Efecto de la temperatura, la velocidad de deformación y la microestructura en el comportamiento mecánico de intermetálicos gamma-TiAl

Los aluminuros de titanio aparecen como una alternativa al empleo de aleaciones base níquel en trabajos a elevada temperatura, debido a que en estas condiciones son capaces de retener sus propiedades mecánicas, presentando además un mejor comportamiento a corrosión, oxidación y fluencia. En el presente trabajo se exponen los resultados obtenidos en la investigación llevada a cabo para determinar el comportamiento de una aleación �-TiAl en condiciones de alta temperatura y analizar el efecto de la velocidad de deformación. Para ello, se realizaron ensayos estáticos de tracción de referencia a baja velocidad de deformación y ensayos de tracción a alta velocidad de deformación mediante el dispositivo experimental de la barra Hopkinson, a temperaturas comprendidas entre los 25ºC y los 850ºC. Para ayudar a explicar el comportamiento mecánico obtenido, se hizo un estudio de las superficies de fractura mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido, en el que se observó una doble tipología microestructural del material, laminar y dúplex. Los resultados obtenidos en los ensayos muestran una influencia clara de la velocidad de deformación en la tensión máxima, pero no así de la temperatura; además se ha observado que la deformación máxima obtenida depende del tipo de microestructura predominant

Effect of Stress Level on the High Temperature Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms of Ti-45Al-2Nb-2Mn-0.8 vol. pct TiB2: An In Situ Experimental Study

The effect of the applied stress on the deformation and crack nucleation and propagation mechanisms of a c-TiAl intermetallic alloy (Ti-45Al-2Nb-2Mn (at. pct)-0.8 vol. pct TiB2) was examined by means of in situ tensile (constant strain rate) and tensile-creep (constant load) experiments performed at 973 K (700 �C) using a scanning electron microscope. Colony boundary cracking developed during the secondary stage in creep tests at 300 and 400 MPa and during the tertiary stage of the creep tests performed at higher stresses. Colony boundary cracking was also observed in the constant strain rate tensile test. Interlamellar ledges were only found during the tensile-creep tests at high stresses (r>400 MPa) and during the constant strain rate tensile test. Quantitative measurements of the nature of the crack propagation path along secondary cracks and along the primary crack indicated that colony boundaries were preferential sites for crack propagation under all the conditions investigated. The frequency of interlamellar cracking increased with stress, but this fracture mechanism was always of secondary importance. Translamellar cracking was only observed along the primary crack.

Analysis of crystallographic slip and grain boundary sliding in a Ti-45Al-2Nb-2Mn (at%)-0.8 vol%TiB2 alloy by high temperature in situ mechanical testing

This work aims to contribute to a further understanding of the fundamentals of crystallographic slip and grain boundary sliding in the γ-TiAl Ti–45Al–2Nb–2Mn (at%)–0.8 vol%TiB2 intermetallic alloy, by means of in situ high-temperature tensile testing combined with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Several microstructures, containing different fractions and sizes of lamellar colonies and equiaxed γ-grains, were fabricated by either centrifugal casting or powder metallurgy, followed by heat treatment at 1300 °C and furnace cooling. in situ tensile and tensile-creep experiments were performed in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at temperatures ranging from 580 °C to 700 °C. EBSD was carried out in selected regions before and after straining. Our results suggest that, during constant strain rate tests, true twin γ/γ interfaces are the weakest barriers to dislocations and, thus, that the relevant length scale might be influenced by the distance between non-true twin boundaries. Under creep conditions both grain/colony boundary sliding (G/CBS) and crystallographic slip are observed to contribute to deformation. The incidence of boundary sliding is particularly high in γ grains of duplex microstructures. The slip activity during creep deformation in different microstructures was evaluated by trace analysis. Special emphasis was placed in distinguishing the compliance of different slip events with the Schmid law with respect to the applied stress.