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Rapid acquisition of digital fingerprints of Ti-6Al-4V macrotexture from machining force measurement data

Childerhouse, Thomas ; Levano-Blanch, Oliver ; Zeng, Xiaohan ; Taylor, Joshua ; Premoli, Dennis ; Crawforth, Pete ; M'Saoubi, Rachid LU and Jackson, Martin (2024) In Materials Characterization 207.
Abstract

Titanium alloys display anisotropic deformation properties due to the hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure of the α-phase. When subjected to localised deformation during machining, this behaviour influences fluctuations in the cutting force response of the material as the tool encounters grains of different orientations. In this research, cutting force signals acquired during face turning of Ti–6Al–4V possessing a lamellar α colony structure have been spatially mapped demonstrating the ability to identify microstructural features such as prior-β grain boundaries, grain boundary α, and α colonies. Measured cutting forces have been correlated to texture using orientation information acquired from large area EBSD analysis. A... (More)

Titanium alloys display anisotropic deformation properties due to the hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure of the α-phase. When subjected to localised deformation during machining, this behaviour influences fluctuations in the cutting force response of the material as the tool encounters grains of different orientations. In this research, cutting force signals acquired during face turning of Ti–6Al–4V possessing a lamellar α colony structure have been spatially mapped demonstrating the ability to identify microstructural features such as prior-β grain boundaries, grain boundary α, and α colonies. Measured cutting forces have been correlated to texture using orientation information acquired from large area EBSD analysis. A relationship between the misalignment of the crystallographic a slip vector with respect to the cutting direction and the passive cutting force response has been established, demonstrating a rise in cutting forces as this misalignment is increased. This novel approach to in-process materials evaluation offers manufacturers the potential of a powerful digital quality assurance tool, with the results presented here demonstrating the possibility for rapid characterisation of entire component surfaces, revealing microstructural features, and inferring the crystallographic orientation of macrotextured regions in Ti–6Al–4V.

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Crystal plasticity, In-process materials evaluation, Materials characterisation, Texture analysis, Titanium alloys
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Materials Characterization
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207
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113550
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Elsevier
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1044-5803
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10.1016/j.matchar.2023.113550
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  abstract     = {{<p>Titanium alloys display anisotropic deformation properties due to the hexagonal close-packed (hcp) crystal structure of the α-phase. When subjected to localised deformation during machining, this behaviour influences fluctuations in the cutting force response of the material as the tool encounters grains of different orientations. In this research, cutting force signals acquired during face turning of Ti–6Al–4V possessing a lamellar α colony structure have been spatially mapped demonstrating the ability to identify microstructural features such as prior-β grain boundaries, grain boundary α, and α colonies. Measured cutting forces have been correlated to texture using orientation information acquired from large area EBSD analysis. A relationship between the misalignment of the crystallographic a slip vector with respect to the cutting direction and the passive cutting force response has been established, demonstrating a rise in cutting forces as this misalignment is increased. This novel approach to in-process materials evaluation offers manufacturers the potential of a powerful digital quality assurance tool, with the results presented here demonstrating the possibility for rapid characterisation of entire component surfaces, revealing microstructural features, and inferring the crystallographic orientation of macrotextured regions in Ti–6Al–4V.</p>}},
  author       = {{Childerhouse, Thomas and Levano-Blanch, Oliver and Zeng, Xiaohan and Taylor, Joshua and Premoli, Dennis and Crawforth, Pete and M'Saoubi, Rachid and Jackson, Martin}},
  issn         = {{1044-5803}},
  keywords     = {{Crystal plasticity; In-process materials evaluation; Materials characterisation; Texture analysis; Titanium alloys}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Materials Characterization}},
  title        = {{Rapid acquisition of digital fingerprints of Ti-6Al-4V macrotexture from machining force measurement data}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2023.113550}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.matchar.2023.113550}},
  volume       = {{207}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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