Strengthening behavior and model of ultra-high strength Ti-15Mo-2.7Nb-3Al-0.2Si titanium alloy
The microstructure evolution and strengthening behavior of the ultra-high strength Ti-15Mo-2.7Nb-3Al-0.2Si titanium alloy were studied utilizing XRD,OM,SEM,and TEM analyses.The results show that the dislocation-strengthening and precipitation-strengthening effects could mostly affect the yield strength of this alloy.The highest yield strength of 1518 MPa was obtained under a combined process of cold rolling+recrystallization+cold rolling+duplex aging.This trend is mainly due to the high density of remaining dislocations,as well as dense and thin secondary α phases in microstructures.A theoretical composite-strengthening model was built,and the prediction error is within 16.6%.Furthermore,it is found that increasing the content of the secondary α phase can continuously strengthen the intragrain zone.This feature causes the intergranular fracture to appear and gradually dominate the fracture surface.