Elevated Temperature Mechanical Characteristics and Fracture Behavior of a Novel Beta Titanium Alloy

In the present work, the elevated-temperature deformation characteristics and microstructural evolution of a Ti-5V-5Mo-5Cr-4Al alloy in solution-treatment conditions were studied under a tensile load at temperatures in the range of 25 to 550 °C and strain rates between 0.001 and 0.1 s-1. The results obtained indicated that, essentially, dynamic recovery (DRV) was the dominant softening mechanism in the case of the regimes considered. An analysis based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and the assessment of the mechanical behavior of the solution-heat-treated Ti-5V-5Mo-5Cr-4Al alloy revealed that dynamic precipitation (DPN) only took place at a strain rate of 0.001 s-1 and at temperatures of 450 °C and 500 °C. Void coalescence occurred upon an increase in the deformation temperature and a decrease in the strain rate due to a higher rate of diffusion and the provision of sufficient time for growth, respectively. The results obtained in the present study pave the way for the robust processing of this novel ß titanium alloy. Depending on the deformation parameters, the deformation characteristics can be governed by either DRV (at moderate temperatures) or DPN (at moderate temperatures and at low rates of deformation)

High Temperature Flow Response Modeling of Ultra-Fine Grained Titanium

This work presents the mechanical behavior modeling of commercial purity titanium subjected to severe plastic deformation (SPD) during post-SPD compression, at temperatures of 600-900 °C and at strain rates of 0.001-0.1 s−1. The flow response of the ultra-fine grained microstructure is modeled using the modified Johnson-Cook model as a predictive tool, aiding high temperature forming applications. It was seen that the model was satisfactory at all deformation conditions except for the deformation temperature of 600 °C. In order to improve the predictive capability, the model was extended with a corrective term for predictions at temperatures below 700 °C. The accuracy of the model was displayed with reasonable agreement, resulting in error levels of less than 5% at all deformation temperatures

Workability characteristics and mechanical behavior modeling of severely deformed pure titanium at high temperatures

Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.In the present study, compression tests were performed at temperatures of 600–900 °C and at strain rates of 0.001–0.1 s−1 to study the deformation and workability characteristics of commercially pure titanium after severe plastic deformation (SPD). It was found that the effects of temperature and strain rate are significant in dictating the steady state flow stress levels and the strain values corresponding to peak flow stress. The strain rate sensitivity (m) during hot compression of severely deformed Ti was shown to be strongly temperature dependent, where m increased with the increase in deformation temperature up to 800 °C. High temperature workability was analyzed based on the flow localization parameter (FLP). According to the FLP values, deformation at and below 700 °C is prone to flow localization. The flow behavior was predicted using Arrhenius type and dislocation density based models. The validities of the models were demonstrated with reasonable agreement in comparison to the experimental stress–strain responses.European Commissio

Elevated temperature mechanical behavior of severely deformed titanium

In this investigation, compression tests were performed at a strain rate of 0.001-0.1 s(-1) in the range of 600-900 degrees C to study the high temperature deformation behavior and flow stress model of commercial purity (CP) titanium after severe plastic deformation (SPD). It was observed that SPD via equal channel angular extrusion can considerably enhance the flow strength of CP titanium deformed at 600 and 700 degrees C. Post-compression microstructures showed that, a fine grained structure can be retained at a deformation temperature of 600 degrees C. Based on the kinematics of dynamic recovery and recrystallization, the flow stress constitutive equations were established. The validity of the model was demonstrated with reasonable agreement by comparing the experimental data with the numerical results. The error values were less than 5% at all deformation temperatures except 600 degrees C.European Commissio

Hot deformation behavior of ultra-fine grained pure Ti

Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.In the present study, compression tests were performed at a strain rate of 0.001 to 0.1 s(-1) and in the range of 600 degrees C to 900 degrees C to investigate the high temperature deformation behavior and flow stress model of commercially pure titanium after severe plastic deformation (SPD). It was found that the effects of temperature and strain rate are significant in dictating the steady state flow stress levels. Flow accompanied by thermal softening was observed due to a combination of dynamic recovery and recrystallization for deformation at or above 600 degrees C. Furthermore, microstructural evolutions of the as processed and hot deformed material were investigated. Based on constitutive equations, the flow stress was modeled for this light ultra-fine grained (UFG) material. The validity of the model was demonstrated with satisfactory agreement in light of the experimental mechanical behavior

Quenching of High Entropy Alloys after Annealing

The effect of cooling rate after annealing at 900 °C on the microstructure and hardness of high entropy alloys was investigated using two typical samples with the chemical composition of Co16Cr14.5Fe29Mn11.5Ni29 and Co11.5Cr7Fe27Mn27Ni27(Nb0.08C0.5) (at%). The microstructural characterisation and hardness measurements were carried out by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, electron back scattered diffraction, X-ray diffraction technique and Vickers hardness testing. A face centred cubic crystal structure matrix was observed in both alloys before and after annealing and regardless of cooling conditions. SEM analyses revealed an extensive precipitation in Co11.5Cr7Fe27Mn27Ni27(Nb0.08C0.5) alloy after annealing. It was also found that air/furnace cooling can enhance grain growth-coarsening just in Co16Cr14.5Fe29Mn11.5Ni29. However, the hardness results generally showed insignificant hardness variations in both alloys after water-quenching, air-cooling and furnace-cooling. The results suggested that the hardness is mainly controlled by solid solution strengthening

High temperature deformation behavior of 4340 steel: activation energy calculation and modeling of flow

Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.The 4340 steel is extensively utilized in several industries including automotive and aerospace for manufacturing a large number of structural components. Due to the importance of thermo-mechanical processing in the production of steels, the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) characteristics of 4340 steel were investigated. Namely, hot compression tests on 4340 steel have been performed in a temperature range of 900–1200 °C and a strain rate range of 0. 01–1 s−1 and the strain of up to 0. 9. The resulting flow stress curves show the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization. The flow stress values decrease with the increase of deformation temperature and the decrease of strain rate. The microstructure of 4340 steel after deformation has been studied and it is suggested that the evolution of DRX grain structures can be accompanied by considerable migration of grain boundaries. The constitutive equations were developed to model the hot deformation behavior. Finally based on the classical stress-dislocation relations and the kinematics of the dynamic recrystallization; the flow stress constitutive equations for the dynamic recovery period and dynamic recrystallization period were derived for 4340 steel, respectively. The validity of the model was demonstrated by demonstrating the experimental data with the numerical results with reasonable agreement

Performance of Thermo-Mechanically Processed AA7075 Alloy at Elevated Temperatures—From Microstructure to Mechanical Properties

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