[HTML][HTML] Refinement of the grain structure of additive manufactured titanium alloys via epitaxial recrystallization enabled by rapid heat treatment

Z Zou, M Simonelli, J Katrib, G Dimitrakis, R Hague - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The coarse prior-β grain structure in titanium alloys produced by additive manufacturing is
associated to mechanical anisotropy and limited fatigue life. Here we report a novel …

Through analysis of the microstructure changes during linear friction welding of the near-α titanium alloy Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo (Ti6242) towards microstructure …

D Ballat-Durand, S Bouvier, M Risbet… - Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Linear Friction Welding (LFW) is a solid-state joining process producing narrow
joints mainly developed for the aircraft industry. The thermo-mechanical loads involved in …

Multi-scale and multi-technic microstructure analysis of a linear friction weld of the metastable-β titanium alloy Ti-5Al-2Sn-2Zr-4Mo-4Cr (Ti17) towards a new Post …

D Ballat-Durand, S Bouvier, M Risbet… - Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Linear Friction Welding (LFW) is a solid-state joining process producing narrow
joints mainly developed for the aircraft industry. The Thermo-Mechanical Processing (TMP) …

[HTML][HTML] Martensite decomposition kinetics in additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloy: In-situ characterisation and phase-field modelling

AD Boccardo, Z Zou, M Simonelli, M Tong, J Segurado… - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V alloy via laser powder-bed fusion leads to non-
equilibrium α′ martensitic microstructures, with high strength but poor ductility and …

Phase transformation of the Ti-5553 titanium alloy subjected to rapid heating

N Chanfreau, D Poquillon, A Stark, E Maawad… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The α→ β phase transformation upon heating in the Ti-5553 alloy with lamellar-nodular
bimodal microstructure was tracked in situ with high energy X-ray diffraction. Rapid heating …

[HTML][HTML] The development of ultrafine grain structure in an additively manufactured titanium alloy via high-temperature microscopy

M Simonelli, Z Zou, P Barriobero-Vila, YY Tse - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Microstructures dominated by acicular α'martensitic phase, such as in the case of Ti-6Al-4V
fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion (PBF-LB), are known to suffer from reduced ductility …