The dynamic responses of lamellar and equiaxed nearβ-Ti alloys subjected to multi-pass cross rolling

This work gives a comparison on the microstructural characteristics,textural discrepancies,and twinning behaviors of lamellar and equiaxed nearβ-Ti alloys during multi-pass cross rolling with a rolling reduction of 20%,50%and 80%.The results showed that the restoration mechanism of the alloy inβphase is strongly dependent on theαmorphologies,and in comparison,strain path has weaker influences on the grain refinement of theβmatrix.Therefore,the texture intensities of bothαandβphases were weakened owing to the dynamic recrystallization(DRX)of the two phases in the equiaxed microstructure.While,with regard to the lamellar microstructure,dynamic recovery(DRV)of theβphase predominated,forming elongatedβsubgrains.Besides,theαandβmatrix in lamellar microstructures obeyed the Burgers orientation relationship,which was gradually broken down until the final reduction.Lastly,the{1101}twinning exhibits a strong size effect.With the continuous DRX ofαphases,theα-twinning is suppressed owing to progressive grain refinement.The activation ofβ-twinning,namely{332}?113?and{112}?111?,in nearβ-Ti alloys is heavily dependent on the deficientβ-stabilizing elements and the local stress concentration.These findings provide an effective way to obtain ultra-fine grain microstructures of this alloy.