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The Role of Twinning in Brittle Fracture Of Ti-Aluminides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

M. H. Yoo ,
C. L. Fu  and
J. K. Lee
M. H. Yoo
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
C. L. Fu
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
J. K. Lee
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
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Abstract

The important roles of (111)[112] twinning in cleavage fracture of single-phase γ-TiAl and TiAl3 are assessed on the basis of theoretically calculated elastic constants, shear fault energies, and cleavage energies. The importance of elastic anisotropy in both homogeneous twin nucleation theory and dislocation models for twin nucleation is emphasized. The twin-slip conjugate relationship makes an important contribution to the strain compatibility for localized plasticity at a crack tip of Mode-I type. The intrinsic brittleness of these aluminides is attributed to a combined effect of the low mobility of slip and twin dislocations and the relatively low cleavage strength. The effect of the resolved normal stress on the twin plane is to enhance twinning activity at a (110) crack tip, leading to transformation toughening of shear type.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 213: Symposium Q – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys IV , 1990 , 545
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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