High fatigue resistance in a titanium alloy via near-void-free 3D printing

Z Qu, Z Zhang, R Liu, L Xu, Y Zhang, X Li, Z Zhao… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
The advantage of 3D printing—that is, additive manufacturing (AM) of structural materials—
has been severely compromised by their disappointing fatigue properties,. Commonly, poor …

Automated analysis framework of strain partitioning and deformation mechanisms via multimodal fusion and computer vision

R Ni, CJ Boehlert, Y Zeng, B Chen, S Huang… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Simultaneously investigating strain partitioning and the underlying deformation mechanisms
for both the grain interior and the grain boundary (GB) is essential for understanding the …

Fatigue crack growth behavior of an additively manufactured titanium alloy: Effects of spatial and crystallographic orientations of α lamellae

Z Liu, SS Dash, J Zhang, T Lyu, L Lang, D Chen… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Laser-based directed energy deposition (LDED) enables the rapid near-net-shape
fabrication of large-scale titanium components for aerospace applications. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Crack nucleation and dislocation activities in titanium alloys with the strong transverse texture: Insights for enhancing dwell fatigue resistance

R Jia, W Zeng, Z Zhao, B Wang, H Chen, J Xu… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Cold dwell sensitivity of near α titanium alloys has posed a significant challenge to the
engineering safety within the aerospace industry. However, there exists inconsistency …

Crack initiation mechanisms in Ti-6Al-4V subjected to cold dwell-fatigue, low-cycle fatigue and high-cycle fatigue loadings

C Lavogiez, C Dureau, Y Nadot, P Villechaise… - Acta Materialia, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Although Ti-6Al-4V is the most commonly used titanium alloy in the aerospace
industry, the mechanisms governing crack initiation in the different fatigue regimes are not …

A defect-based fatigue life estimation method for laser additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloy at elevated temperature in very high cycle regime

H Li, Z Tian, J Zheng, K Huang, B Nie, W Xu… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The application of Laser additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloy in aeroengine industry
requires feasible life prediction methods at the service temperature. The very high cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructural effects on fatigue crack initiation mechanisms in a near-alpha titanium alloy

C Liu, X Xu, T Sun, R Thomas, JQ da Fonseca… - Acta Materialia, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The role of different microstructural constituents on crack initiation in two-phase titanium
alloys is still an area of great controversy. The present study investigates the effects of …

Crack initiation mechanisms of micro-textured Ti60 alloys with different dwell sensitivities subjected to fatigue and dwell fatigue loading

B Wang, W Zeng, Z Zhao, R Jia, J Xu… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this work, Ti60 alloys with different micro-texture intensity were designed to elucidate the
effect of micro-texture on fatigue life and dwell sensitivity and the difference in crack initiation …

Microstructural insights into fatigue short crack propagation resistance and rate fluctuation in a Ni-based superalloy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion

J Li, Q Huang, Z Wang, N Zhang, G Chen… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The microstructural sensitivity of fatigue short crack path and its propagation rate in a Ni-
based superalloy GH4169 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) was …

Gradient microstructure and fatigue properties of TC21 titanium alloy processed by laser shock peening

D He, L Li, Y Zhang, J Chi, H Zhang, R Sun… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The gradient microstructure evolution, microhardness, residual stress, and fatigue properties
of TC21 titanium alloy subjected to laser shock peening (LSP) were investigated. In this …