Study of the Microstructureand MechanicalPropertiesof Large-sized High-strengthTitaniumAlloy Bars: Core and Surfacein the Longitudinal and TransverseDirections
Author of the article:YANG Cao1,2,ZHANG Linjia1,3,ZHAO Yanni4,TANG Bin1
Author's Workplace:1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwest Polytechnical University, Xi′an 710072,China; 2. AECC Guizhou Liyang Aero Engine Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550014,China; 3. Guiyang Military Representative Office of Guangzhou Bureau of Naval Armament Department, Guiyang 550000,China; 4. Shaanxi Tiancheng Aerospace Co., Ltd., Xianyang 712023,China
Key Words:TC18 titanium alloy; large bar; tensile properties; ductile fracture; fracture mechanism
Abstract:
Focusing on large TC18 titanium alloy bars with a diameter of 400 mm, the tensile properties, microstructural characteristics, fracture morphology, and characteristics of voids in the fracture surface profile were systematically investigated at four locations: the center transverse (CT), center longitudinal (CL), edge transverse (ET), and edge
longitudinal (EL) locations. The tensile results demonstrate that edge samples exhibit a significant strength advantage, with the ET sample achieving a tensile strength of 1 230 MPa. The longitudinal sample exhibits superior plasticity, with the CL sample exhibiting the highest elongation of 16.5%. Compared with the core samples, the longitudinal samples contained 5% more equiaxed αp phase, whereas the edge samples present smaller dimensions of the lamellar secondary αs phase. Fractography reveals typical ductile fracture characteristics with uniformly distributed dimples. Further characterization of tensile fracture cross-sections reveals three types of void formation: within αp,at the αp-β interface, and within the β phase.