Evolution of microstructure and residual stress in hot rolled Ti-6Al-4V plates subjected to different heat treatment conditions

Rae, William and Rahimi, Salah; (2018) Evolution of microstructure and residual stress in hot rolled Ti-6Al-4V plates subjected to different heat treatment conditions. In: Residual Stresses 2018 – ECRS-10. Materials Research Forum, pp. 171-176. ISBN 9781945291890 (https://doi.org/10.21741/9781945291890-27)

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Abstract

Hot rolled Ti-6Al-4V plate samples were taken from three different stages of an industrial heat treatment process; one as-rolled and two heat treated. This was followed by microstructure characterization using optical microscopy. Surface and through-thickness residual stress was determined using a combination of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the contour method. Measured residual stress distributions showed similarities in distribution with that obtained for rolled Al-7050 alloy; including compressive troughs near the outer thickness on both sides, leading towards a tensile zone around the center with a local minima at the plate center thickness. Microstructure and residual stress data was then used to draw comparisons between the investigated conditions.

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Rae, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-2359 and Rahimi, Salah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6461-988X;
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