The Analysis of Causes of the Damage of a Turbine Blade Made of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

2017 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Krčil ◽  
Jan Holec ◽  
Jakub Horník ◽  
Pavlína Hájková ◽  
Elena Čižmárová ◽  
...  

The main causes of the damage of a compressor’s turbine blade are documented and described in the article. The turbine blade was made from titanium alloy grade 5 (VT6, Ti-6Al-4V). The analysed segments of the turbine blade were damaged by corrosion and erosion. The sample from the damaged blade was compared with an undamaged reference sample. The observed substantial distinctions between microstructure of the damaged and the reference sample were found using of light and scanning electron microscopy. The observed distinctions of the microstructure were caused by the differences in the heat treatment process.

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5734
Author(s):  
Paulina Kosmela ◽  
Jan Suchorzewski ◽  
Krzysztof Formela ◽  
Paweł Kazimierski ◽  
Józef Tadeusz Haponiuk ◽  
...  

In this paper, novel rigid polyurethane foams modified with Baltic Sea biomass were compared with traditional petro-based polyurethane foam as reference sample. A special attention was focused on complex studies of microstructure, which was visualized and measured in 3D with high-resolution microcomputed tomography (microCT) and, as commonly applied for this purpose, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The impact of pore volume, area, shape and orientation on appearance density and thermal insulation properties of polyurethane foams was determined. The results presented in the paper confirm that microcomputed tomography is a useful tool for relatively quick estimation of polyurethane foams’ microstructure, what is crucial especially in the case of thermal insulation materials.


2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 906-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIANYONG ZHANG ◽  
YANHUA JIANG ◽  
ZHUANG MA ◽  
WENKUI WANG

Phase Transition Cooling (PTC), using the absorbed latent heat during the melting of phase transition cooling medium to cool and solidify alloys in the process of casting, is a new casting technology. Specimens of A356 casting aluminum alloy were prepared by this method in the paper. The new heat treatment process (cast and then aging directly without solid solution) of A356 alloy was performed. For comparison, the conventional T6 heat treatment (solution and then aging treatment) was performed too. The mechanical properties of A356 alloy with different heat treatments were measured by tensile strength testing methods and microstructures of the alloy with different heat treatment process were investigated by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-rays diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) too. The results show that ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of A356 alloy with the new heat treatment process is much higher than that with conventional heat treatment while the elongations with the two heat treatment processes are very close. This is due to the grain refinement obtained after PTC processing.


2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 336-339
Author(s):  
Fa Chao Wu ◽  
Teng Fei Shen

In this work, CaCO3 nanoparticles have been synthesized via heat-treatment of a new precursor. Effect of calcinations temperature on particle size has been investigated. The products were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). nanoCaCO3 was modified using chloroform as solvent and fatty acid as modifier atroom temperature. The advantage of this modification is that it can be proceed at room temperature and it can reduce energy consumption.


2012 ◽  
Vol 507 ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrid Seuss ◽  
Tayyab Subhani ◽  
Min Yi Kang ◽  
Kenji Okudaira ◽  
Isaac E. Aguilar Ventura ◽  
...  

Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) has been successfully used to deposit composite coatings composed of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles on 316L stainless steel substrates. The suspensions of TiO2 nanoparticles and PEEK microparticles for EPD were prepared in ethanol. PEEK-TiO2 composite coatings were optimized using suspensions containing 6wt% PEEK-TiO2 in ethanol with a 3:1 ratio of PEEK to TiO2 in weight and by applying a potential difference of 30 V for 1 minute. A heat-treatment process of the optimized PEEK-TiO2 composite coatings was performed at 335°C for 30 minutes with a heating rate of 10°Cminto densify the deposits. The EPD coatings were microstructurally evaluated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was demonstrated that EPD is a convenient and rapid method to fabricate PEEK/TiO2 coatings on stainless steel which are interesting for biomedical applications.


Author(s):  
Yafeng He ◽  
Wenzhuang Lu ◽  
Weiming Gan ◽  
Jianshe Zhao ◽  
Dunwen Zuo

Electrochemical machining is a promising method for titanium alloy processing. The polarization characteristics of Ti6Al4V were studied in detail in order to provide a deeper understanding of this method. The polarization curve of the alloy, which shows the relationship between current density and potential under an external electric field, was obtained in NaBr electrolyte at three different concentrations in a three-electrode electrochemical test system. The surface topography of the polarization zone and pits was examined by scanning electron microscopy, and their fractal features were calculated by the picture point cover method. The results show that Ti6Al4V in the more concentrated electrolyte has higher dissolution rate, lower decomposition potential, and more uniform surface topology in the polarization areas.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1048 ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Wei Lai Chen ◽  
Lin Yan Wan ◽  
Hong Qin

Microstructures and mechanical properties of melt spinning spandex were studied in this article.Cross section and longitudinal surface were observed and analyzed by JSM-5610LV scanning electron microscopy. Q2000 DSC differential scanning calorimeter was used to test the glass transition temperature and melting temperature which indicated glass transition temperature is about 44°C and melting temperature is about 200°C. We employed JSM-5610LV scanning electron microscopy to observe adhesion of melt spinning spandex with nylon filament after different time and temperature processing. It concluded that after 150°C90s、160°C60s、160°C90s、170°C30s heat treatment, the adhesive of melt spinning spandex with nylon is good. At the same time,tensile strength and elastic properties of melt spinning spandex which was processed under different time and temperature were tested, tensile strength and elastic recovery of melt spinning spandex after160°C 90s heat treatment is the best.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
N. Zhogashtiev ◽  
Y. Tashpolotov ◽  
N. Kalmurzaev

The article presents the results of a study of the surface of cotton fibers before and after thermal processing in a vacuum chamber by scanning electron microscopy. It has been established that various factors affect the structural and physicochemical properties of an ultrathin composite material based on ultra-dispersed carbon fiber. In this work, the microstructures of an ultrathin composite material obtained based on ultrafine cotton fibers were investigated and a chemical analysis of these fibers was carried out. Based on chemical analysis, it was found that the content of heat-treated cotton fiber is 98.62% during heat treatment (from 1000 to 1200 °C). Along with this, the resulting powder had carbon fibers with sizes from 2.42 to 9.18 μm, and thus ultra-thin fibers have high chemical activity. It is shown that heat treatment of the fiber leads to molecular bonding of the outer layer of the cotton fiber.


2013 ◽  
Vol 483 ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Hao Quan ◽  
Ke Hui Qiu ◽  
De Ming Huang ◽  
Jin Yan Liu ◽  
Rong Chen

The effects of near β heat treatment on the microstructure of TC18 alloy during three temperature stages were studied. The results show that the microstructure of the sample is tri-modal microstructure after near β heat treatment, and the size of αp does not significantly, but dispersible αs increases and has a tendency to merge, and then it would not grow up anymore ; β phase would grow up, but the grain boundary has some broken. The experiment result shows that the tri-modal microstructure could obtain high damage tolerance properties of titanium alloy in theory.


Shape Casting ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 257-263
Author(s):  
Jinwu Kang ◽  
Xiaokun Hao ◽  
Gang Nie ◽  
Haimin Long ◽  
Hailiang Yu ◽  
...  

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