Superior strength-plasticity synergy in a heterogeneous lamellar Ti2AlC/TiAl composite with unique interfacial microstructure

P Liu, B Hou, A Wang, J Xie, Z Wang, F Ye - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving the plasticity of TiAl alloys at room temperature has been a longstanding
challenge for the development of next-generation aerospace engines. By adopting the nacre …

Fabrication, microstructure and mechanical properties of TiAl matrix composite reinforced by submicro/nano-Ti2AlC

Z Wang, P Liu, A Wang, J Xie, B Hou - Materials Characterization, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, using pre-alloyed Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb powders and graphene nanosheets
as raw materials, the TiAl matrix composite reinforced by submicro/nano-Ti 2 AlC was …

Molecular dynamics simulation of dislocation network formation and tensile properties of graphene/TiAl-layered composites

T Gao, H He, Y Liu, Z Bian, Q Chen, Q Xie, Y Liang… - Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Alternating stacked graphene/TiAl (Gr/TiAl) composites exhibit excellent
mechanical properties because of their high strength, high Young's modulus, and the two …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of spark plasma sintering temperature on the multi-scale microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Ti2AlC/TiAl composites with network …

Z Wang, P Liu, A Wang, J Xie, B Hou - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, Ti 2 AlC/TiAl composites with network architecture were fabricated by
the method of spark plasma sintering (SPS) at different temperature using Ti–48Al–2Cr–2Nb …

[HTML][HTML] Individual and synergistic effects of Ta and Mn on optimizing the microstructures and mechanical properties of TiB reinforced high Nb–TiAl composites

S Chen, Y Tan, X Wang, F Cao, L Wang, Y Su… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to further optimize the microstructure and mechanical properties of TiB/TiAl
composites, the individual and synergistic effects of Ta and Mn were investigated in this …

Investigation on the effect of alloying elements on the Ti2AlC/TiAl interfacial properties: first-principles prediction and experimental verification

P Liu, Z Liu, Z Wang, A Wang, J Xie, B Hou - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present work, the effect of alloying elements Cr, Nb, Mo, V on the Ti 2 AlC/TiAl
interfacial properties was studied via first-principles calculation. The results showed that all …

[HTML][HTML] Hierarchically heterogeneous strategy for Ti2AlC/TiAl composite with superior mechanical properties

P Liu, Z Wang, F Ye, B Hou, A Wang, J Xie - Composites Part B …, 2024 - Elsevier
TiAl alloys have the merit of high specific strength, but usually suffer from poor room-
temperature plasticity and inadequate high-temperature strength, limiting their practical …

Microstructures and mechanical properties of a γ-TiAl alloy modified by Gd additions

Q Wang, X Wu, Z Bai, L Gu, H Ding, R Chen… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The microstructural evolutions and room-temperature tensile properties of Ti-45Al-2.5 Nb-
1.5 Mo-(0-0.2) Gd were investigated in details. Experimental result revealed that there were …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into lamellar and twinning transformations in TiAl/Nb composites with core-shell structure during high temperature annealing

J Shen, L Hu, Z Cao, T Yu - Materials Characterization, 2024 - Elsevier
Lamellar and twinning transformations play a crucial role in stabilizing the ordered phases in
TiAl based composites for property improvement. In this work, we have systematically …

[HTML][HTML] Tensile properties and fracture mechanism of the Ti2AlC (0001)/TiAl (111) interface: Insights from a first-principles study

X Pei, M Yuan, P Zhou, J Zhu, W Yang, X Zhou… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
A combination of three methods, Griffith theory, work of interface separation, and first-
principles tensile simulations, has been applied to uncover the Ti 2 AlC/TiAl interface's …