Effect of β Annealing and near β Zone Hot Deformation on the Microstructure and Texture of TC18 Alloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 849 ◽  
pp. 226-231
Author(s):  
Yi Min Cui ◽  
Wei Wei Zheng ◽  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Ai Xue Sha
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Small Angle ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Static Recrystallization ◽  
Dynamic Recovery ◽  
Fiber Texture ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Phase Zone ◽  
Β Phase

Forged TC18 alloy billets with strong <100> texture were selected to investigate the effects of β annealing and near β zone hot deformation on the microstructure and texture by means of optical microscopy, XRD and EBSD techniques. The results showed that the original <100> fiber texture can’t be eliminated through β annealing although completed static recrystallization happened during annealing. After deforming in near β phase zone, the microstructures were composed of elongated β grains. A lot of small angle boundaries were observed near the original β grain boundaries, indicating that dynamic recovery controlled the deformation. Dynamic recrystallization grains can only be seen at the original β grain boundary at the strain of 50%. <100>//TD and <111>//TD texture were generated during the near β zone hot deformation. Annealing at dual phase zone after hot deformation can effectively reduce the proportion of grains with <111> orientation, but the <100>//TD texture still existed.

Observations of dislocation interactions with recrystallized grain boundaries

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 628-629
Author(s):  
C. W. Price
Keyword(s):  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Dislocation Structure ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Static Recrystallization ◽  
High Dislocation Density ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Dislocation Interactions

Little evidence exists on the interaction of individual dislocations with recrystallized grain boundaries, primarily because of the severely overlapping contrast of the high dislocation density usually present during recrystallization. Interesting evidence of such interaction, Fig. 1, was discovered during examination of some old work on the hot deformation of Al-4.64 Cu. The specimen was deformed in a programmable thermomechanical instrument at 527 C and a strain rate of 25 cm/cm/s to a strain of 0.7. Static recrystallization occurred during a post anneal of 23 s also at 527 C. The figure shows evidence of dissociation of a subboundary at an intersection with a recrystallized high-angle grain boundary. At least one set of dislocations appears to be out of contrast in Fig. 1, and a grainboundary precipitate also is visible. Unfortunately, only subgrain sizes were of interest at the time the micrograph was recorded, and no attempt was made to analyze the dislocation structure.

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

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 789
Author(s):  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Wuhua Yuan ◽  
Wei Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Dynamic Recovery ◽  
True Strain ◽  
Hot Workability ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Phase Zone ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Stability And Instability ◽  
Dynamic Softening ◽  
Transus Temperature

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.

scholarly journals Effect of Supra-Transus Deformation Conditions on Recrystallization of Beta Ti Alloy

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1278
Author(s):  
Chao Voon Samuel Lim ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Chen Ding ◽  
Aijun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Static Recrystallization ◽  
Dynamic Recovery ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Mechanical Processing ◽  
Ti Alloy ◽  
Electron Backscattered Diffraction ◽  
Beta Ti Alloy

There is increasing usage of high strength Beta Ti alloy in aerospace components. However, one of the major challenges is to obtain homogeneous refined microstructures via the thermo-mechanical processing. To overcome this issue, an understanding of the hot deformation conditions effect on the microstructure, prior to and after annealing, is needed. In this work, the effect of strain levels, which is more precise than percentage of reduction, and strain rate under supra-transus deformation temperature on beta annealing are studied using a double cone sample. The Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) is used to determine the deformed microstructure and texture evolution, as well as the static recrystallized grains evolution using the ex situ annealing approach. This work provides evidence that the mechanisms of dynamic recovery and recrystallization, along with texture evolution, are affected by the deformation conditions, which in turn affected the subsequent static recrystallization during annealing. It will also be shown that high levels of strain do not necessarily lead to an increase in the rate of recrystallization. Finally, the results obtained provided several examples of guidance in designing the TMP processes for obtaining not only a refine microstructure, but a more homogeneous beta microstructure during the beta processing of Beta Ti alloy.

scholarly journals High-Temperature Deformation Behavior and Microstructural Characterization of Ti-35421 Titanium Alloy

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 3623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danying Zhou ◽  
Hua Gao ◽  
Yanhua Guo ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Yuecheng Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Deformation Temperature ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Temperature Deformation ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Α Phase

A self-designed Ti-35421 (Ti-3Al-5Mo-4Cr-2Zr-1Fe wt%) titanium alloy is a new type of low-cost high strength titanium alloy. In order to understand the hot deformation behavior of Ti-35421 alloy, isothermal compression tests were carried out under a deformation temperature range of 750–930 °C with a strain rate range of 0.01–10 s−1 in this study. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) was used to characterize the microstructure prior to and post hot deformation. The results show that the stress–strain curves have obvious yielding behavior at a high strain rate (>0.1 s−1). As the deformation temperature increases and the strain rate decreases, the α phase content gradually decreases in the α + β phase region. Meanwhile, spheroidization and precipitation of α phase are prone to occur in the α + β phase region. From the EBSD analysis, the volume fraction of recrystallized grains was very low, so dynamic recovery (DRV) is the dominant deformation mechanism of Ti-35421 alloy. In addition to DRV, Ti-35421 alloy is more likely to occur in continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) than discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX).

scholarly journals Constitutive Relationship for Hot Deformation of TB18 Titanium Alloy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Wuhua Yuan ◽  
Wei Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Alloy ◽  
Flow Stress ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Peak Stress ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Flow Localization ◽  
Phase Zone

In the present work, the hot deformation behavior of TB18 titanium alloy was investigated by isothermal hot compression tests with temperatures from 650 to 880°C and strain rates from 0.001 to 10 s−1. The flow curves after friction and temperature correction show that the peak stress decreased with the temperature increase and the strain rate decrease. Three typical characteristics of flow behavior indicate the dynamic softening behavior during hot deformation. At a strain rate of 0.001∼0.01 s−1, the flow stress continues to decrease as the strain rate increases after the flow stress reaches the peak stress; the flow softening mechanism is dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization at a lower temperature and dynamic recrystallization at a higher temperature. The discontinuous yielding phenomenon could be seen at a strain rate of 1 s−1, dynamic recrystallization took place in the β single-phase zone, and flow localization bands were observed in the α + β two-phase zone. At a higher strain rate of 10 s−1, the flow instabilities were referred to as the occurrence of flow localization by adiabatic heat. Constitutive equation considering the compensation of strain was also established, and the results show high accuracy to predict the flow stress with the correlation coefficient of 99.2% and the AARE of 6.1%, respectively.

scholarly journals Texture evolution during Isothermal compression process of Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy in B2 phase region

2020 ◽  
Vol 321 ◽  
pp. 12036
Author(s):  
Haoyuan Ma ◽  
Weidong Zeng ◽  
Xiongxiong Gao ◽  
Youping Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Dynamic Recovery ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Phase Region ◽  
Fiber Axis ◽  
Isothermal Compression ◽  
Compression Process ◽  
Compression Direction ◽  
Grain Orientations

In the present work, the hot deformation behavior, dynamic recovery, dynamic recrystallization and texture evolution of Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy on the conditions of 1100°C with four different thickness reductions (35%, 50%, 65% and 80%) are investigated by isothermal compression testing on Gleeble-3500 thermo-mechanical simulator. The strain rate is 0.1mm/s-1. Subsequently, metallographic observation and EBSD analysis are carried out. The results show that during the hot deformation, the dynamic recovery (DRV) and dynamic recrystallization (DRX) strongly affect the microstructure and texture evolution. It is observed that with the strain increasing, the intensity of ηbcc-fiber increases firstly (crystallographic fiber axis <100> parallel to the compression direction). When the thickness reduction reaches to 80%, the intensity of <001> pole becomes stronger expectedly. Whereas the ηbcc-fiber transform into cube components ({100} <001>) unexpectedly. In addition, as the strain increases through 35%-80%, the fraction of large misorientation grain boundaries and fraction of DRX grains gradually increase due to continuous recrystallization. The evolution mechanism of grain orientations and texture during the DRX process will be discussed.

scholarly journals Microstructure Evolution of Allotropic Materials during Thermomechanical Processing

2012 ◽  
Vol 710 ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Poletti ◽  
Fernando Warchomicka ◽  
Martina Dikovits ◽  
Simon Großeiber
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Constitutive Equations ◽  
Power Dissipation ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Power Efficiency ◽  
Dynamic Recovery ◽  
Carbon Steels ◽  
Processing Maps ◽  
Strain And Strain Rate

The microstructure developed during hot deformation is the result of deformation mechanisms such as dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization. Hot deformation can also result in damage and flow localisation, especially in multiphase metal based materials. Several models have been proposed to correlate the parameters of the deformation process (temperature, strain and strain rate) with the flow behaviour such as the processing maps. They were developed based on the dynamic materials model (DMM) and later a modified DMM introduced some changes in the calculation of the processing maps. The correlation of the relevant microstructural changes with thermodynamic parameters are tested and discussed. The data was obtained by using the Gleeble simulator with in situ quenching facilities. Microstructural studies related to the hot deformation of metals were carried out based on alpha-beta and near beta titanium alloys and on low carbon steels. The results are correlated with the efficiency of power dissipation, and the constitutive equations. In diffusion controlled processes such as dynamic recovery, dynamic recrystallization, phase transformation and pore coarsening are related to high power efficiency, and to low n exponent. The efficiency of power dissipation is more sensitive to the deformation parameters than the constitutive equations for materials with phase transformation.

scholarly journals Dynamic recrystallization behavior of 6082 aluminum alloy during hot deformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 168781402110461
Author(s):  
Hai-bo Lin
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Critical Strain ◽  
Boundary Migration ◽  
Large Angle ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Subgrain Structure ◽  
6082 Aluminum Alloy

The dynamic recrystallization behaviors of 6082 aluminum alloy in the temperature range of 623–773 K and strain rate range of 0.01–5 s−1 were studied by electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). According to the experimental results, dynamic recrystallization occurs during hot deformation of 6082 aluminum alloy, although the true stress-strain curve has no obvious single peak characteristic, and the degree of dynamic recrystallization is closely related to the Z parameter. Hot compression with lnZ = 24.9014 (723 K, 0.1 s−1) gives rise to the highest recrystallization fraction of 38.6%. The initial critical strain of dynamic recrystallization was determined by the work hardening rate. The quantitative relationship between the critical strain and Z parameters was established: [Formula: see text]. Based on the EBSD analysis and measurement results, dynamic recrystallization kinetics models of 6082 aluminum alloy during hot deformation were deduced. Microstructure analysis showed that the subgrain structure formed in the original grain is coarsened by grain boundary migration, and the orientation difference increases continuously until a large-angle grain boundary forms, resulting in dynamic recrystallization of grains. The likely mechanism is continuous dynamic recrystallization.

scholarly journals Influence of Boundary Migration Induced Softening on the Steady State of Discontinuous Dynamic Recrystallization

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3531
Author(s):  
Frank Montheillet
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Dynamic Recrystallization ◽  
Strain Hardening ◽  
Dynamic Recovery ◽  
Boundary Migration ◽  
Rate Sensitivity ◽  
Steady State Condition ◽  
Average Grain Size

During discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX), new dislocation-free grains progressively replace the initially strain-hardened grains. Furthermore, the grain boundary migration associated with dislocation elimination partially opposes strain hardening, thus adding up to dynamic recovery. This effect, referred to as boundary migration induced softening (BMIS) is generally not accounted for by DDRX models, in particular by “mean-field” approaches. In this paper, BMIS is first defined and then analyzed in detail. The basic equations of a grain scale DDRX model, involving the classical Yoshie–Laasraoui–Jonas equation for strain hardening and dynamic recovery and including BMIS are described. A steady state condition equation is then used to derive the average dislocation density and the average grain size. It is then possible to assess the respective influences of BMIS and dynamic recovery on the strain rate sensitivity, the apparent activation energy, and the relationship between flow stress and average grain size (“Derby exponent”) of the material during steady state DDRX. Finally, the possible influence of BMIS on the estimation of grain boundary mobility and nucleation rate from experimental data is addressed.

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