Effect of TiB Orientation on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation in TiB-Reinforced Ti-3Al-2.5V Matrix Composites Treated with Heat Extrusion

Autor: Shunsuke Tamai, Shoichi Kikuchi, Takao Kawai, Yoshikazu Nakai, Sophie Gourdet, Hiroki Kurita
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Materials
Volume 12
Issue 22
Materials, Vol 12, Iss 22, p 3685 (2019)
ISSN: 1996-1944
Popis: TiB-reinforced Ti-3Al-2.5V matrix composites, in which TiB whiskers are oriented parallel to the direction of heat extrusion, were fabricated via mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing (HIP). To investigate the near-threshold fatigue crack propagation in TiB-reinforced Ti-3Al-2.5V matrix composites, stress intensity factor K-decreasing tests were conducted for disk-shaped compact specimens having two different orientations of TiB whiskers at force ratios from 0.1 to 0.8 under ambient conditions. The crack growth rates, da/dN, for the composites incorporating TiB whiskers oriented perpendicular to the direction of crack growth were constantly lower than those obtained in the case where the orientation was parallel at the same stress intensity range &Delta
K, while the threshold stress intensity range, &Delta
Kth, was higher. This effect can be explained by the increase in the degree of roughness-induced crack closure resulting from the perpendicular TiB, because fatigue cracks preferentially propagated across the boundaries between the matrix and the TiB in certain regions. In contrast, the effective threshold stress intensity range, &Delta
Keff,th, for composites was unaffected by the TiB orientation at low force ratios.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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