Evaluation of Texture Developed in High-Temperature β-Phase during Friction Stir Welding of Ti-6Al-4V

Abstract:

The Texture Developed in High-Temperature β Phase during Friction Stir Welding of Ti-6Al-4V Was Studied. It Was Demonstrated that 0002 and 1120 Pole Figures Calculated from α Phase May Be Employed for Interpretation of Material Flow in the β Phase. Together with Orientation Measurements in Retained β Phase, this Approach Was Shown to Be a Very Simple and Effective for the Texture Analysis. The β Texture Was Found to Be a Mixture of {hkl}<111>-Fiber Texture and D₂(112)[111](Simple-Shear Texture Component.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 508)
• Pages: 106-111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.508.106
• Online since: March 2012
• Authors: Sergey Mironov, Yutaka S. Sato, Hiroyuki Kokawa
• Keywords: Electron Backscattering Diffraction, Friction Stir Welding (FSW), Texture

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