Dynamic Softening Mechanisms and Microstructure Evolution of TB18 Titanium Alloy during Uniaxial Hot Deformation

Metals

Wuhua Yuan¹  Qiang Fu¹  Wei Xiang² 

[1] College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;Deyang Wanhang Die Forging Co., Ltd., China National Erzhong Group Co., Deyang 618013, China;

关键词: TB18 titanium alloy;    dynamic softening mechanism;    dynamic recovery;    dynamic recrystallization;    dynamic globularization;   

DOI  :  10.3390/met11050789

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this study, isothermal compression tests of TB18 titanium alloy were conducted using a Gleeble 3800 thermomechanical simulator for temperatures ranging from 650 to 880 °C and strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 10 s⁻¹, with a constant height reduction of 60%, to investigate the dynamic softening mechanisms and hot workability of TB18 alloy. The results showed that the flow stress significantly decreased with an increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate, which was affected by the competition between work hardening and dynamic softening. The hyperbolic sine Arrhenius-type constitutive equation was established, and the deformation activation energy was calculated to be 303.91 kJ·mol⁻¹ in the (α + β) phase zone and 212.813 kJ·mol⁻¹ in the β phase zone. The processing map constructed at a true strain of 0.9 exhibited stability and instability regions under the tested deformation conditions. The microstructure characteristics demonstrated that in the stability region, the dominant restoration and flow-softening mechanisms were the dynamic recovery of β phase and dynamic globularization of α grains below transus temperature, as well as the dynamic recovery and continuous dynamic recrystallization of β grains above transus temperature. In the instability region, the dynamic softening mechanism was flow localization in the form of a shear band and a deformation band caused by adiabatic heating.

【 授权许可】

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