Elevated temperature deformation behavior of discontinuous-reinforced titanium aluminide matrix composites

J. S. Marte, S. L. Kampe, A. A. Wereszczak

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    Abstract

    A series of Al3Ti- and near-γ TiAl-matrix discontinuously-reinforced composites have been produced and their elevated temperature flow behavior evaluated. Specifically, steady state compressive flow stress (i.e. maximum flow stress) was determined as a function of temperature (1000, 1100, 1200 °C), strain-rate (10-3, 10-4 s-1), and composite reinforcement loading percentage (30, 40, 50 v%). The experimental results have been used to develop unified constitutive equations for each matrix type that can be used to survey the sensitivity of the respective flow behavior to the independent variables of high temperature wrought processing. The results indicate that while the temperature and strain-rate dependence of flow stress can be described in terms of a traditional Zener-Holloman (temperature-compensated strain-rate) analysis, reinforcement volume percentage may additionally represent a non-traditional but influential independent variable of processing. It is shown that particulate volume loading can be used to positively influence the deformability characteristics of the composite. Crown

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)292-301
    Number of pages10
    JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: A
    Volume346
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 15 2003

    Funding

    The authors wish to acknowledge the sponsorship of Matsys, Inc. (Springfield, VA) and the Office of Naval Research, under contract N00014-96-C-0427. Use of the high temperature testing facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was sponsored by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies, as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.

    Keywords

    • High temperature deformation
    • Particulate reinforced titanium aluminides
    • TiB-reinforced composites
    • Titanium aluminide composites

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