Texture and anisotropy of a hot rolled Ti-16Nb alloy

This work deals with the texture, microstructure and anisotropy in mechanical behaviors of a hot rolled Ti-16Nb alloy. It exhibits low in-plane anisotropy in terms of yield strength, ultimate tensile strength and yield locus. Such an isotropy seems to arise owing to fibers present in (0 0 2), (0 2 0) and (1 1 1) pole figures. The work hardening behavior of the alloy reveals the presence of two slopes indicating that two different mechanisms are operative during tensile test. The work hardening curves follow modified Ludwik equation. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.