The hot deformation behavior of ultra purified 17% Cr ferritic stainless steel stabilized with Nb and Ti was investigated using axisymmetric hot compression tests on a thermomechanical simulator.The deformation was ca...The hot deformation behavior of ultra purified 17% Cr ferritic stainless steel stabilized with Nb and Ti was investigated using axisymmetric hot compression tests on a thermomechanical simulator.The deformation was carried out at the temperatures ranging from 700 to 1 100℃ and strain rates from 1to 10s-1.The microstructure was investigated using electron backscattering diffraction.The effects of temperature and strain rate on deformation behavior were represented by Zener-Hollomon parameter in an exponent type equation.The effect of strain was incorporated in the constitutive equation by establishing polynomial relationship between the material constants and strain.A sixth order polynomial was suitable to represent the effect of strain.The modified constitutive equation considering the effect of strain was developed and could predict the flow stress throughout the deformation conditions except at800℃in 1s-1 and at 700℃in 5and 10s-1.Losing the reliability of the modified constitutive equation was possibly ascribed to the increase in average Taylor factor at 800℃in 1s-1 and the increase in temperature at 700℃in 5and10s-1 during hot deformation.The optimum window for improving product quality of the ferritic stainless steels was identified as hot rolling at a low finisher entry temperature of 700℃,which can be achieved in practical production.展开更多
The effects of squeeze casting process on microstructure and flow stress behavior of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloy were investigated and the hot-compression tests of gravity casting and squeeze casting alloy were carried ...The effects of squeeze casting process on microstructure and flow stress behavior of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloy were investigated and the hot-compression tests of gravity casting and squeeze casting alloy were carried out at 350-500°C and 0.001-5s-1.The results show that microstructures of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloys were obviously improved by squeeze casting.Due to the decrease of coarse primary Si particles,softα-Al dendrite as well as the fine microstructures appeared,and the mechanical properties of squeeze casting alloys were improved.However,when the strain rate rises or the deformation temperature decreases,the flow stress increases and it was proved that the alloy is a positive strain rate sensitive material.It was deduced that compared with the gravity casting alloy,squeeze casting alloy(solidified at 632 MPa)is more difficult to deform since the flow stress of squeeze casting alloy is higher than that of gravity casting alloy when the deformation temperature exceeds 400°C.Flow stress behavior of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloy can be described by a hyperbolic sine form with Zener-Hollomon parameter,and the average hot deformation activation energy Q of gravity casting alloy and squeeze casting alloy is 278.97 and 308.77kJ/mol,respectively.展开更多
基金Sponsored by National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period of China(2012BAE04B02)National Natural Science Foundation of China(51271050)
文摘The hot deformation behavior of ultra purified 17% Cr ferritic stainless steel stabilized with Nb and Ti was investigated using axisymmetric hot compression tests on a thermomechanical simulator.The deformation was carried out at the temperatures ranging from 700 to 1 100℃ and strain rates from 1to 10s-1.The microstructure was investigated using electron backscattering diffraction.The effects of temperature and strain rate on deformation behavior were represented by Zener-Hollomon parameter in an exponent type equation.The effect of strain was incorporated in the constitutive equation by establishing polynomial relationship between the material constants and strain.A sixth order polynomial was suitable to represent the effect of strain.The modified constitutive equation considering the effect of strain was developed and could predict the flow stress throughout the deformation conditions except at800℃in 1s-1 and at 700℃in 5and 10s-1.Losing the reliability of the modified constitutive equation was possibly ascribed to the increase in average Taylor factor at 800℃in 1s-1 and the increase in temperature at 700℃in 5and10s-1 during hot deformation.The optimum window for improving product quality of the ferritic stainless steels was identified as hot rolling at a low finisher entry temperature of 700℃,which can be achieved in practical production.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51674168)Shenyang City Application Basic Research Foundation(F14-231-1-23)
文摘The effects of squeeze casting process on microstructure and flow stress behavior of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloy were investigated and the hot-compression tests of gravity casting and squeeze casting alloy were carried out at 350-500°C and 0.001-5s-1.The results show that microstructures of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloys were obviously improved by squeeze casting.Due to the decrease of coarse primary Si particles,softα-Al dendrite as well as the fine microstructures appeared,and the mechanical properties of squeeze casting alloys were improved.However,when the strain rate rises or the deformation temperature decreases,the flow stress increases and it was proved that the alloy is a positive strain rate sensitive material.It was deduced that compared with the gravity casting alloy,squeeze casting alloy(solidified at 632 MPa)is more difficult to deform since the flow stress of squeeze casting alloy is higher than that of gravity casting alloy when the deformation temperature exceeds 400°C.Flow stress behavior of Al-17.5Si-4Cu-0.5Mg alloy can be described by a hyperbolic sine form with Zener-Hollomon parameter,and the average hot deformation activation energy Q of gravity casting alloy and squeeze casting alloy is 278.97 and 308.77kJ/mol,respectively.