Ultrauniform, strong, and ductile 3D-printed titanium alloy through bifunctional alloy design

J Zhang, MJ Bermingham, J Otte, Y Liu, Z Hou, N Yang… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Coarse columnar grains and heterogeneously distributed phases commonly form in metallic
alloys produced by three-dimensional (3D) printing and are often considered undesirable …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructure evolution, mechanical response and strengthening models for TA15 titanium alloy during thermal processes: A brief review

R Ji, K Zhu, H Zhang, H Luo, J Mao - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2024 - Elsevier
TA15 titanium alloy is widely used in aerospace industry in terms of its high specific strength,
good thermal stability, and excellent corrosion resistance. To further improve its mechanical …

Powder bed fusion manufacturing of beta-type titanium alloys for biomedical implant applications: A review

LC Zhang, LY Chen, S Zhou, Z Luo - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
Thanks to many fascinating properties, such as high mechanical properties, good corrosion
resistance, and excellent biocompatibility, beta-type Ti alloys are frequently employed as …

Enhanced strength-ductility synergy and mechanisms of heterostructured Ti6Al4V-Cu alloys produced by laser powder bed fusion

K Li, J Yang, Y Yi, X Liu, Y Liu, LC Zhang, W Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Limited slip systems of α structure always play a major role in hindering strength-ductility
synergy improvement of titanium (Ti) alloys. To overcome the strength-ductility trade-off of Ti …

Designing ultra-strong and ductile hierarchical titanium alloys via interstitial solute-mediated multi-morphologic α-nanoprecipitates

H Zhang, J Zhang, S Liu, D Zhang, G Liu, J Sun - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In conventional duplex titanium (Ti) alloys, the soft primary α-precipitates (α p) are beneficial
to ductility with the loss of high yield strength, while the continuous α-precipitates at grain …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing of fine-grained high-strength titanium alloy via multi-eutectoid elements alloying

J Su, F Jiang, C Tan, F Weng, FL Ng, MH Goh… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** fine-grained high-strength titanium (Ti) alloys by additive manufacturing has
boomed interest for both research and application. The eutectoid element addition has been …

Mechanisms underlying enhanced strength-ductility combinations in TRIP/TWIP Ti-12Mo alloy engineered via isothermal omega precipitation

B Qian, SA Mantri, S Dasari, J Zhang, L Lilensten… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract β Ti-alloys can achieve a high strain-hardening rate and tensile ductility by taking
advantage of transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) and twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructural evolution and strain-hardening in TWIP Ti alloys

GH Zhao, X Xu, D Dye, PEJ Rivera-Díaz-del-Castillo - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
A multiscale dislocation-based model was built to describe, for the first time, the
microstructural evolution and strain-hardening of {332}⟨ 113⟩ TWIP (twinning-induced …

Overcoming the strength–ductility trade-off by tailoring grain-boundary metastable Si-containing phase in β-type titanium alloy

X Luo, LH Liu, C Yang, HZ Lu, HW Ma, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is well accepted that grain-boundary phases in metallic alloys greatly deteriorate the
mechanical properties. In our work, we report on a novel strategy to prepare high strength …

Development of an additively manufactured metastable beta titanium alloy with a fully equiaxed grain structure and ultrahigh yield strength

Y Liu, L Xu, C Qiu - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
Metastable β titanium alloys usually suffer from relatively low yield strengths, which restricts
their applications as a structural material. Additive manufacturing (AM), due to its extremely …