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Metallurgical and mechanical phenomena due to rubbing of titanium against sintered powder NichromeMetallurgical and mechanical changes occurring during high-speed rubbing of Ti-6Al-4V blade specimens against an abradable Nichrome aircraft engine seal material were studied using optical microscopy, electron microscopy, and microhardness techniques. Evidence of temperatures above the beta transus of Ti-6Al-4V (1000 C) and of thermal hardening was found on blade tips that exhibited undesirable abrading characteristics resulting in high forces of interaction, high temperatures, and smearing. The material within the layer of the corresponding seals was found to be work-hardened to a depth of about 0.1 mm and showed evidence of densification extending to a depth of about 0.5 mm below the rubbed surface. Wear particles produced by rub interactions that generated cleanly abraded seal surfaces were found to be several times larger than those produced during interactions which showed evidence of surface smearing and seal densification.
Document ID
19850040130
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Zenas, R.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Archbold, T.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Wolak, J.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Emery, A. F.
(Washington Univ. Seattle, WA, United States)
Etemad, S.
(Washington, University Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: ASLE Transactions
Volume: 28
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Accession Number
85A22281
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG3-7
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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