Flow softening and dynamic recrystallization behavior of a Mg-Gd-Y-Nd-Zr alloy under elevated temperature compressions

Flow softening behavior of a homogenized Mg-7Gd-4Y-1Nd-0.5Zr alloy under compression to a final strain of∼1.8 at elevated temperatures of 450∼550℃ and a constant strain rate of 2s^(−1) has been investigated by optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy,electron back-scattered diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.The results show that true stress first rises to the peak point and then drops to the bottom value and increases again with further increasing strain at each temperature.Twinning dynamic recrystallization(DRX)and continuous DRX contribute to the formation of new fine grains at temperatures 450∼475℃ when the restoration is caused by both DRX and texture change due to extension twinning,resulting in the larger softening degrees compared with the softening effects owing to continuous DRX and discontinuous DRX at 500∼550℃ when twinning activation is suppressed.500℃ is the transition temperature denoting a significant decline in the contribution of twinning and TDRX to the strain with increasing temperature.The cuboid-shape phase exists in both homogenized and compressed samples,while the compositions are varied.

Flow softening behavior and microstructure evolution of Al-5Zn-2Mg aluminum alloy during dynamic recovery

The flow stress behavior and microstructure development of Al-5Zn-2Mg （7005） aluminum alloy were studied by hot compression tests at deformation temperatures between 300-500 ＆#176;C and strain rates between 0.05-50 s-1. The deformed structures of the samples were observed by optical microscopy （OM）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM） and electron backscattering diffraction （EBSD） analysis. The calculated activation energy is 147 kJ/mol, which is very close to the activation energy for lattice self-diffusion in aluminum （142 kJ/mol）. Dynamic recovery is the dominant restoration mechanism during the deformation. At high strain rate of 50 s-1, temperature rise due to deformation heating leads to a significant flow softening. Microstructure observations indicated that the remaining softening after deformation heating correction at high strain rate and the softening observed at high temperature are associated with grain coarsening induced by grain boundary migration during dynamic recovery process.

Characterization of dynamic microstructure evolution during hot deformation of Al-4.10Cu-1.42Mg-0.57Mn-0.12Zr alloy

The Al?4.10Cu?1.42Mg?0.57Mn?0.12Zr alloy was compressed to different strains at deformation temperature of 300 oC and strain rate of 10 s?1 on Gleeble?1500 system. The dynamic complex microstructures evolutions were investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The true stress?true strain curves exhibited a peak stress at critical strain, after which the flow stresses decreased monotonically, showing a dynamic flow softening. As the strain increased, the dislocation tangled to cell structure and sub-grain structure, which indicated the occurrence of dynamic recovery during deformation. Dynamic precipitations ofS (Al2CuMg),θ (Al2Cu) and Al3Zr phase were accelerated and coarsened by deformation. ContinuousS phases precipitated in the Al matrix and discontinuousS phases were found to be nucleated near the Al3Zr phase and at the sub-grain boundary. The flow softening mechanism was resulted from the reduction of dislocation density which attributed to dynamic recovery and precipitates coarsening.

Deformation behavior and microstructural evolution of Al-Zn-Cu-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy during high temperature compression

The deformation behavior of a new Al-Zn-Cu-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy was investigated with compression tests in temperature range of 380?470 ℃ and strain rate range of 0.001-10 s-1 using Gleeble 1500 system, and the associated microstructural evolutions were studied by metallographic microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The results show that true stress—strain curves exhibit a peak stress, followed by a dynamic flow softening at low strains (ε<0.05). The stress decreases with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate, which can be represented by a Zener-Hollomon exponential equation with the activation energy for deformation of 157.9 kJ/mol. The substructure in the deformed specimens consists of few fine precipitates with equaixed polygonized subgrains in the elongated grains and developed serrations at the grain boundaries. The dynamic flow softening is attributed mainly to dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization.

Dynamic softening and microstructural evolution during hot deformation of Al-Cu-Mg-Zr alloys with different homogenization cooling rates

An Al-Cu-Mg-Zr alloy,which obtained different homogenization cooling rates by changing the heattreated sample size,was compressed to various strains at the deformation temperature of 300℃ and strain rate of 0.01 s^(-1).The results showed that the homogenization cooling rate had strong effects on the hot deformation behavior of the alloy.The flow stress and relative dynamic softening rate of the alloy were significantly higher under a high cooling rate(HCR) than those under a low cooling rate(LCR).Furthermore,based on X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy,and thermodynamic equilibrium phase calculation,the substructure evolution in the grain interior,morphology,and spatial distribution of the precipitates were studied to determine the differences in the flow softening mechanism.The main softening mechanism could be summarized as dynamic recovery and precipitation coarsening for the LCR alloy and dynamic precipitation for the HCR alloy.

On the superplastic deformation mechanisms of near-αTNW700 titanium alloy

The new near-αTNW700 titanium alloy is a potential candidate material for high performance ultrasonic/hypersonic aircrafts,which is designed for short-term service at 700℃.This study systematically investigated the superplastic deformation microstructure evolution and mechanism of TNW700 alloy at different strain rates and true strains at 925℃.Results show that TNW700 alloy exhibits excellent superplastic behavior in a constant strain rate range of 0.0005-0.005 s^(-1) with elongation above 400%.The peak stress decreases with decreasing strain rate,which is related to the increase ofβ-phase volume fraction caused by the increase of thermal exposure time.In addition,significant strain hardening is observed in early-middle stage of superplastic deformation,and flow softening is followed in middle-late stage.To rationalize these complex flow behaviors,electron backscatter diffraction(EBSD)and high resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM)were used to characterize the microstructure.Strain hardening is correlated to the synergistic effect ofβgrain growth,dislocation accumulation,silicide precipitate,and solid solution strengthening ofαphase.Continuous dynamic recrystallization(CDRX)induced the fragmentation of primaryαgrains in middle-late stage of superplastic deformation,and the refinement ofαgrains,the increase ofβphase volume fraction and dynamic dislocation recovery are main causes of high strain softening.In addition,EBSD and TEM observations confirmed texture randomization,fine equiaxed primaryαgrains and intragranular dislocation movement,indicating that grain boundary sliding(GBS)accommodated by dislocation sliding/climb is the dominant superplastic deformation mechanism of TNW700 alloy.

Hot Deformation Behavior and Microstructural Characteristics of Ti–46Al–8Nb Alloy

Hot deformation behavior, microstructural evolution and flow softening mechanism were investigated in Ti-46A1-8Nb alloy via isothermal compression approach. The true stress-strain curves exhibited typical work hardening and flow softening, in which the dependence of the peak stress on temperature and strain rate was obtained by hyperbolic sine equation with Zener-Hollomon （Z） parameter, and the activation energy was calculated to be 446.9 kJ/mol. The microstructural analysis shows that the alternate dark and light deformed ribbons of Al-rich and Nb-rich regions appeared and were associated with local flow involving solute segregation. The Al segregation promoted flow softening mainly arising from the recrystaUization of V phase with low stacking fault energy. The coarse recrystallized 7 and several massive phase were observed at grain boundaries. While in the case of Nb segregation, t/B2 phase harmonized bending of lamellae, combined with the growth of recrystallized γ grains and α ＋ β ＋ γ→α＋ γ transition under conditions of temperature and stress, leading to the breakdown of α2/γ lamellar colony. During the hot compression process, gliding and dissociation of dislocations occurred in γ phase that acted as the main softening mechanism, leading to extensive γ twins and cross twins in α/γ lamellae and at grain boundaries. In general, homogeneous microstructure during the hot defor- mation process can be obtained in TiAl alloy with high Nb addition and low Al segregation. The deformation substructures intrinsically promote the formability of Ti--46Al-8Nb alloy.