The design of alloys with simultaneous high strength and high ductility is still a difficult challenge.Here,we propose a new approach to designing multi-phase alloys with a synergistic combination of strength and duct...The design of alloys with simultaneous high strength and high ductility is still a difficult challenge.Here,we propose a new approach to designing multi-phase alloys with a synergistic combination of strength and ductility by engineering heterogeneous precipitate microstructures through the activation of different transformation mechanisms.Using a two-phase titanium alloy as an example,phase field simulations are carried out firstly to design heat treatment schedules that involve both conventional nucleation and growth and non-conventional pseudospinodal decomposition mechanisms,and the calculated microstructures have been evaluated by crystal plasticity finite element modeling.According to simulations,we then set a two-step heat treatment to produce bimodalα+βmicrostructure in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al.Further mechanical testing shows that the ductility of the alloy is increased by~50%and the strength is increased by~10%as compared to its unimodal counterpart.Our work may provide a general way to improve the mechanical properties of alloys through multiscale microstructure design.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB0701302)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52171012 and 51931004)“H2”High-Performance Cluster,the internal City University of Hong Kong under the Programs 7004894 and 9380060。
文摘The design of alloys with simultaneous high strength and high ductility is still a difficult challenge.Here,we propose a new approach to designing multi-phase alloys with a synergistic combination of strength and ductility by engineering heterogeneous precipitate microstructures through the activation of different transformation mechanisms.Using a two-phase titanium alloy as an example,phase field simulations are carried out firstly to design heat treatment schedules that involve both conventional nucleation and growth and non-conventional pseudospinodal decomposition mechanisms,and the calculated microstructures have been evaluated by crystal plasticity finite element modeling.According to simulations,we then set a two-step heat treatment to produce bimodalα+βmicrostructure in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al.Further mechanical testing shows that the ductility of the alloy is increased by~50%and the strength is increased by~10%as compared to its unimodal counterpart.Our work may provide a general way to improve the mechanical properties of alloys through multiscale microstructure design.
