TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanical response and effects of Β-to-α" phase transformation on the strengthening of Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al during one-dimensional shock loading
AU - Ren, Yu
AU - Wang, Fuchi
AU - Wang, Shuyou
AU - Tan, Chengwen
AU - Yu, Xiaodong
AU - Jiang, Jianwei
AU - Cai, Hongnian
PY - 2013/2/1
Y1 - 2013/2/1
N2 - Plate impact experiments and quasistatic reload compression tests were conducted on a typical metastable Β-titanium alloy, Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al, to investigate its mechanical response and strengthening behavior under one-dimensional shock-loading conditions. The Hugoniot elastic limit (HEL) for this alloy was measured to be 2.89GPa using a velocity interferometer (VISAR). The shock Hugoniot was also determined by measuring the stress, shock, and particle velocity as independent variables using manganin stress gauges. The fitted shock parameters (C0 and S) of Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al were found to be nearly identical to those of the α+Β-titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. However, the measured Hugoniot in the stress-particle velocity space lied slightly above that of Ti-6Al-4V due to the higher density of Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al. The results of the quasistatic reload compression tests show that the postshock Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al is strengthened. The martensitic (Β-to-α") phase transformation during shock wave loading may play a crucial role in the strengthening of this alloy. Finally, the inflection point corresponding to the phase transition was not observed in the VISAR trace even though the occurrence of the Β-to-α" phase transformation was confirmed by microstructural analyses. The unobserved inflection point can be attributed to the difficulty in resolving the break of the wave fronts due to a very small or no change in the specific volume resulting from the martensite transformations.
AB - Plate impact experiments and quasistatic reload compression tests were conducted on a typical metastable Β-titanium alloy, Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al, to investigate its mechanical response and strengthening behavior under one-dimensional shock-loading conditions. The Hugoniot elastic limit (HEL) for this alloy was measured to be 2.89GPa using a velocity interferometer (VISAR). The shock Hugoniot was also determined by measuring the stress, shock, and particle velocity as independent variables using manganin stress gauges. The fitted shock parameters (C0 and S) of Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al were found to be nearly identical to those of the α+Β-titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. However, the measured Hugoniot in the stress-particle velocity space lied slightly above that of Ti-6Al-4V due to the higher density of Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al. The results of the quasistatic reload compression tests show that the postshock Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al is strengthened. The martensitic (Β-to-α") phase transformation during shock wave loading may play a crucial role in the strengthening of this alloy. Finally, the inflection point corresponding to the phase transition was not observed in the VISAR trace even though the occurrence of the Β-to-α" phase transformation was confirmed by microstructural analyses. The unobserved inflection point can be attributed to the difficulty in resolving the break of the wave fronts due to a very small or no change in the specific volume resulting from the martensite transformations.
KW - Martensitic phase transformation
KW - Shock-induced mechanical response
KW - Strengthening effect
KW - Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msea.2012.10.098
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2012.10.098
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870722481
SN - 0921-5093
VL - 562
SP - 137
EP - 143
JO - Materials Science and Engineering: A
JF - Materials Science and Engineering: A
ER -