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Thermal-Mechanical fatigue of Ti-48Al-2V alloy and its composite

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Thermal-mechanical fatigue (TMF) and isothermal fatigue (IF) of a Ti-48Al-2V alloy and its composite, reinforced with TiB2 particles, were studied. In-phase TMF testing was conducted under the condition of a minimum temperatureT min = 100 °C and a maximum temperatureT max, which ranged from 750 °C to 1400 °C. The applied cyclic stress ranges were 2.8 to 28 MPa and 4.2 to 42 MPa. The IF tests were carried out at aT max. The TMF and IF lives are longer for lowerT max and for smaller stress ranges in both the matrix alloy and its composite. The IF life at a givenT max is shorter than the TMF life in the matrix alloy at all temperatures employed and in the composite only at higher temperatures. At lower temperatures, the TMF and IF lives are essentially the same in the composite. The resistance to TMF is similar in the matrix alloy and the composite, but the IF resistance is greater in the composite than in the matrix alloy. The proposed TMF mechanism is nucleation and growth of voids on interlamellar plate, twin, and grain boundaries; their interlamellar, translamellar, and intergranular linkage; intergranular separation; and disintegration of lamellar structure.

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Lee, E.U. Thermal-Mechanical fatigue of Ti-48Al-2V alloy and its composite. Metall Mater Trans A 25, 2207–2212 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02652321

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