Isothermal compression tests of Ti-6Al-2Zr-2Sn-2Mo-1.5Cr-2Nb alloy were conducted at a Gleeble-1500 simulator in deformation temperature range of 1103–1243K, strain rate range of 0.01–5.00 s-1and height reduction range of 50 %–70 %. The effects of processing parameters on morphology, grain size and contents of a and b phases were discussed based on the quantitative microstructure examination, and the detailed explanation was shown. The results show that b transformed matrix will obviously grow up at higher deformation temperature or lower strain rate because of low grain growth activation energies. The content of a phase will decrease at higher deformation temperature or higher strain rate due to the phase transformation. Some elongated a or b grains exist at higher strain rate, implying that the dominant softening mechanism is dynamic recovery. The effect of height reduction on b transformed matrix is negligible, but the height reduction has some effects on the morphology of primary a phase.
Jun GaoMiao-Quan LiXiao-Di LiDong ZhangJian-Rui XueXue-Qi JiangChao-Yue ZhangLu-Yang Liu
The effects of heat treatment parameters on the microstructure,and mechanical properties and fractured morphology of Ti-5Al-2Sn-2Zr-4Mo-4Cr with the equiaxed,bi-modal and Widmanst？tten microstructures were investigated.The heating temperatures for obtaining the equiaxed,bi-modal and Widmanst？tten microstructures were 830,890 and 920 °C,respectively,followed by furnace cooling at a holding time of 30 min.The volume fraction of primary α phase decreased with increasing the heating temperature,which was 45.8% at 830 °C,and decreased to 15.5% at 890 °C,and then the primary α phase disappeared at 920 °C during furnace cooling.The variation of volume fraction of primary α phase in air cooling is similar to that in furnace cooling.The increase in heating temperature and furnace cooling benefited the precipitation and growth of the secondary α phase.The equiaxed microstructure exhibited excellent mechanical properties,in which the ultimate strength,yield strength,elongation and reduction in area were 1035 MPa,1011 MPa,20.8% and 58.7%,respectively.The yield strength and elongation for the bi-modal microstructure were slightly lower than those of the equiaxed microstructure.The Widmanst？tten microstructure exhibited poor ductility and low yield strength,while the ultimate strength reached 1078 MPa.The dimple fractured mechanism for the equiaxed and bi-modal microstructures proved excellent ductility.The coexistence of dimple and intercrystalline fractured mechanisms for the Widmanst？tten microstructure resulted in the poor ductility.
In this study,isothermal compression tests were conducted at a Gleeble-1500 simulator at deformation temperatures ranging from 1073 to 1283 K,strain rates ranging from 0.01 to 5.00 s^（-1）,and height reductions ranging from 20%to 60%.The flow stress and apparent activation energy for deformation and constitutive equation were used to characterize the deformation behavior of TC21 alloy during the isothermal compression.The processing maps combined microstructure observations were established based on dynamic material model（DMM） over a range of strain rates and temperatures.The results show that an initial yield drop is observed above 1203 K or at higher strain rates ranging from 1.00 to 5.00 s^-1,and oscillatory flow curves are presented particularly at a strain rate of 5.00 s^-1.Strain has some influence on the apparent activation energy for deformation during the isothermal compression of TC21 alloy.The Q-values and microstructure observation confirm that dynamic recrystallization（DRX） occurs in the β single-phase region.The constitutive equation during the isothermal compression of TC21 alloy is developed using the Zener-Hollomon parameter in the exponent-type equation.The maximum and minimum relative errors between the calculated and the experimental flow stress are 14.1%and 0.3%,respectively.The peak efficiency of power dissipation at a strain of 0.7 is about 0.51 occurring at a deformation temperature of 1073 K and strain rate of 0.01 s^-1,corresponding to an optimal deformation condition of TC21 alloy.
