TITANIUM ALLOYS

By ISABELLA THOMAS

CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION TO FRACTOGRAPHY DIMPLE RUPTURE CLEAVAGE FATIGUE INTERGRANULAR CHAPTER PHYSICAL METALLURGY OF TITANIUM ALLOYS INTRODUCTION APPLICATION OF TITANIUM ALLOYS EFFECT OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS TYPES OF TITANIUM ALLOYS ALPHA ( ? ) ALLOYS NEAR ? ALLOYS ? + ? ALLOYS METASTABLE ? ALLOYS BETA ALLOYS TITANIUM ALUMINIDES THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF TITANIUM ALLOYS CONVENTIONAL TITANIUM ALLOYS CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS ALPHA ALLOYS NEAR-ALPHA ALLOYS ALPHA + BETA ALLOYS TI3AL-BASED ALLOYS TIAL-BASED ALLOYS CASE STUDY: FAILURE INVESTIGATION REPORT OF IMI 550 HIGH-PRESSURE COMPRESSOR (HPC-I) AERO ENGINE BLADE INVESTIGATION CHEMICAL ANALYSIS MICROSTRUCTURE FRACTOGRAPHY STRESS-CONCENTRATION EFFECTS OF A NOTCH ANALYSIS OF THE DEPOSITS CONCLUSION REFERENCES