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| Author(s): |
Sandra Andreia Stwart de Araujo Souza
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica |
| Defense date: | 2008-09-09 |
| Examining board members: |
Rubens Caram Junior;
Helio Goldenstein;
Carlos Angelo Nunes;
Conrado Ramos Moreira Afonso;
Amauri Garcia
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| Advisor: | Rubens Caram Junior |
| Abstract | |
Life time of femoral implants is usually shortened by insufficient transfer of load from implant to adjacent bone; this problem is attributed to the different stiffness of bone and implant that partially depends on their elastic moduli. Therefore, alloys exhibiting lower values of elastic modulus are desirable in order to improve the distribution of stress in the adjacent bone tissue. On this purpose, additions of Nb and Ta to titanium permit to reduce the elastic modulus, not provoking allergic reactions. Since properties of titanium alloys are strongly dependent on their constituent phases, this study aims to evaluate the effect of cooling rates on the phase transformations of the Ti-(25; 30; 35)%Nb-(0; 2.5; 5; 7.5)%Ta (wt. %) alloys; the work is focused on identifying the microstructure-property relationship. Thus, it was observed that additions of the alloying elements led to the formation of a", ß-metastable and ? phases in a wide range of cooling rates. Moreover, ? phase precipitation strongly influences hardness and elastic modulus. When cooled at high cooling rates the alloys presented yield strength ranging from 303 to 457 MPa and elongation ranging from 6 to 38%. Aging treatments were also applied to the Ti- 35Nb and Ti-35Nb-7.5Ta alloys and the results show that the Ti-35Nb-7.5Ta alloy presents the best combination between high strength and low modulus. (AU) | |