Materials Science and Engineering

Effect of electropulsing on anisotropy in strength of laser metal deposited Ti-6Al-4V alloy

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  • Fu-bin WANG1, Yu-ke LIU1, Yun-xiang TONG1, Chong ZHANG1, Feng-chun JIANG2, Jian-dong WANG2
1. Institute of Materials Processing and Intelligent Manufacturing, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

Online published: 2022-08-25

Abstract

The effect of electropulsing treatment on microstructure and mechanical strength of laser metal deposited Ti-6Al-4V alloy was investigated in order to eliminate the anisotropy in strength of laser metal deposited Ti-6Al-4V alloy by tensile tests, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electron back-scattered diffraction analyses and transmission electron microscopy. With increasing applied voltages from 0 to 130 V, the evolution of microstructure within columnar β grains followed the sequence of α′ martensite → colony α structure → basket-weave α structure. The electropulsing treated at 130 V weakened the texture of martensite within β grains. The as-built Ti-6Al-4V alloy showed an anisotropy in yield strength (6.2%). After processing at 130 V, the anisotropy in yield strength was reduced to 0.6%, which was attributed to the almost equivalent distribution of Schmid factor in the samples deformed along different orientations.

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Fu-binWANG,Yu-keLIU,Yun-xiangTONG,ChongZHANG,Feng-chunJIANG,Jian-dongWANG . Effect of electropulsing on anisotropy in strength of laser metal deposited Ti-6Al-4V alloy[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2022 , 32(8) : 2578 -2586 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(22)65967-3

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