ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Changes in microstructure and texture during superplastic deformation of strongly textured Ti-6Al-4V bar have been determined in order to establish the cause of stress and strain anisotropy. The effect of strain on the microstructure of the alloy was to cause a progressive break-up, due to grain-boundary sliding, of an initially directional microstructure containing contiguousα-phase. The texture of theα-phase, however, changed very little with superplastic strain but that of theβ-phase was randomized. Shape changes predicted by permitted deformation modes in theα-phase did not correlate with the observed shape changes, whereas the observed anisotropy could be explained by the break-up of the contiguousα-phase. A model to account for this anisotropy is described briefly, together with a typical microstructure which should exhibit isotropic superplastic deformation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01112279
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