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Insights into the fatigue property of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V in aero-engine from the subsurface damages induced by milling: state of the art

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Titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V is extensively employed in aero-engine as blade, disk, and casing components, which have a high risk to occur fatigue failure. The milled subsurface damage is one of the critical factors influencing fatigue property. This paper has a comprehensive overview on the subsurface damage in titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V induced by milling. It was found that the milled subsurface damage was mainly the Ti-6Al-4V plastic deformation including the changes of grain size and shape (such as grain refinement); however, the phase transformation was not observed. Such subsurface damage results in compressive residual stress (− 266 MPa ~ − 528 MPa) and work hardening (375 HV~410 HV), which significantly affect the material’s fatigue property. Nevertheless, some studies reported that no subsurface damage appeared in titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V after milling. This might be owning to the limitation of detection method. In particular, a novel methodology was proposed to study the fatigue life of components based on the interrelationship among machining, structure, and property. Lastly, several fundamental questions necessitating further researches are recommended herein.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant No. 51905356, Doctoral Start-up Foundation of Liaoning Province under Grant No. 2020-BS-178, and Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science for National Defense of Aeronautical Digital Manufacturing Process of Shenyang Aerospace University under Grant No. SHSYS202002.

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    Ning Hou, Minghai Wang & Hao Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science for National Defense of Aeronautical Digital Manufacturing Process, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, 110136, China

    Ning Hou

  3. School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Yong Zhang

  4. AECC Shenyang Liming Aero-engine Co., Ltd., Shenyang, 110043, China

    Ce Song

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Hou, N., Wang, M., Zhang, Y. et al. Insights into the fatigue property of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V in aero-engine from the subsurface damages induced by milling: state of the art. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 113, 1229–1235 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06749-5

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