# Dynamic Response of Ti-6Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V Alloy Manufactured by Laser Powder-Bed Fusion

## TL;DR

This paper studies how different heat treatments and load directions affect the dynamic mechanical behavior of a titanium alloy made using laser additive manufacturing.

## Contribution

The study reveals the impact of post-heat treatments and load direction on the dynamic response of Ti-6Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V alloy fabricated by laser powder-bed fusion.

## Key findings

- Post-heat treatment at 800 °C reduced flow stress but increased uniform plastic strain and damage absorption work.
- HIP samples showed higher stress, uniform plastic strain, and damage absorption due to microstructure coarsening.
- Anisotropy was negligible in flow stress but significant in uniform plastic strain and damage absorption.

## Abstract

Titanium parts fabricated by additive manufacturing, i.e., laser or electron beam-powder bed fusion (L- or EB-PBF), usually exhibit columnar grain structures along the build direction, resulting in both microstructural and mechanical anisotropy. Post-heat treatments are usually used to reduce or eliminate such anisotropy. In this work, Ti-6Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V (TA15) alloy samples were fabricated by L-PBF to investigate the effect of post-heat treatment and load direction on the dynamic response of the samples. Post-heat treatments included single-step annealing at 800 °C (HT) and a hot isotropic press (HIP). The as-built and heat-treated samples were dynamically compressed using a split Hopkinson pressure bar at a strain rate of 3000 s−1 along the horizontal and vertical directions paralleled to the load direction. The microstructural observation revealed that the as-built TA15 sample exhibited columnar grains with fine martensite inside. The HT sample exhibited a fine lamellar structure, whereas the HIP sample exhibited a coarse lamellar structure. The dynamic compression results showed that post-heat treatment at 800 °C led to reduced flow stress but enhanced uniform plastic strain and damage absorption work. However, the HIP samples exhibited both higher stress, uniform plastic strain, and damage absorption work owing to the microstructure coarsening. Additionally, the load direction had a subtle influence on the flow stress, indicating the negligible anisotropy of flow stress in the samples. However, there was more significant anisotropy of the uniform plastic strain and damage absorption. The samples had a higher load-bearing capacity when dynamically compressed perpendicular to the build direction.