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Materials Engineering

1999

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Behavior Of Gamma Tial Subjected To Impact Damage And Elevated Temperature Fatigue, Trevor S. Harding, J. Wayne Jones Dec 1999

Behavior Of Gamma Tial Subjected To Impact Damage And Elevated Temperature Fatigue, Trevor S. Harding, J. Wayne Jones

Materials Engineering

Gamma titanium aluminide has received significant attention in recent years as a candidate material for use in aerospace and industrial gas turbine engine applications. In particular, these materials offer significant weight reductions (densities are less than half that of nickel-based superalloys), high specific strength retention at elevated temperature and high specific stiffness which is particularly important in vibrating components such as blades. This combination of weight savings and good mechanical properties has led to the possibility that γ-TiAl may be a suitable replacement for nickel-based alloys, such as Inconel 718, in low pressure turbine blades without significant redesign of the …


Theoretical And Experimental Investigation On The Low Temperature Properties Of The Nbcr2 Laves Phase, Dan J. Thoma, Chu Fuming, Katherine C. Chen, Paul G. Kotula, Terence E. Mitchell, John M. Wills, Alim Ormeci, Shao Ping Chen, Robert C. Albers Sep 1999

Theoretical And Experimental Investigation On The Low Temperature Properties Of The Nbcr2 Laves Phase, Dan J. Thoma, Chu Fuming, Katherine C. Chen, Paul G. Kotula, Terence E. Mitchell, John M. Wills, Alim Ormeci, Shao Ping Chen, Robert C. Albers

Materials Engineering

This is the final report of a three-year, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The goal of the project was to develop methodologies in which to define and improve the properties of NbCr2 so that the high temperature structural applications of alloys based upon this would not be limited by the low-temperature brittle behavior of the intermetallic. We accomplished this task by (1) understanding the defect structure and deformation mechanisms in Laves phases, (2) electronic and geometric contributions to phase stability and alloying behavior, and (3) novel processing of dual phase (Laves/bcc) …


Training Graduate Student Instructors Effectively: The University Of Michigan Model, Trevor S. Harding Jun 1999

Training Graduate Student Instructors Effectively: The University Of Michigan Model, Trevor S. Harding

Materials Engineering

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Room Temperature Fatique Response Of Γ-Tial To Impact Damage, Trevor S. Harding, J. Wayne Jones, P. S. Steif, T. M. Pollock Jan 1999

Room Temperature Fatique Response Of Γ-Tial To Impact Damage, Trevor S. Harding, J. Wayne Jones, P. S. Steif, T. M. Pollock

Materials Engineering

Gamma based titanium aluminides have received considerable attention recently as candidate materials in gas turbine applications, particularly low pressure turbine blades (1–3). Their low density and high specific stiffness, result in potentially significant weight savings in structures such as gas turbine engines if substituted for current materials. Two γ-TiAl microstructures are predominately identified in the literature: a lamellar microstructure consisting of alternating plates of γ and α2, and a duplex microstructure consisting of equiaxed γ grains and lamellar colonies (3,4). Lamellar alloys generally exhibit better fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth resistance (5–7). Duplex alloys, on the other …