This project is being carried out in the Laboratory of Texture and Related Studies in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc).Â
I have been working on this project under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Satyam Suwas, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering since December'19.
The main goal of this project is to study the crystallographic texture evolution and the mechanical properties before and post deformation and at different stages of recrystallization.
The unidirectional cold rolling of cp-Ti for 50% and 70% thickness reductions were carried out as well as the annealing time and temperature were optimized to achieve the various stages of recrystallization.
The characterization of these samples was carried out using an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope. The micro-texture analysis was carried out using electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) mode using the scanning electron microscope. The bulk texture was carried out The micro-hardness values were also measured using Vicker's Microhardness tester to observe the variation in mechanical properties at each stage of recrystallization.
Our findings have been published in JOM (Springer). The article can be accessed using the link - Development of Recrystallization Texture in Commercially Pure Titanium: Experiments and Simulation.
