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Ultrasonic-Assisted Fracture Appearance of Titanium

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Ultrasonic vibration has considerable influence on the plastic deformation and resulting fracture responses of metallic alloys. This manuscript critically aims at quantification and assessment of two-dimensional ductile dimple geometry of Ti-6Al-4V alloy generated through the variation of ultrasonic vibration with different powers during tensile experiments. The analyzed dimple geometry statistics as a function of ultrasonic power are completely based on a published article. The alteration of microstructural states, leading to different dimple appearances after inducing different ultrasonic vibrations during tensile deformation, have been extensively quantified/assessed, compared and interpreted with respective mechanical responses of the alloy as a function of ultrasonic power. Moreover, the change in strain hardening path patterns through the variation of ultrasonic power has clearly reflected on the dimple statistics/dimensions on their respective tensile fractographs. This novel ‘dimple geometry-ultrasonic power-tensile response’ interpretation allows the use of two-dimensional ductile dimple fracture appearances in a quantitative way. The remarkable manifestation of ultrasonic vibration on tensile responses of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and hence the change in fracture appearances have been convincingly revealed.

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Das, A. Ultrasonic-Assisted Fracture Appearance of Titanium. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 33, 1485–1494 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08047-5

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