Effect of alloying elements and heat treatment on the fracture toughness of Ti-Al-Nb alloys

Journal Article · Fri Dec 19 04:00:00 EST 1997 · Acta Materialia

OSTI ID:585942

Kamat, S V; Gogia, A K; Banerjee, D ^[1]

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1. Defence Metallurgical Research Lab., Hyderabad (India)

The fracture toughness and toughening mechanisms of Ti{sub 3}Al based alloy compositions covering a large range of Nb, small variations in Al and quaternary substitutions of Nb have been studied in a variety of heat treated conditions designed to vary the volume fractions of the constituents phases. It was found that the B2 phase of these alloys failed by cleavage in a coarse grained condition but in a ductile manner when fine grained. A higher Nb and a lower Al content improved the cleavage fracture stress of the B2 phase while replacement of a part of Nb and a lower Al content improved the cleavage fracture stress of the B2 phase while replacement of a part of Nb with Mo or Ta had no significant effect. Heat treatments which result in a two phase microstructure ({alpha}{sub 2} + {beta}/B2) exhibited a trend of increasing fracture toughness with increasing volume fraction of {beta}/B2 up to about 60--80 volume fraction of {beta}/B2. This behavior was largely explained by quantifying the role of crack tip blunting. The effect of alloying elements on fracture toughness in two phase microstructures was similar to that observed in the coarse grained B2 condition.

• OSTI ID: 585942
• Journal Information: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 46; ISSN 1359-6454; ISSN ACMAFD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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