Computationally-designed transformation-toughened near-alpha titanium alloy

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10053759-B2
Application number	US-201514839215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Aug 29, 2014
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

In one aspect, a method of computationally designing a near-α transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) titanium (Ti) alloy is provided. A thermodynamic database of Ti alloys is created. The data of the thermodynamic database is tailored for martensitic transformations in the Ti alloys near room temperature. Then an overall composite of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy may be obtained by adjusting a reference overall composite of a reference near-α Ti alloy based on the tailored data in the thermodynamic database. In certain embodiments, an annealing temperature of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy may be determined such that a M S σ (ct) temperature of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is about room temperature. In certain embodiments, the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is Ti-8Al-1V-1Sn-1Zr-0.6Mo-0.9Fe-0.1Si-0.1O by weight percentage. In certain embodiments, the near-α TRIP Ti alloy may be cooled at a cooling rate greater than 20° C./min after annealing to inhibit formation of grain-boundary α (GB-α) phase.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of computationally designing a near-α transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) titanium (Ti) alloy, comprising:
using a thermodynamic database and a mobility database of Ti alloys for α, β, and Ti 3 Al phase equilibria and diffusive processes;
based on experimental data, creating a thermodynamic and kinetic database for β-to-α′/α″ martensitic transformations in the Ti alloys;
creating a molar volume database for the β-to-α′/α″ martensitic transformations in the Ti alloys at room temperature; and
obtaining an overall composite of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy by adjusting a reference overall composite of a reference near-α Ti alloy based on the created thermodynamic database, wherein the reference near-α Ti alloy is Ti-5Al-1 Sn-1Zr-1V-0.8Mo-0.1Si-0.1Fe-0.1O by weight percentage (Ti-5111), and wherein the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is Ti-8Al-1V-1Sn-1Zr-0.6Mo-0.9Fe-0.1Si-0.1O by weight percentage.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transformation dilatation of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is greater than that of the reference near-α Ti alloy.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the near-α TRIP Ti alloy has a β-phase fraction no greater than 20%.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining an annealing temperature of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy such that a M S σ (ct) temperature of the β phase in the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is about room temperature, wherein the M S σ (ct) temperature is a M S σ temperature at a crack-tip (CT) stress state, and the M S σ temperature is a temperature at which transformation stress equals parent-phase slip stress.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the annealing temperature is a temperature higher than a Ti 3 Al formation temperature to prevent formation of Ti 3 Al.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the annealing temperature is about 865° C.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the near-α TRIP Ti alloy has a transformation dilatation of about +0.27% and a β-phase fraction of about 19.5%.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein a cooling rate of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy after annealing at the annealing temperature is greater than about 20° C./min to inhibit formation of grain-boundary α (GB-α) phase in the near-α TRIP Ti alloy.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein a normalized rate constant K MP of the near-α TRIP Ti alloy is obtained by:

K
MP

σ
⁢

⁢

V
m

=

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9
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RT

⁡

[

[

x
i
β

-

x
i
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]

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2

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m
β

∂

x
i

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∂

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j

]

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1

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k
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wherein σ is an α/β interfacial energy, V m is an overall molar volume, x i β −x i α is the difference in composition of element i between the equilibrium α and β phases across a flat interface, and [D] −1 is an inverse n×n matrix of diffusivities in a matrix β phase.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the normalized rate constant K MP is calculated at about 100° C. lower than a β transus temperature (T β ).

Assignees

• Univ Northwestern

Inventors

• Yan Jiayi
• Olson Gregory B

Classifications

• C22C14/00

  Alloys based on titanium · CPC title

• C22F1/183 Primary

  of titanium or alloys based thereon · CPC title