High-temperature tensile strengths of in situ synthesized TiC/Ti-alloy composites

► UTSs degrade about 170 MPa per 100 °C increase in temperature above 700 °C. ► Load-bearing effect of strip-like TiC is stronger than that with equiaxed shape. ► Increase in TiC volume fraction from 10% to 15% leads to enhancement in UTS. ► The contribution of matrix on UTS is dominant above 700 °C.