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Effects of cooling rate and stabilization annealing on fatigue behavior of β-processed Ti-6Al-4V alloys

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The effects of stabilization annealing and cooling rate on high cycle fatigue (HCF) and fatigue crack propagation (FCP) behaviors of β-processed Ti64 alloys were examined. After β-process heating above β transus, two different cooling rates of air cooling (β-annealing) and water quenching (β-quenching) were utilized. Selected specimens were then underwent stabilization annealing. The tensile tests, HCF and FCP tests on conducted on the β-processed Ti64 specimens with and without stabilization annealing. No notable microstructural and mechanical changes with stabilization annealing was observed for the β-annealed Ti64 alloys. However, significant effect of stabilization annealing was found on the FCP behavior of β-quenched Ti64 alloys, which appeared to be related to the built-up of residual stress after quenching. The mechanical behavior of β-processed Ti64 alloys with and with stabilization annealing was discussed based on the micrographic examination, including crack growth path and crack nucleation site, and fractographic analysis.

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    Wongyu Seo, Daeho Jeong, Hyokyung Sung & Sangshik Kim

  2. Department of Materials Processing, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, 51508, Republic of Korea

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Seo, W., Jeong, D., Lee, D. et al. Effects of cooling rate and stabilization annealing on fatigue behavior of β-processed Ti-6Al-4V alloys. Met. Mater. Int. 23, 648–659 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-017-6730-9

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