High-strength titanium alloys for aerospace engineering applications: A review on melting-forging process

Q Zhao, Q Sun, S Xin, Y Chen, C Wu, H Wang… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a crucial branch for titanium industry, high-strength titanium alloys (HS-TAs, with UTS≥
1100 MPa) are indispensable structural materials for advanced engineering applications …

A review on high‐strength titanium alloys: microstructure, strengthening, and properties

LM Kang, C Yang - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The authors review the recent advances in the development of high‐strength titanium alloys.
First, they summarize conventional strengthening approaches and their mechanisms …

Designing ultra-strong and ductile hierarchical titanium alloys via interstitial solute-mediated multi-morphologic α-nanoprecipitates

H Zhang, J Zhang, S Liu, D Zhang, G Liu, J Sun - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
In conventional duplex titanium (Ti) alloys, the soft primary α-precipitates (α p) are beneficial
to ductility with the loss of high yield strength, while the continuous α-precipitates at grain …

[HTML][HTML] A novel high-strength β-Ti alloy with hierarchical distribution of α-phase: the superior combination of strength and ductility

W Zhu, J Lei, C Tan, Q Sun, W Chen, L Xiao, J Sun - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel high-strength metastable β-Ti alloy Ti-5Al-4Zr-8Mo-7V has been successfully
designed utilizing the “d-electron theory” combined with the semi-empirical element …

Hierarchical structure and deformation behavior of a novel multicomponent β titanium alloy with ultrahigh strength

X Li, XN Wang, K Liu, GH Cao, MB Li, ZS Zhu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Based on the general [Mo] equivalent criterion and d-electron orbital theory, a new ultrahigh-
strength β titanium alloy with eight major elements (Ti-4.5 Al-6.5 Mo-2Cr-2.6 Nb-2Zr-2Sn-1V …

Unusual precipitation induced by solute segregation in coherent twin boundary in titanium alloys

C Liu, X Hu, L Qi, H Chen, Z Li, X Zhang, H Yan… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Heterogeneous precipitation and hence the distribution of α and β phase in α+ β titanium
alloys can impact strongly on alloy mechanical properties. The β phase is commonly …

Making a low-cost duplex titanium alloy ultra-strong and ductile via interstitial solutes

H Zhang, J Zhang, J Hou, D Zhang, Y Yue, G Liu, J Sun - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Interstitial solutes (eg O, N) often enhance strength; however, their poisoning effect leads to
markedly decreased ductility and even embrittlement in titanium (Ti) alloys. Thus, using …

Effects of rapid heating on non-equilibrium microstructure evolution and strengthening mechanisms of titanium alloy

S Chang, K Wang, B Wang, M Kopec, Z Li… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of heating parameters, including temperature ranging from 900° C
to 1000° C, heating rates ranging from 2° C∙ s− 1 to 100° C∙ s− 1, and 120 s soaking on the …

Effects of carbon nanomaterials on interfacial structure and mechanical properties of high temperature Ti matrix composites

Z Zheng, Z Zhang, L Dong, G Sun, J Xu, M Li… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
TiC is widely used as an ideal reinforcement to strengthen titanium matrix composites
(TMCs). The morphology, size and distribution of TiC and the interfacial structure of TiC-Ti …

[HTML][HTML] Novel transformation pathway and heterogeneous precipitate microstructure in Ti-alloys

T Zhang, D Wang, Y Wang - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Materials with certain heterogeneous microstructures have been shown to hold a synergistic
combination of strength and ductility. In this study, we demonstrate novel transformation …