0301201)the National International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of China(No.2015DF151430)。
文摘Near β titanium alloys are attractive materials for aeronautical applications due to their high specific strength,excellent damage tolerance performance and good hardenability.Their mechanical properties are strongly governed by the microstructural characteristics,especially the morphology,volume fraction,orientation and distribution of theαphase.
文摘The influence of a small amount of α phase in β′ matrix on shape memory effect and superelasticity of CuZnAl shape memory alloy has been studied systematically.It has been found that transformation temperature can be adjusted in a large scale by controlling the amount of α phase, meanwhile,shape memory effect and superelasticity do not decrease obviously when there exists a small amount of α phase.Based on the optical and trans- mission electron microscopy observation,the influ- ence of α phase on shape memory effect and superelasticity has been discussed.
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province,China (No.2022-MS-113)the Major technology projects of Liaoning Province,China (No.2019JH1/10100004)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.52271249)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi,China(No.2023-YBGY-488)。
文摘The role of α precipitates formed during aging in the fracture toughness and fracture behavior of β-type bio-titanium alloy Ti–29Nb–13Ta–4.6Zr(TNTZ) was studied. Results showed that the fracture toughness of the TNTZ alloy aged at 723 K decreases to the minimum of 72.07–73.19 kJ·m^(-2)when the aging time is extended to 4–8 h and then gradually increases and reaches 144.89 kJ·m^(-2)after 72 h. The decrease in fracture toughness within the aging time of 4–8 h is caused by the large stress concentration at the tip of acicular α precipitates with a high aspect ratio and the preferential crack propagation along the inhomogeneous acicular α precipitates distributed in “V-shape” and “nearly perpendicular shape”. When the aging time is extended to 8–72 h, the precrack tip is uniformly blunted, and the crack is effectively deflected by α precipitates with multi long axis directions, more high homogeneity, low aspect ratio, and large number density. Analysis of the effect of αprecipitates on the fracture behavior suggested that the number of long axis directions of α precipitates is the key controlling factor for the fracture behavior and fracture toughness of the TNTZ alloy aged for different times.
基金financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51675433)the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shaanxi Province,China(No.2019JC-09)。
文摘To reveal the affecting mechanism of cooling rate on lamellarαprecipitation,the precipitation behaviors of lamellarαphase in IMI834 titanium alloy during isothermal and non-isothermal heat treatments were quantitatively characterized using experimental analysis.Critical precipitation temperatures at various cooling rates were obtained using thermal dilatation testing.Using metallographic microscopy,electron microprobe analysis,and data fitting methods,the quantitative evolution models of average width,volume fraction,and solute concentration in theαandβphases were built for different temperatures or cooling rates.A comparison between the two precipitation behaviors showed that the average width and volume fraction of lamellarαphase under non-isothermal conditions were smaller than those under isothermal conditions.With increasing cooling rate,the average width and volume fraction were decreased significantly,and the critical precipitation temperatures were reduced.This phenomenon is mainly attributed to the decreased diffusion velocity of solutes Al,Mo,and Nb with increasing cooling rate.
基金supported by Agency for Science,Technology and Research(A∗Star),the Republic of Singapore,under the IAF-PP program‘Integrated large format hybrid manufacturing using wire-fed and powder-blown technology for LAAM process’(Grant No:A1893a0031).
文摘Globularαphases can significantly improve the ductility of titanium alloys.Cyclic heat treatment(CHT)has been proved to be an effective way to induce the formation of globularαphases inα+βtitanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V fabricated by laser aided additive manufacturing(LAAM).However,there is no prior research reporting methods for obtaining globularαphases in LAAM-built near-αtitanium alloys.This work investigated the cyclic heat treatment(CHT)procedures suitable for the LAAM-built near-αtitanium alloy Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo(Ti6242)to attain the globularαphases.The results show that 980℃ is the most suitable upper temperature limit for CHT.However,it is difficult to achieve a high volume fraction of the globularαphases in the LAAM-built Ti6242 alloys through CHT,which is ascribed to the low composition gradient caused by moreα-stabilizing elements and fewerβ-stabilizing elements.The as-built sample demonstrated elongation of 6.3%,which is lower than the AMS 4919J standard(elongation≥10%).After 980℃ CHT and 980℃ CHT with solution heat-treatment,the formation of the globularαphases significantly increased the elongation to 13.5%and 12.9%,respectively.Although the mechanical strength is reduced after heat-treatment,the room-temperature tensile properties still exceed the AMS 4919J standard.Fractography examination showed that the as-built sample exhibited a mixed brittle and ductile fracture behavior,while the 980℃ CHT and 980℃ CHT with solution heat-treated samples displayed ductile fracture.
文摘The variations of the ^(63)Cu NMR,spectra of Cu_(83)-Zn_(17) powder mixtures with time of ball milling arc shown and analyzed.With increasing the ball-milling time,theαphase is developed as terminal phase over 5h.accompanying the emergence aid following disappearance of siiiall aniountβphase.The microstructural changes after aging at room temperature are also detected.Some valuable conclusions related to the alloying reaction on an atomic scale have been drawn.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(52104379,U21A20117,52071219,52271249)。
文摘To study the relationship between the microstructure and tensile properties of the novel metastable β titanium alloy Ti-5.5Cr-5Al-4Mo-3Nb-2Zr,a heat treatment process of ABFCA(solid solution in α+βregion with subsequent furnace cooling followed by aging treatment finally)was designed,by which α phases of different sizes can be precipitated in the β matrix.The results show that the microstructure obtained by this heat treatment process is composed of primary α(α_(p))phase,submicro rod-like α(α_(r))phase and secondary α(α_(s))phase.The alloy with multi-scale α phase has an excellent balance between strength and ductility.The elongation is about 18.3% at the ultimate tensile strength of 1125.4 MPa.The relationship between the strength of the alloy and the α phase was established.The strength of the alloy is proportional to the power of‒1/2 of the average spacing and width of α phase.The α_(s) phase with a smaller size and phase spacing can greatly improve the strength of the alloy by hindering dislocation slip.The transmission electron microscope analysis shows that there is a large amount of dislocation accumulation at the α/β interfaces,and many deformation twins are found in the α_(p) phase after tensile deformation.When the dislocation slip is hindered,twins occur at the stress concentration location,and twins can initiate some dislocations that are difficult to slip.Meanwhile,the plastic strain is distributed uniformly among the α_(p),α_(r),α_(s) phases and β matrix,thereby enhancing the ductility of the alloy.
