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Title: Analysis of microstructural facet fatigue failure in ultra-fine grained powder metallurgy Ti-6Al-4V produced through hydrogen sintering

Abstract

The hydrogen sintering and phase transformation (HSPT) process is a powder metallurgy method that produces Ti-6Al-4V with fatigue properties rivaling wrought processed Ti-6Al-4V. Previous fatigue work on HSPT Ti-6Al-4V has shown failure to be frequently caused by microstructural facets, which were believed to be grain boundary (GB) α phase. This belief conflicts with other reports as fatigue failure typically occurs across α colonies or primary α grains, not GB α. In this work, electron backscattered diffraction is used to identify these facets as GB α. Furthermore, a simple geometric model predicting the effective slip length of GB α is presented.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States); United States Army Research Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (United States)
  2. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
  3. United States Army Research Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
OSTI Identifier:
1799184
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1776374
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0005761
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
International Journal of Fatigue
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 131; Journal ID: ISSN 0142-1123
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; titanium alloys; fatigue initiation; grain boundary α; electron backscattered diffraction; high cycle fatigue

Citation Formats

Dunstan, Matthew K., Paramore, James D., Fang, Z. Zak, Ligda, Jonathan P., and Butler, Brady G. Analysis of microstructural facet fatigue failure in ultra-fine grained powder metallurgy Ti-6Al-4V produced through hydrogen sintering. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.105355.
Dunstan, Matthew K., Paramore, James D., Fang, Z. Zak, Ligda, Jonathan P., & Butler, Brady G. Analysis of microstructural facet fatigue failure in ultra-fine grained powder metallurgy Ti-6Al-4V produced through hydrogen sintering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.105355
Dunstan, Matthew K., Paramore, James D., Fang, Z. Zak, Ligda, Jonathan P., and Butler, Brady G. Mon . "Analysis of microstructural facet fatigue failure in ultra-fine grained powder metallurgy Ti-6Al-4V produced through hydrogen sintering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.105355. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1799184.
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title = {Analysis of microstructural facet fatigue failure in ultra-fine grained powder metallurgy Ti-6Al-4V produced through hydrogen sintering},
author = {Dunstan, Matthew K. and Paramore, James D. and Fang, Z. Zak and Ligda, Jonathan P. and Butler, Brady G.},
abstractNote = {The hydrogen sintering and phase transformation (HSPT) process is a powder metallurgy method that produces Ti-6Al-4V with fatigue properties rivaling wrought processed Ti-6Al-4V. Previous fatigue work on HSPT Ti-6Al-4V has shown failure to be frequently caused by microstructural facets, which were believed to be grain boundary (GB) α phase. This belief conflicts with other reports as fatigue failure typically occurs across α colonies or primary α grains, not GB α. In this work, electron backscattered diffraction is used to identify these facets as GB α. Furthermore, a simple geometric model predicting the effective slip length of GB α is presented.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.105355},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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