The role of mechanical twinning on microcrack nucleation and crack propagation in a near-γ TiAl alloy

Intermetallics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1317-1323

  Ng, B C ^a   Simkin, B A ^a   Crimp, M A ^a   Bieler, T R ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Titanium aluminides, based on TiA1; B. Fracture mode; B. Plastic deformation mechanisms; D. Grain boundary character distribution; F. Electron microscopy, scanning; F. Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; MICROCRACKS; NUCLEATION; STRAIN; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

FRACTURE MODE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY CHARACTER DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL TWINNING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION MECHANISMS; TIAL; TITANIUM ALUMINIDES;

INTERMETALLICS;

EID: 4644280091     PISSN: 09669795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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