Influence of melt hydrogenation during induction skull melting process on the solidification microstructure of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

A new method to modify the solidification microstructure of titanium alloys, named melt hydrogenation, by adding TiH2 as additive into the melt of titanium alloys during induction skull melting process (ISM), is put forward and the refining effect of this method on the solidification microstructure of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was studied experimentally. After melt hydrogenation, the grain sizes of as-cast Ti-6Al-4V alloy decreased to 612 μm from 1,072 μm, lath-shaped α phase was also refined and fine α/β lamellar microstructure was formed when 1.0 wt.% TiH2 was added. δ-hydride was found in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra of Ti-6Al-4V alloy that prepared with 1.0 wt.% TiH2 added and the δ-hydride distributes in α phase as acicular precipitations.     

Thermal cycle and its influence on the microstructure of laser welded butt joint of 8 mm thick Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Ti-6Al-4V alloy is extensively used in the manufacture of components in aviation. In the current study, the laser welding process is adopted to joint the Ti-6Al-4V alloy plate which has the thick of 8 mm. A three-dimensional finite element model is established to simulate the temperature distribution of laser welding process. The thermal cycle curves are produced on the strength of the simulation results. Meanwhile, the microstructure characteristics of the welded joint are investigated combined with simulation results. The results show that weld zone, heat affected zone and based metal experience similar thermal cycles process and the cooling rate has an important influence on the formation of microstructure. Moreover, the simulation results are well matched with experiment results.     

Modeling of grain size in isothermal compression of Ti-6Al-4V alloy using fuzzy neural network

Isothermal compression of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was conducted in the deformation temperature range of 1093-1303 K,the strain rates of 0.001,0.01,0.1,1.0,and 10.0 s-1,and the height reductions of 20%-60% with an interval of 10%.After compression,the effect of the processing parameters including deformation temperature,strain rate,and height reduction on the flow stress and the microstructure was investigated.The grain size of primary α phase was measured using an OLYMPUS PMG3 microscope with the quantitative metallography SISC IAS V8.0 image analysis software.A model of grain size in isothermal compression of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was developed using fuzzy neural net-work(FNN) with back-propagation(BP) learning algorithm.The maximum difference and the average difference between the predicted and the experimental grain sizes of primary α phase are 13.31% and 7.62% for the sampled data,and 16.48% and 6.97% for the non-sampled data,respectively.It can be concluded that the present model with high prediction precision can be used to predict the grain size in isothermal compression of Ti-6Al-4V alloy.     

Study of the Laser-MIG Hybrid Welded Al-Mg Alloy

The technology of laser-MIG hybrid welding is hotspot in welding researched field at present.It can improve the velocity of the welding,reduce the distortion of the welding,optimize the structure of the welding joint and etc..The 5052 aluminum alloy of the 10mm thick was welded by the laser-MIG hybrid welding.The structure,the alloy elements profile and the mechanical property of the welded joint are researched by the optical microscope,SEM,sclerometer and etc..The results showed:The medium thick Al alloy was welded in high speed by the laser-MIG hybrid welding.The appearance of the welding joint is well.The weld joint and the weld interface are fine.The intenerate region in the welding joint is small.The tensile strength in welding joint has achieved 94.4% of that in base metal.     

Effect of welding parameters on Al/Ti joint property in electron beam welding-brazing

The electron beam welding-brazing being used to join 5A06 Al alloy to TC4 Ti alloy decreases the formation of brittle intermetallic compound. Experiments were carried out to study the influence of electron beam welding parameters on the tensile strength of welds, based on an orthogonal test and analysis method. The welding parameters include beam current, welding speed, scanning figure, scanning frequency, figure size, beam offset and focus current. The optimum parameters for 3 mm 5A06 Al alloy and 2 mm TC4 alloy were as follows: acceleration voltage was 60 kV, beam current was 11 mA, welding speed was 600 mm/min, focus current was 0 mA, scan figure was ○, scanning frequency was 1 000 Hz and beam offset was 0.5 mm. The results show that the joints were with good appearance and quality welded by the optimum parameters. The successful joints could be gained and the maximum tensile strength of Al/Ti dissimilar alloy joints could be up to 222.61 MPa using electron beam welding-brazing.     

Optimizing pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding parameters of AA6061 aluminium alloy using Hooke and Jeeves algorithm

Though the preferred welding process to weld aluminium alloy is frequently constant current gas tungsten arc welding （CCGTAW）, it resulted in grain coarsening at the fusion zone and heat affected zone（HAZ）. Hence, pulsed current gas tungsten arc welding（PCGTAW） was performed, to yield finer fusion zone grains, which leads to higher strength of AA6061 （Al-Mg-Si） aluminium alloy joints. In order to determine the most influential control factors which will yield minimum fusion zone grain size and maximum tensile strength of the joints, the traditional Hooke and Jeeves pattern search method was used. The experiments were carried out based on central composite design with 31 runs and an algorithm was developed to optimize the fusion zone grain size and the tensile strength of pulsed current gas tungsten arc welded AA6061 aluminium alloy joints. The results indicate that the peak current （Ip） and base current （IB） are the most significant parameters, to decide the fusion zone grain size and the tensile strength of the AA6061 aluminum alloy joints.     

Using Finite Element and Contour Method to Evaluate Residual Stress in Thick Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Welded by Electron Beam Welding

This work was to reveal the residual stress profile in electron beam welded Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates(50 mm thick) by using finite element and contour measurement methods.A three-dimensional finite element model of 50-mmthick titanium component was proposed,in which a column–cone combined heat source model was used to simulate the temperature field and a thermo-elastic–plastic model to analyze residual stress in a weld joint based on ABAQUS software.Considering the uncertainty of welding simulation,the computation was calibrated by experimental data of contour measurement method.Both test and simulated results show that residual stresses on the surface and inside the weld zone are significantly different and present a narrow and large gradient feature in the weld joint.The peak tensile stress exceeds the yield strength of base materials inside weld,which are distinctly different from residual stress of the thin Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates presented in references before.     

Experimental Study on Thermal Conventional Spinning of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Complex Shape Shell

In this paper, the process of thermal conventional spinning of Ti-6Al-4V alloy complex shape shell is studied by experiment. Billet for Ti-6Al-4V alloy board is headed in the spinning process for multi-pass conventional spinning forming. With two spinning mandrel, the first is conventional spinning pre-forming and the second is conventional end forming, vacuum heat treatment after each spinning forming. As results, the mandrel preheating temperature impacts the spinning and the appropriate temperature range plays an important role in the process of spinning. With supplemental heating means and infrared thermometer measurement ensure a stable temperature. Multi-passing thermal spinning Ti-6Al-4V alloy thins the billet thickness, using the feature obtaining the wanting complex shape shell of thick bottom and thin mouth. The spinning track, the number of spinning pass, feed rate affect the billet thinning. During thermal spinning process Ti-6Al-4V alloy rebound severe. The size reduction and feed have impact on the rebound. By modifying the spinning parameters and the mandrel repair to ensure the dimensional accuracy of workpiece. Spinning workpiece has fine grain and high strength.     

Double-sided gas tungsten arc welding process on TC4 titanium alloy

TC4 titanium alloy was welded by double-sided gas tungsten arc welding（GTAW） process in comparison with conventional GTAW process, the microstructure and mechanical performance of weld were also studied. The results indicate that double-sided GTAW is superior over regular single-sided GTAW on the aspects of increasing penetration, reducing welding deformation and improving welding efficiency. Good weld joint was obtained, which can reach 96.14% tensile strength and 70.85% elongation percentage of the base metal. The grains in heat-affected zone（HAZ） are thin and equiaxed and the degree of grain coarsening increases as one moves to the weld center line, and the interior of grains are α and α′ structures. The coarse columned and equiaxed grains, which interlace martensitic structures α′ and acicular α structures, are observed in weld zone. The fracture mode is ductile fracture.     

Microstructural characterization of electron beam welded joints of TiAl-based intermetallic compound

The feasibility to use election beam welding to join the nominal composition Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb (at.%) alloy was assessed. The microstructure characterization and cracking susceptibility of the joints were evaluated by means of OM, SEM, XRD, and microhardness.It was found that the welded microstructure exhibited columnar and     

细晶粒钛合金薄板TIG焊温度场分析

采用数值模拟和试验相结合的方法分析了不同晶粒尺寸的细晶粒Ti-6Al-4V钛合金薄板常规钨极氩弧焊(TIG)焊接过程中的温度场.结果表明,不同晶粒尺寸的细晶钛合金的温度场相似,但是随着母材晶粒尺寸减小,晶界增多,热导率与比热容都相应减小,且比热容减小幅度较大.所以较细晶粒尺寸钛合金热传递速度较慢,同一温度的等温线的范围大于较粗晶粒钛合金的相应值,并且距离焊缝中心越远,这种差距越明显.较细晶粒尺寸钛合金距离焊缝中心相同点的峰值温度也明显高于较粗晶粒尺寸钛合金.     

Study on Ultra-sonic Frequency Pulse TIG of Titanium Alloy

Ti-6Al-4V alloy is used extensively in aerospace and aircraft because of its excellent comprehensive properties and outstanding machinability. Ti-6Al-4V alloy was welded by conventional tungsten iner-gas arc welding (TIG) and ultra-sonic frequency pulse TIG welding (U-TIG) respectively. The welding quality was tested by X-ray, and the mechanical properties of welded joint were tested , the microstructure and the fracture appearance of welded joint were observed by means of optical microscope and SEM .The re...     

热输入对双光束激光焊接Ti-6Al-4V合金T型接头焊接过程、焊缝成形、组织及力学性能的影响

采用双光束同步激光填丝焊接的方法制备了Ti-6Al-4V合金T型接头,使用高速摄像机拍摄了焊接过程图像并研究了热输入对焊接过程稳定性、焊缝成形、组织及力学性能的影响。试验结果表明,热输入显著影响熔池行为和填丝焊接熔滴过渡,进而影响T型接头焊缝形貌及质量。随着热输入的增加,T型接头组织发生变化,晶粒尺寸变大。热影响区及焊缝处的马氏体使得这2个区域的显微硬度高于母材。另外,沿蒙皮方向及筋条方向的抗拉伸强度随着热输入的增加而增大。由于接头处马氏体增强作用,拉伸断裂均发生于母材处。     

添加晶粒细化剂硅对Ti-6Al-4V合金组织和性能的影响(英文)

采用真空感应凝壳熔炼工艺在石墨模中制备Ti-6Al-4V和Ti6Al4V0.5Si两种钛合金。将硅作为一种晶粒细化剂加入到Ti-6Al-4V合金中,考察添加硅对铸态和模锻态Ti-6Al-4V合金组织和性能的影响。铸态合金先在900°C下进行热模锻处理,然后分别进行两种不同的热处理。一种是将模锻样品在1050°C下保温30min,然后水淬以获得细小的层片状组织;另一种是将模锻件在1050°C下保温30min,然后再在800°C下保温30min,以获得粗大的层片状组织。Ti6-Al-4V合金中添加0.5%Si后,铸态合金的晶粒尺寸从627μm减小到337μm,其极限抗拉强度增加约25MPa。具有细小、层片状组织的Ti-6Al-4V0.5Si合金的最大极限抗拉强度为1380MPa,在Hank溶液和NaCl溶液中的腐蚀速度分别为1.35×106和5.78×104mm/a。Ti-6Al-4V合金中添加0.5%Si后,在低滑动速度下的磨损率降低50%,在高滑动速度下的磨损率降低约73%。     

激光焊接对SPF/DBTi-6Al-4V合金疲劳性能的影响

研究了SPF/DB Ti-6Al-4V合金及其激光焊接接头静态拉伸性能和疲劳性能,并获得S-N曲线.通过观察组织特征和疲劳断口形貌,分析了激光焊接对SPF/DB Ti-6Al-4V合金疲劳性能的影响.结果表明,SPF/DB T-6Al-4V合金激光焊接接头的抗拉强度略低于母材抗拉强度,而疲劳强度明显低于母材疲劳强度,约为其抗拉强度的40%.SPF/DB Ti-6Al-4V合金组织为α+β等轴细晶组织,其焊接接头组织为含α,针状马氏体α'和少量β相的魏氏组织结构.焊接接头组织结构的不均匀性,以及组织的粗大化是导致激光焊接接头疲劳性能下降的重要原因.SPF/DB Ti-6Al-4V合金疲劳断裂为塑性断裂,其焊接接头疲劳断裂为准解理断裂,这显著降低激光焊接接头的疲劳性能.而焊接气孔等焊缝表层微小几何不连续缺陷的存在往往成为激光焊接接头疲劳断裂的裂纹源.     

工艺参数设置和厚度对电子束熔融加工Ti-6Al-4V合金微观结构的影响

研究了试件尺寸和工艺参数(电子束强度,扫描速度,焦点偏移量和扫描长度)对电子束熔融(EBM)加工Ti-6Al-4V合金微观结构的影响。结果表明,可以观察到EBM加工的Ti-6Al-4V合金的微观结构由原始β相的柱状晶粒组成。在柱状晶粒内部观察到典型的(α+β)结构,即魏氏体α片和在细小的α晶粒的界面上形成的杆状β相。还发现沿原始β柱状晶粒的晶界形成的α层晶界。随着试件厚度、电子束能量密度和扫描长度的增加,先前的β柱状晶粒的直径增大,并且生长的方向与加工方向一致。同时,柱状晶粒直径随着试件高度的增加而减小。随着试件厚度和电子束能量密度的增加,α片会变得更粗大。     

原位SEM研究LDMD Ti-6Al-4V合金β晶界对拉伸断裂行为的影响

目的研究β晶界对激光直接熔化沉积(LDMD)Ti-6Al-4V合金裂纹形核或传播行为的影响,以澄清合金的断裂机制,为合金性能的改善提供理论依据。方法采用LDMD Ti-6Al-4V合金粉末,在Ti-6Al-4V基板上逐层堆积形成沉积层。沿沉积层扫描方向截取试样,在室温下观察样品的微观组织形貌,并对原位拉伸过程中的微观组织演化进行实时研究。同时研究β晶界对微裂纹萌生、扩展和断裂的影响行为,总结断裂机理。结果 LDMD Ti-6Al-4V合金组织宏观呈现出沿构造方向生长的粗大柱状β晶,β晶内由板条状α晶和整齐排列的具有相同生长取向的α簇组织组成,并有少量孔洞缺陷。采用原位扫描电镜拉伸样品时发现,在横向拉力作用下,样品最初在孔洞周围发生变形,之后裂纹的萌生扩展主要沿β晶界进行,β晶界对拉力起阻碍作用,造成样品的伸长率较低。拉伸过程中,微观组织主要沿着β晶界周围的α相变形,并且孔洞缺陷引起的应力集中使得缺陷周围变形最严重,变形方向与拉力方向呈45°。结论孔洞缺陷决定了样品的初始变形位置,而β晶界则决定了裂纹传播的方向,且由于拉伸试样的截取方向与β晶界相垂直,导致样品的伸长率较低,所以β晶界对样品的力学性能及断裂机理起决定作用。     

Ti-6Al-4V钛合金搅拌摩擦焊缝的织构(英文)

采用W-Re合金搅拌头对α+β双相Ti-6Al-4V钛合金进行搅拌摩擦焊并在合适的工艺参数下获得无缺陷焊缝,利用取向成像显微镜对Ti-6Al-4V钛合金搅拌摩擦焊缝的织构进行研究。Ti-6Al-4V钛合金母材为轧制退火态,组织由变形的初生α相和转变β组织构成,具有典型的轧制织构。焊核区组织与母材明显不同,由大量的等轴动态再结晶晶粒组成,并在搅拌摩擦焊过程中形成{φ1=30°,φ=62°,φ2=30°}取向的织构。     

TI-6Al-4V钛合金电子束焊接有限元分析

采用有限元方法模拟分析了厚6 mm的Ti-6Al-4V钛合金电子束焊接过程,计算研究了瞬态温度场的分布特点、规律及特征点的温度变化历程,在准确计算焊接温度场的基础上通过热-应力顺序耦合,模拟计算了Ti-6Al-4V钛合金电子束焊接头的应力场的分布特征.结果表明:模拟计算的焊缝形貌与实际焊接试验所得基本吻合,焊接温度场整...