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The variation of strain rate sensitivity exponent and strain hardening exponent in isothermal compression of Ti–6Al–4V alloy

The deformation behavior in isothermal compression of Ti–6Al–4V alloy is investigated in the deformation temperatures ranging from 1093 K to 1303 K, the strain rates ranging from 0.001 s −1 to 10.0 s −1 at an interval of an order magnitude and the height reductions ranging from 20% to 60% at an inte...

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Published in:Materials in engineering 2010-02, Vol.31 (2), p.741-748
Main Authors: Luo, Jiao, Li, Miaoquan, Yu, Weixin, Li, Hong
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Language:English
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Summary:The deformation behavior in isothermal compression of Ti–6Al–4V alloy is investigated in the deformation temperatures ranging from 1093 K to 1303 K, the strain rates ranging from 0.001 s −1 to 10.0 s −1 at an interval of an order magnitude and the height reductions ranging from 20% to 60% at an interval of 10%. Based on the experimental results in isothermal compression of Ti–6Al–4V alloy, the effect of processing parameters and grain size of primary α phase on the strain rate sensitivity exponent m and the strain hardening exponent n is in depth analyzed. The strain rate sensitivity exponent m at a strain of 0.7 and strain rate of 0.001 s −1 firstly tends to increase with the increasing of deformation temperature, and maximum m value is obtained at deformation temperature close to the beta-transus temperature, while at higher deformation temperature it drops to the smaller values. Moreover, the strain rate sensitivity exponent m decreases with the increasing of strain rate at the deformation temperatures below 1253 K, but the m values become maximal at a strain rate of 0.01 s −1 and the deformation temperature above 1253 K. The strain rate affects the variation of strain rate sensitivity exponent with strain. Those phenomena can be explained reasonably based on the microstructural evolution. On the other hand, the strain hardening exponent n depends strongly on the strain rate at the strains of 0.5 and 0.7. The strain affects significantly the strain hardening exponent n due to the variation of grain size of primary α phase with strain, and the competition between thermal softening and work hardening.
ISSN:0261-3069
DOI:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.055