Structure and Properties of Layered Ti-6Al-4V-Based Materials Fabricated Using Blended Elemental Powder Metallurgy

Sergey V Prikhodko ,О М Ивасишин ,P.e Markovsky ,Dmytro G Savvakin ,Oleksandr Stasiuk

doi:10.1051/matecconf/202032111028

Abstract

Due to the high specific strength of Ti, materials on its base are indispensable when high-strength and low-weight requests are a chief demand from the industry. Reinforcement of Ti-alloys with hard and light particles of TiC and TiB is a credible pathway to make metal matrix composites (MMC) with enhanced elastic moduli without compromising the material’s low-weight. However, reinforcement of the alloy with hard particles inevitably lowers the value of toughness and plasticity of material. Yet, in many applications simultaneous high hardness and high plasticity are not required through the entire structure. For instance, parts that need enhanced wear resistance or resistance upon ballistic impact demand high hardness and strength at the surface, whereas their core necessitates rather high toughness and ductility. Such combination of mechanical properties can be achieved on layered structures joining two and more layers of different materials with different chemical composition and/or microstructure within each individual layer.Multi-layered structures of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and its metal-matrix composites (MMC) with 5 and10% (vol.) of TiC and TiB were fabricated in this study using blended elemental powder metallurgy (BEPM) of hydrogenated Ti. Post-sintering hot deformation and annealing were sometimes also employed to improve the microstructure and properties. Structure of materials were characterized using light optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, electron backscattered diffraction, x-ray microscopy, tensile and 3-point flexural tests. The effect of various fabrication parameters was investigated to achieve desirable microstructure and properties of layered materials. Using optimized processing parameters, relatively large multilayered plates were made via BEPM and demonstrate superior anti-ballistic performance compared to the equally sized uniform Ti-6Al-4V plates fabricated by traditional ingot and wrought technology.

Highlights

The anti-ballistic protection of land systems, mobility and protection of the fighting vehicles and military personnel is vital in success of defense and anti-terrorist operations
We found that the deforma on of layered structures using hot rolling was unsuccessful due to significant disparity in metal flow and degree of accommodated plas c deforma on in Ti-6Al-4V (wt.%) alloy (Ti-64) alloy and adjacent composite layers
Thermomechanical processing of the multilayered structures (ML) structures is s ll ongoing study, but our current results show the poten als on layered structures hardness increase a er the op mized hot plas c deforma on applied

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Introduction

The anti-ballistic protection of land systems, mobility and protection of the fighting vehicles and military personnel is vital in success of defense and anti-terrorist operations. In many applications, including armor, simultaneous high hardness and high plasticity are not essential through the entire structure: armor parts require high hardness and strength at the surface, whereas their core rather necessitates high toughness and ductility. Such combination of mechanical properties can be achieved on layered structures joining two and more layers of different materials with different chemical composition and/or microstructure within each individual layer. The objective of this study was development of cost-efficient technology for fabrication of low-weight and superior antiballistic properties multilayered structures (ML) made using BEPM of Ti-6Al-4V (wt.%) alloy (Ti-64) and composites on its base with TiB and TiC

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