Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Modeling on High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue of Ti2AlNb Alloy

Abstract

Ti2AlNb alloy is a three-phase alloy, which consists of O phase, β phase and α2 phase. Because of the difference in the mechanical characteristics between phases, Ti2AlNb alloy often exhibits deformation heterogeneity. Based on EBSD images of the Ti2AlNb alloy, a crystal plasticity finite element model (CPFEM) was built to study the effects of O phase and β phase (dominant phases) on stress and strain distribution. Four types of fatigue experiments, and the Chaboche model with 1.2%~1.6% total strain range were conducted to verify the CPFEM. The simulation results showed that the phase boundary was the important position of stress concentration. The main reason for the stress concentration was the inconsistency deformation of grains which resulted from the different deformation abilities of the O and β phases.