Compression fatigue behavior of Ti-6Al-4V mesh arrays fabricated by electron beam melting
Compression fatigue behavior of Ti-6Al-4V mesh arrays fabricated by electron beam melting
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电子束熔炼Ti-6Al-4V网状阵列的压缩疲劳行为
DOI:
10.1016/j.actamat.2011.10.051
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发表时间:
2012-02-01
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9.4
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Wicker, R. B.
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作者:
Li, S. J.;Murr, L. E.;Wicker, R. B.
This paper focuses on the compression fatigue behavior of Ti-6Al-4V mesh arrays with high porosities of similar to 60-85%, which were fabricated by an additive manufacturing technique using electron beam melting. The results show that their fatigue lives are mainly determined by uniform deformation through the entire specimens, while their failures are characterized by rapid strain accumulation and a severe crush band at an angle of 45 degrees to the cyclic loading direction. The relation between the relative fatigue strength and relative density can be evaluated by the well-known Gibson-Ashby model with the exponential factor n being 2.7, which is higher than the reported data for aluminum and nickel foams, and almost double the idealized value (n = 1.5) of a stochastic open cellular foam. The underlying mechanism of fatigue failure appears to be interaction between cyclic ratcheting and fatigue crack initiation and propagation, while the former plays a dominant role in fatigue life. TEM observations found that dislocations are generated along the interface of the alpha' phase and their generation becomes more evident with an increase in the relative density. This would contribute to the retardation of cyclic ratcheting and an improvement in the fatigue strength. (C) 2011 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.