TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Microstructural Characteristics on Fracture Toughness in Direct Energy Deposited Novel Ti-6Al-4V-1Mo Alloy
AU - Xia, Chao
AU - Zhao, Kexin
AU - Zhou, Xin
AU - He, Yuqi
AU - Gao, Panpan
AU - Zhang, Hengxin
AU - Gao, Guangrui
AU - Zhang, Fengying
AU - Tan, Hua
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Chinese Society for Metals (CSM) and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - Meeting the damage tolerance requirements for engineering-grade titanium alloys pose a significant challenge in achieving high fracture toughness in direct energy deposition (DED) titanium alloys. This work primarily investigated the relationship between the microstructure and the fracture toughness of DED new Ti-6Al-4V-1Mo alloy. Two types of microstructures were designed via two process strategies: high-line energy density (HE) and low-line energy density (LE). Relative to LE samples, HE samples possess larger-sized microstructural characteristics (coarser grain boundary α (αGB), larger α colonies, and coarser α laths). Less α/β phase boundaries were formed by coarser α laths in the HE samples, increasing the movement of dislocations, resulting in tensile strength decreasing from 1007.1 MPa (LE) to 930.8 MPa (HE) and elongation increasing from 10.8% (LE) to 15.7% (HE). Also, HE samples exhibited an excellent fracture toughness of 114.0 MPa m1/2, significantly higher than that of LE samples (76.8 MPa m1/2). An analysis of crack propagation paths was conducted to investigate the factors contributing to toughening. The primary factor enhancing toughness is the frequent obstruction of cracks by coarse αGB and large α colonies in HE samples. Particularly, the pretty large-angle deflections induced by the superposition effect of coarse αGB and large α colonies play a vital of significant role. These factors induced the long and tortuous high-energy pathways, which resulted in ultimately improved fracture toughness. The discovered microstructural toughening mechanisms can serve as a reference for future studies involving titanium alloys, offering insights on how to enhance fracture toughness by achieving similar characteristics.
AB - Meeting the damage tolerance requirements for engineering-grade titanium alloys pose a significant challenge in achieving high fracture toughness in direct energy deposition (DED) titanium alloys. This work primarily investigated the relationship between the microstructure and the fracture toughness of DED new Ti-6Al-4V-1Mo alloy. Two types of microstructures were designed via two process strategies: high-line energy density (HE) and low-line energy density (LE). Relative to LE samples, HE samples possess larger-sized microstructural characteristics (coarser grain boundary α (αGB), larger α colonies, and coarser α laths). Less α/β phase boundaries were formed by coarser α laths in the HE samples, increasing the movement of dislocations, resulting in tensile strength decreasing from 1007.1 MPa (LE) to 930.8 MPa (HE) and elongation increasing from 10.8% (LE) to 15.7% (HE). Also, HE samples exhibited an excellent fracture toughness of 114.0 MPa m1/2, significantly higher than that of LE samples (76.8 MPa m1/2). An analysis of crack propagation paths was conducted to investigate the factors contributing to toughening. The primary factor enhancing toughness is the frequent obstruction of cracks by coarse αGB and large α colonies in HE samples. Particularly, the pretty large-angle deflections induced by the superposition effect of coarse αGB and large α colonies play a vital of significant role. These factors induced the long and tortuous high-energy pathways, which resulted in ultimately improved fracture toughness. The discovered microstructural toughening mechanisms can serve as a reference for future studies involving titanium alloys, offering insights on how to enhance fracture toughness by achieving similar characteristics.
KW - Crack propagation
KW - Direct energy deposition
KW - Fracture toughness
KW - Tensile properties
KW - Ti-6Al-4V-1Mo
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U2 - 10.1007/s40195-023-01650-4
DO - 10.1007/s40195-023-01650-4
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85183422605
SN - 1006-7191
VL - 37
SP - 119
EP - 131
JO - Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)
JF - Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)
IS - 1
ER -