Relationship among microstructure,mechanical properties and texture of TA32 titanium alloy sheets during hot tensile deformation

The relationship among microstructure,mechanical properties and texture of TA32 titanium alloy sheets during hot tensile deformation at 800℃was investigated.In the test,the original sheet exhibited relatively low flow stress and sound plasticity,and increasing the heat treatment temperature resulted in an increased ultimate tensile strength(UTS)and a decreased elongation(EL).The deformation mechanism of TA32 alloy was dominated by high angle grain boundaries sliding and coordinated by dislocation motion.The coarsening of grains and the annihilation of dislocations in heat-treated specimens weakened the deformation ability of material,which led to the increase in flow stress.Based on the high-temperature creep equation,the quantitative relationship between microstructure and flow stress was established.The grain size exponent andαphase strength constant of TA32 alloy were calculated to be 1.57 and 549.58 MPa,respectively.The flow stress was accurately predicted by combining with the corresponding phase volume fraction and grain size.Besides,the deformation behavior of TA32 alloy was also dependent on the orientation of predominantαphase,and the main slip mode was the activation of prismaticslip system.The decrease of near prism-oriented texture in heat-treated specimens resulted in the enhancement of strength of the material.

Shape controlling and property optimization of TA32 titanium alloy thin-walled part prepared by hot forming

The hot flow behaviors,microstructure evolution and fractographs were studied to optimize the hot forming process of the TA32 titanium alloy thin-walled part.A set of microstructure-based constitutive equations were developed based on the experimental data,which described the relationships among the hot flow stresses and the evolution of phase volume fraction,dislocation density,grain size and damage.The constitutive model was imported into ABAQUS 6.14 to simulate the hot forming process for a typical thin-walled part.The effective strain,dislocation density and damage distribution as well as forming defects of formed parts under different process parameters were predicted.A qualified part without wrinkling and fracture defects was produced at a loading speed of 5 mm/s at 800℃ by the modified blank shape,where the maximum damage value was only 18.3%.The accuracy of constitutive model and finite element(FE)simulation was verified by the microhardness tests,which indicates that the FE model based on physical internal-state variables can well optimize the hot forming process of TA32 titanium alloy complex parts.

Microstructural characterization of blanked surface of C5191 phosphor bronze sheet under ultra-high-speed blanking

The deformation mechanism of C5191 phosphor bronze sheet under ultra-high-speed blanking was investigated.By virtue of a DOBBY-OMEGA F1 ultra-high-speed press,the ultra-high-speed blanking test was conducted on C5191 phosphor bronze sheets with a thickness of 0.12 mm at 3000 strokes per minute.The microstructures of the blanked edges were characterized and analyzed separately by electron back-scatter diffraction(EBSD)and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).The results show that grains in the blanked edges are stretched along the blanking direction.Strong{001}<100>cube textures(maximum pole densities of 9 and 12,respectively)and secondarily strong{011}<011>textures(maximum pole densities of 4 and 7,respectively)are formed in local zones.Additionally,deformation twins are found in the shear zone of the blanked edges which are rotated and coarsened due to the blanking-induced extrusion and local thermal effect which can further form into sub-grains with clear and high-angle boundaries.The C5191 phosphor bronze sheet is subjected to adiabatic shear during ultra-high-speed blanking,accompanied with dynamic recrystallization.

Microstructure and hot flow stress at 970℃ of various heat-treated Ti2AlNb sheets

The microstructure and hot tensile behaviors of the different heat-treated Ti2AlNb sheets were investigated by backscattered electron image(BSE),electron backscattering diffraction(EBSD),transmission electron microscope(TEM)and tensile tests.The grain sizes and contents ofα2,B2/βand O phases were quantitatively studied.As the heating time increases at 970℃,the mean grain size and content ofα2-phase increased.The grain shapes and distributions of the O-phase lamellar grains were affected by the heat treatments.The plastic deformation promoted the O→B2/βphase transition and the globularization of O-phase lamellar grains at 970℃.Calculated by the creep equation and the iso-stress method,the grain size exponent wasμ=1.1 and the relationship between the material constants of B2/βand O phase was KO=1.14KB2/β.