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Microtexture Analysis and Modeling of Ambient Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Damages in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

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In the present investigation, microtexture analysis using electron back-scattered diffraction technique has been performed to study fatigue- and creep-fatigue damages and associated deformation structures in Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Special emphasis has been given to low-angle grain boundary configuration and its possible application as a damage indicator. Damage is mostly present in the form of voids as investigated through scanning electron microscopy. Stored deformation energies have been evaluated for the strain-controlled fatigue-, the stress-controlled fatigue-, and the creep-fatigue-tested samples. Stored deformation energies have also been analyzed vis-à-vis total damage energies to quantify the contribution of damages to various samples. A relation between the stored deformation energy and the applied strain amplitude has been proposed in this study.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully thank Dr. S.V. Kamat, the Director, DMRL; and the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), New Delhi, for funding the above research. The fruitful technical discussions with Mr. V. Singh and Mrs. V.L. Niranjani are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad, 500058, India

    Jalaj Kumar (Scientist, Ph.D. Scholar), A. K. Singh (Scientist) & Vikas Kumar (Scientist)

  2. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, IIT Madras, Chennai, 600036, India

    Jalaj Kumar (Scientist, Ph.D. Scholar) & S. Ganesh Sundara Raman (Professor)

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Kumar, J., Singh, A.K., Raman, S.G.S. et al. Microtexture Analysis and Modeling of Ambient Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Damages in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 648–658 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3869-9

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