Fracture Toughness and Aging Behavior of Alpha-Beta Titanium Alloys.

Abstract

Fracture toughness K sub Q, was studied as a function of microstructure for alloy no. 2, Ti-5.25Al-5.5V-0.9Fe-0.5Cu, at a y.s. of 180 Ksi (1241 MN/sq m, and for Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-6Mo at y.s. of 160 Ksi (1100MN/sq m), with emphasis on alloy no. 2. For equiaxed alpha structures K sub Q initially decreased with increasing grain size (G.S.) and subsequently increased. Analysis of Widmanstatten plus grain boundary alpha data separated out the G.S. contribution which was attributed to increased plasticity when the G.S. became significantly large with respect to calculated plastic zone sizes. Attempts were made to calculate individual contributions of matrix and alpha to K sub Q. Experiments were conducted to correlate microstructure and mechanical properties for Ti-6-2-4-6.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA019518

Entities

People

  • Ernest Levine
  • Harold Margolin
  • Morris Young
  • Yashwant Mahajan

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Boundaries
  • Grain Boundaries
  • Grain Size
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microstructure
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastic Properties
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Alloys
  • Toughness

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.