Strain rate dependence of the indentation size effect in Ti–10V–2Fe–3Al alloy

Xinkai Ma, Fuguo Li, Zhankun Sun, Junhua Hou, Jinghui Li, Xiaotian Fang

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Abstract

The influence of strain rates on the indentation size effect (ISE) was explored experimentally. A strong ISE phenomenon on the hardness of Ti–10V–2Fe–3Al (Ti-1023) alloy was found when the peak-load was less than 3500 mN, regardless of the variation of loading rates. However, as indenter strain rates increased, the degree of ISE reduced considerably, which was related to the decrease of the internal indentation length scale ranging from 23.08 to 6.80 µm. Furthermore, a positive strain rate sensitivity of the hardness in the whole peak-load range was found in Ti-1023 alloy, which showed a linear function of indenter load. The underlying mechanism was well explained by the variation of geometrically necessary dislocation and statistically stored dislocations in Ti-1023 alloy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1107-1113
Number of pages7
JournalMaterials Science and Technology
Volume35
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • dislocation density
  • indentation size effect
  • micro-indentation
  • strain rate sensitivity
  • Titanium alloys

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