Hot deformation characteristics of as-cast high-Cr ultra-super-critical rotor steel with columnar grains

Isothermal hot compression tests of as-cast high-Cr ultra-super-critical (USC) rotor steel with columnar grains perpendicular to the compression direction were carried out in the temperature range from 950 to 1250°C at strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 1 s-1. The softening mechanism was dynamic recovery (DRV) at 950°C and the strain rate of 1 s-1, whereas it was dynamic recrystallization (DRX) under the other conditions. A modified constitutive equation based on the Arrhenius model with strain compensation reasonably predicted the flow stress under various deformation conditions, and the activation energy was calculated to be 643.92 kJ·mol-1. The critical stresses of dynamic recrystallization under different conditions were determined from the work-hardening rate (θ)–flow stress (σ) and -?θ/?σ–σ curves. The optimum processing parameters via analysis of the processing map and the softening mechanism were determined to be a deformation temperature range from 1100 to 1200°C and a strain-rate range from 0.001 to 0.08 s-1, with a power dissipation efficiency η greater than 31%.     

Hot compression deformation behavior of AISI 321 austenitic stainless steel

The hot compression behavior of AISI 321 austenitic stainless steel was studied at the temperatures of 950–1100℃ and the strain rates of 0.01–1 s?1 using a Baehr DIL-805 deformation dilatometer. The hot deformation equations and the relationship between hot deformation parameters were obtained. It is found that strain rate and deformation temperature significantly influence the flow stress behavior of the steel. The work hardening rate and the peak value of flow stress increase with the decrease of deformation temperature and the increase of strain rate. In addition, the activation energy of deformation (Q) is calculated as 433.343 kJ/mol. The microstructural evolution during deformation indicates that, at the temperature of 950℃ and the strain rate of 0.01 s?1, small circle-like precipitates form along grain boundaries; but at the temperatures above 950℃, the dissolution of such precipitates occurs. Energy-dispersive X-ray analyses indicate that the precipitates are complex carbides of Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Ti.     

Hot deformation behavior of Super304H austenitic heat resistant steel

The hot compression tests of Super304H austenitic heat resistant steel were carried out at 800–1200℃ and 0.005–5 s-1 using a Gleeble 3500 thermal-mechanical simulator, and its deformation behavior was analyzed. The results show that the flow stress of Super304H steel decreases with the decrease of strain rate and the increase of deformation temperature; the hot deformation activation energy of the steel is 485 kJ/mol. The hot deformation equation and the relationship between the peak stress and the deformation temperature and strain rate is obtained. The softening caused by deformation heating cannot be neglected when both the deformation temperature and strain rate are higher.     

High-temperature mechanical properties and deformation behavior of high Nb containing TiAl alloys fabricated by spark plasma sintering

A high Nb containing TiAl alloy was prepared from the pre-alloyed powder of Ti-45Al-8.5Nb-0.2B-0.2W-0.02Y (at%) by spark plasma sintering (SPS). Its high-temperature mechanical properties and compressive deformation behavior were investigated in a temperature range of 700 to 1050℃ and a strain rate range of 0.002 to 0.2 s-1. The results show that the high-temperature mechanical properties of the high Nb containing TiAl alloy are sensitive to deformation temperature and strain rate, and the sensitivity to strain rate tends to rise with the deformation temperature increasing. The hot workability of the alloy is good at temperatures higher than 900℃, while fracture occurs at lower temperatures. The flow curves of the samples compressed at or above 900℃ exhibit obvious flow softening after the peak stress. Under the deformation condition of 900-1050℃ and 0.002-0.2 s-1, the interrelations of peak flow stress, strain rate, and deformation temperature follow the Arrhenius' equation modified by a hyperbolic sine function with a stress exponent of 5.99 and an apparent activation energy of 441.2 kJ·mol-1.     

Hot deformation map and its application of GH4706 alloy

The hot deformation behaviors of GH4706 alloy were investigated using compression tests in a deformation temperature range from 900℃ to 1200℃ with a strain rate range of 0.001–1 s?1. Hot processing maps were developed on the basis of the dynamic material model and compression data. A three-dimensional distribution of power dissipation parameter (η) with strain rate and temperature reveals that η decreases in sensitivity with an increase in strain rate and a decrease in temperature. Microstructure studies show that the grain size of GH4706 alloy increases when η is larger than 0.32, and the microstructure exhibits local deformation when η is smaller than 0.23. The hot processing map at the strain of 0.7 exposes a domain peak at η=0.32 for the temperature between 940℃ and 970℃ with the strain rate from 0.015 s?1 to 0.003 s?1, and these are the optimum parameters for hot working.     

Peculiarities of the rheological behavior and structure formation of aluminum under deformation at near-solidus temperatures

This paper deals with a peculiar rheological behavior of aluminum at near-solidus temperatures. It has been experimentally established that there is an inverse strain rate dependence of strain resistance at temperatures ranging between 560 and 640°С and strain rates ranging from 0.06 to 1.2 s-1. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis has shown that at temperatures ranging between 540 and 640°С and strain rates ranging from 0.06 to 0.1 s-1, the main process of softening is dynamic polygonization, resulting in in situ recrystallization. At higher strain rates, ranging between 0.8 and 1.2 s-1, and temperatures ranging between 560 and 640°С, the recovery is dynamic. This unusual behavior of the mechanism of softening and the presence of the inverse strain rate dependence of strain resistance can be explained by blocking the motion of free dislocations by foreign atoms, which occurs at strain rates ranging between 0.06 and 0.1 s-1. This process results in dislocation pile-up, thereby causing in situ recrystallization. At strain rates exceeding 0.16 s-1, there is no intensive blocking of dislocations, leading to a direct strain rate dependence of strain resistance.     

Mechanical behavior of a near α titanium alloy under dynamic compression: Characterization and modeling

Dynamic compression tests under strain rates from 870 s^?1 to 2100 s^?1 were conducted for a near α Ti–8Al–1Mo–1V titanium alloy with equiaxed microstructure. Compression behavior, adiabatic shearing and band microstructure were investigated via characterization and calculation. The results demonstrate that all dynamic constitutive curves exhibited obvious stress fluctuation phenomenon with double increase-decrease changing stages at the primary stage of compression. The dislocation multiplication theory can be used to explain this phenomenon. After the stress fluctuation period, work hardening coexisted with the thermal softening, resulting in the slow hardening tendency in constitutive curves. J-C model was utilized to quantify the dynamic constitutive curves. The deviations between the predicted and experimental curves under high strain rates may be attributed to the over-consideration of thermal softening effect in J-C model. Adiabatic shearing band (ASB) began to form under the strain rate of 2100 s^?1. A total shearing strain of 8.1 within ASB achieved in 8.9 μs, corresponding to a local strain rate of about 9.1 × 10⁵ s^?1 and is over 430 times of the macro strain rate. Post annealing was conducted on ASB before EBSD characterization. Due to the static recrystallization during annealing, the α phase within ASB generally presented as ultra-fine grains less than 1 μm in diameter.     

Hot deformation behavior of uniform fine-grained GH4720Li alloy based on its processing map

The hot deformation behavior of uniform fine-grained GH4720Li alloy was studied in the temperature range from 1040 to 1130℃ and the strain-rate range from 0.005 to 0.5 s?1 using hot compression testing. Processing maps were constructed on the basis of compression data and a dynamic materials model. Considerable flow softening associated with superplasticity was observed at strain rates of 0.01 s?1 or lower. According to the processing map and observations of the microstructure, the uniform fine-grained microstructure remains intact at 1100℃ or lower because of easily activated dynamic recrystallization (DRX), whereas obvious grain growth is observed at 1130℃. Metallurgical instabilities in the form of non-uniform microstructures under higher and lower Zener–Hollomon parameters are induced by local plastic flow and primary γ′ local faster dissolution, respectively. The optimum processing conditions at all of the investigated strains are proposed as 1090–1130℃ with 0.08–0.5 s?1 and 0.005–0.008 s?1 and 1040–1085℃ with 0.005–0.06 s?1.     

高锰TRIP钢热变形行为研究

通过单轴压缩实验,研究了高锰TRIP钢(Fe15Mn3Si3Al)在800～1050℃温度范围内、应变速率ε.=0.01～5.0s-1条件下的热变形行为和组织变化,讨论了热变形参数对流变应力和显微组织的影响.结果表明:动态再结晶只在较高变形温度和低应变速率下发生.实验钢对温度和应变速率都很敏感,而应变速率对实验钢的热变形行为影响较大.高锰TRIP钢的表观应力指数n=3.909,变形激活能Q=353.167kJ/mol.根据实验数据,建立了高锰TRIP钢高温变形的热加工方程.     

Hot deformation behaviors of WE71 alloy under plain strain compression at elevated temperature

Hot deformation behaviors of WE71 (Mg–7Y-1Nd-0.5Zr) alloy was investigated by plain strain compression tests conducted at temperatures ranging from 350 °C to 500 °C and strain rates varying from 0.01 s^-1 to 10 s^-1. Results show that the hot deformation of WE71 was accompanied by the precipitation of rich Zr phase with granular shape and block-shaped phase rich in element Y. When deformed at low temperature and high strain rate, the softening behavior of the alloy was synergically determined by shear bands propagation, adiabatic heating, twinning formation and dynamic recrystallization (DRX). For the conditions of high temperature and high strain rate, DRX was the major softening mechanism while the formation and annihilation of extension twinning resulted in a special flow curve characteristic at the strain of around 0.3. According to the microstructural observations, it can be concluded that the irregular flow curves of WE71 alloy during plain strain compression process are mainly ascribed to shear bands propagation, adiabatic heating, twinning formation and DRX.     

Microstructural evolution of a superaustenitic stainless steel during a two-step deformation process

Single- and two-step hot compression experiments were carried out on 16Cr25Ni6Mo superaustenitic stainless steel in the temperature range from 950 to 1150℃ and at a strain rate of 0.1 s-1. In the two-step tests, the first pass was interrupted at a strain of 0.2; after an interpass time of 5, 20, 40, 60, or 80 s, the test was resumed. The progress of dynamic recrystallization at the interruption strain was less than 10%. The static softening in the interpass period increased with increasing deformation temperature and increasing interpass time. The static recrystallization was found to be responsible for fast static softening in the temperature range from 950 to 1050℃. However, the gentle static softening at 1100 and 1150℃ was attributed to the combination of static and metadynamic recrystallizations. The correlation between calculated fractional softening and microstructural observations showed that approximately 30% of interpass softening could be attributed to the static recovery. The microstructural observations illustrated the formation of fine recrystallized grains at the grain boundaries at longer interpass time. The Avrami kinetics equation was used to establish a relationship between the fractional softening and the interpass period. The activation energy for static softening was determined as 276 kJ/mol.     

22CrS齿轮钢变形奥氏体动态再结晶行为及组织演变

采用Gleeble1500热模拟试验机研究了一种新型Mn Cr系齿轮钢在变形量为70%,变形速率为0.1～1s-1,变形温度为850～1150℃,原始奥氏体晶粒尺寸为70～150μm条件下的动态再结晶行为及再结晶后奥氏体晶粒尺寸的变化规律·研究结果表明:在一定的变形量下,变形速率、变形温度、奥氏体晶粒尺寸是影响再结晶的3个因素,只有变形条件Z小于上临界值Zc时才会发生动态再结晶·再结晶后奥氏体晶粒尺寸 D是由变形条件Z惟一地决定而与原始奥氏体晶粒大小无关,Z增加, D减小,二者符合关系式Z=A D-3.91·     

铜/石墨复合材料热变形行为研究

通过Gleeble-3500热模拟试验机对铜/石墨复合材料进行热压缩试验,研究变形温度为700～850 ℃、应变速率为0.001～1.000 s^-1时该复合材料的热变行为。通过光学显微镜研究复合材料显微组织的演变,根据实验数据构建该复合材料的本构方程和热加工图。使用Zener-Hollomon参数模型对该复合材料的流变应力进行研究。研究发现,铜/石墨复合材料的流变应力随着应变温度的升高而降低,随应变速度的增大而增大。计算得出该复合材料的热变形激活能为463.02 kJ/mol,表明材料具有良好的成形能力。通过构建的本构方程验证了最大应力的吻合性,发现计算值和试验值的误差在9.5%以内,说明该方程对复合材料的流变行为具有指导作用。热加工图表明了该复合材料的适宜加工温度为780～820 ℃,变形速率为0.050～0.100 s^-1;变形温度为830～850 ℃时,变形速率约为0.001 s^-1。     

超纯Cr17铁素体不锈钢热变形过程的动态回复行为

采用热力模拟试验机进行单道次压缩试验,旨在揭示超纯Cr17铁素体不锈钢在热变形过程中的动态回复行为.在变形速率为1 s-1,最大真应变为0.8的条件下研究了900~1 150℃范围内的热变形行为及组织演化规律.结果表明,单道次压缩得到的应力-应变曲线均呈动态回复型.变形温度越高,动态回复越快.当变形温度较低时,微观组织演化以晶界拱出和变形晶粒的形成为主要特征;当变形温度较高时,微观组织演化以大量亚晶界和亚晶的形成为主要特征.     

高锰TWIP钢热变形行为及应变补偿型本构方程的建立

对高锰TWIP钢进行不同温度(850~1100℃)和应变速率(0.01,0.1,1,5,10s^-1)的绝热压缩试验,研究试验钢高温热变形行为. 分析了变形温度和应变速率对流动特性的影响,建立了应变补偿型本构方程,并采用三种标准统计参数对应变补偿型本构方程的精确度进行了评估. 结果表明:流动应力对变形温度和应变速率的敏感程度很高,且随着变形温度的提高或应变速率的降低,流动应力呈下降趋势;应变速率对动态再结晶过程有着很复杂的影响;流动应力预测值与试验值具有较高的吻合度,表明建立的应变补偿型本构方程能够精确预测流动应力.     

Deformation behavior and microstructure of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr alloy during hot deformation

The hot deformation behavior and microstructures of Al-7055 commercial alloy were investigated by axisymmetric hot compression at temperatures ranging from 300℃ to 450℃ and strain rates from 10-2 to 10 s-1, respectively. Microstructures of deformed 7055 alloy were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The dependence of peak stress on deformation temperature and strain rate can be expressed by the hyperbolic-sine type equation. The hot deformation activation energy of the alloy is 146 kJ/mol. Moreover, the flow stress curves predicted by the modified constitutive equations are reasonably consistent with the experimental results, which confirms that the proposed deformation constitutive equations can provide evidence for the selection of hot forming parameters. TEM results indicate that dynamic recovery is the main softening mechanism during hot deformation.     

Cu-Cr-Zr-Ag合金高温流变行为及织构演化研究

采用Gleeble-1500D热模拟试验机对Cu-Cr-Zr-Ag合金进行热压缩试验,研究了Cu-Cr-Zr-Ag合金在不同应变速率和变形温度的流变应力行为、微观组织演变和动态再结晶机制,利用光学显微镜(OM)研究了Cu-Cr-Zr-Ag合金的压缩速率、形变温度对合金微观织构的影响.结果表明:在压缩速率为0.001~10 s^-1的区间内,Cu-Cr-Zr-Ag合金存在近稳态流变特征,即流变应力随温升及压缩速率的降低而变小.形变温度越高,越能促使再结晶形核,压缩速率越低,越利于动态再结晶充分发生.     

Compressive deformation behavior of an indirect-extruded Mg-8Sn-1Al-1Zn alloy

The medium and warm deformation behaviors of an indirect-extruded Mg-8Sn-1Al-1Zn alloy were investigated by compression tests at temperatures between 298 and 523 K and strain rates of 0.001–10 s?1. It was found that the twinning-slip transition temperature was strain rate dependent, and all the true stress-true strain curves could be divided into two groups: concave and convex curves. Associated microstructural investigations indicated that the dynamic recrystallization (DRX) behavior of the alloy varied with deformation conditions. At high strain rate and low temperature, dynamically recrystallized grains preferentially nucleated and developed in the twinned regions, indicating that twinning-induced DRX was dominant. While, at low strain rate, DRX developed extensively at grain boundaries and twins, and the process of twinning contributed to both oriented nucleation and selective growth. For the studied alloy, cracks mainly initiated from the shear band and twinning lamellar over the ranges of temperature and strain rate currently applied.     

Fe--22Mn--0.7CTWIP钢的热塑性与断裂机制

基于Gleeble-1500热力模拟试验机测定了Fe-22Mn-0.7C TWIP钢和Q235钢700~1300益范围内的静态拉伸行为.采用光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、能谱仪、电子探针微区分析等技术表征两钢种不同温度下的变形特征和断口形貌.通过分析基体化学成分、相体积分数、晶粒尺寸、凝固缺陷等因素探讨TWIP钢铸态热塑性的变化规律及其影响机制.研究结果表明,Fe-22Mn-0.7C TWIP钢700~1250益范围内的铸态抗拉强度高于Q235,而其断面收缩率低于40%,且断口均以沿枝晶间断裂方式为主.晶粒细化和控制溶质显微偏析有利于提高TWIP钢热塑性,与基体均质性改善有关.此外,增加应变速率TWIP钢拉伸强度和断面收缩率同时增大.     

铝合金PLC效应与声发射特性的实验研究

考虑退火温度和应变率对6063铝合金力学性能的影响,采用材料试验机和声发射测试系统对铝合金PLC效应和声发射特性开展实验研究,获得了不同应变率下材料的应力-应变曲线和不同退火温度下声发射参数的变化规律.结果表明,2×10-3,2×10-4,2×10-5s-1应变率加载时,6063铝合金的应力应变曲线表现出明显的PLC现象,降低加载应变率,PLC现象增强,并出现了从A型到C型的转化;加载应变率为2×10-4s-1时,PLC效应的临界应变随退火温度的升高而降低;由于细观结构上可动位错密度的增加,屈服阶段试件中产生的声发射振铃计数急剧增加,达到峰值;进入到塑性强化阶段,声发射活动减弱;弹性变形阶段和塑性强化阶段产生突发型信号,而屈服阶段为连续型信号,与试件的均匀变形以及剪切变形带的形成与传播相关.