Fernández Silva, B. orcid.org/0000-0003-2288-9675, Levano Blanch, O. orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-6891, Sagoo, K. et al. (1 more author) (2023) Effect of processing route on ballistic performance of Ti-6Al-4V armour plate. Materials Science and Technology, 39 (17). pp. 2910-2920. ISSN 0267-0836
Abstract
Titanium alloys are a key part of an armour designer’s toolset due to their high ballistic mass efficiency. However, titanium’s high cost has restricted its use in military land-based vehicles. In this study, the effect of different processing routes on the microstructure, texture, ballistic performance V50 and deformation modes of Ti-6Al-4V armour plate is investigated. Plates were fabricated via conventional hot rolling and the powder metallurgy techniques of HIP and FAST. The plate failure modes varied significantly with the microstructure while the formation of adiabatic shear bands seems to be influenced by crystallographic texture. The rolled plate exhibited the best performance due to a strong transverse-type texture perpendicular to the projectile direction.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Ti-6Al-4; ballistic performance; microstructure; texture; processing |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/R00661X/1 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/T024992/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2023 15:22 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2023 15:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02670836.2023.2229175 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:205749 |
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