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Open AccessOn the Effect of Testing Frequency on High and Very High Cycle Fatigue Behavior of AA2024-T3, Ti-6Al-4V, and Inconel 718
An increase of testing frequency to reduce the testing time could affect the fatigue behavior of metallic materials. The current paper investigates the effect of testing frequency on the high and very high cyc...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Metallurgical aspects of joining commercially pure titanium to Ti-6Al-4V alloy in a T-joint configuration by laser beam welding
The article Metallurgical aspects of joining commercially pure titanium to Ti-6Al-4V alloy in a T-joint configuration by laser beam welding by Fedor Fomin, Martin Froend, Volker Ventzke, Pedro Alvarez, Stefan ...
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Open AccessMetallurgical aspects of joining commercially pure titanium to Ti-6Al-4V alloy in a T-joint configuration by laser beam welding
The present paper focuses on the metallurgical and microstructural characterization of the laser beam-welded T-joints between commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) and Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The weld regions were compr...
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Heat-treatable Al-Zn alloys are promising candidates for use as structural lightweight materials in automotive and aircraft applications. This is mainly due to their high strength-to-density ratio in compariso...
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Effect of Post-weld Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Laser Beam Welded TiAl-based Alloy
Post-weld heat treatment is carried out on the laser beam welded γ-TiAl-based alloy Ti-48Al-1Cr-1.5Nb-1Mn-0.2Si-0.5B (at. pct). The macro/microstructure and mechanical properties of both as-welded and heat-treate...
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Diffusion bonding of TiAl using Ni/Al multilayers
With the stimulus of temperature and pressure Ni and Al can quickly react and produce the intermetallic compound NiAl. This reaction is highly exothermic and high temperatures can be attained in the surroundin...
