Mechanical Behaviors and Microstructural Characteristics of TC11 Alloy during Hot Deformation

The mechanical behaviors and the microstructural characteristics of TC11 alloy with quenched martensite microstructure during hot compressive deformation were investigated. It shows that at various temperatures and strain rates, the stress strain curves firstly exhibit strain hardening, then strain softening and finally reach the steady deformation state; in the meanwhile, the initial lamellar microstructure is transformed into the equiaxed and uniform one through dynamic recrystallization. It shows that the present TC11 alloy has different Z D relationships in relatively lower temperature (RLT) range and relatively higher temperature (RHT) range, which is believed to be due to different deformation activation energies. During RHT deformation, dynamic recrystallization occurs in both α phases and β phases, but during RLT deformation, dynamic recrystallization only occurs in α phases and in the meanwhile β phases undergo a process of precipitation and growth.

Subtransus deformation mechanisms of TC11 titanium alloy with lamellar structure

Isothermal compression tests are applied to study the deformation mechanisms of TCll titanium alloy with lamellar structure under the deformation temperature range of 890-995 ℃ and strain rate range of 0.01-10 s^-1. According to the flow stress data obtained by compression tests, the deformation activations are calculated based on kinetics analysis of high temperature deformation, which are then used for deformation mechanism analysis combined with microstructure investigation. The results show that deformation mechanisms vary with deformation conditions： at low strain rate range, the deformation mechanism is mainly dislocation slip; at low temperature and high strain rate range, twinning is the main mechanism; at high temperature and high strain rate range, the deformation is mainly controlled by diffusion offl phase.

Stress-strain characteristics of linear friction welding of TC11 and TC17 alloys

Abstract Transient stress and strain fields of dissimilar titanium alloys （TCll and TC17 ） joint during linear friction welding （ LFW） were investigated by a two-dimensional model with ABAQUS/Explicit. The results showed that in the X-axis, the maximum compressive stress of 850 MPa occurred in the center zone of friction interface , and the maximum tensile stress of 190 MPa distributed at the flash; in the Y-axis, the maximum compressive stress of 1 261 MPa located at the junction region between the welding fixture and edge of the specimen, and the maximum tensile stress of 320 MPa distributed in the connecting portion between the flash and edge of the specimen. In addition, areas of plastic strain increased gradually during welding process. In the X-axis, tensile strain mainly existed at the heads of the specimens; in the Y-axis, compressive strain mainly occurred at the heads of the specimens.

EQUIAXED REFINEMENT OF GRAINS IN ALLOY TC11

The formation reason and elimination method of non-uniform microstructure defects in Ti al- loy TC11 bar have been studied.The coagulating and coarsening into block of the part of grain boundary α and secondary α seem to be caused by the ingot cogging and initial forging temperature in the β region as well as no more enough deformation and uneven distribution. The grain α,elongated α and blocky α may be finally eliminated by adopting the technique of (α+β)thermomechanical processing+β processing,W.Q.+recrystallization annealing,A.C., thus the size of uniform and fine equiaxed α structure is believed to be reduced to 1.9258μm.

Lamellar Disintegration Mechanism of TC11 Titanium Alloy during Hot Compression

TC11 titanium alloy samples with lamellar microstructrue were compressed on a Gleeble 1500D Simulator.Compression tests were carried out at 950 ℃ and a strain rate of 0.1 s-1 with height reduction of 20%,40% and 60%,respectively.Microstruture of the compressed TC11 alloy was obeserved and analyzed by optical microscopy(OM),transmission electron microscope(TEM),electron back-scattered diffraction(EBSD).The lamellar disintegration mechanism of the TC11 titanium alloy was deduced.The results indicated that the compressive deformation promoted the phase transformation in bi-phase area.βphase layers were formed along the gliding planes inα phase,and α slivers were disintegrated into many small flakes through theα/βinterface slipping.

CLEAVAGE RUPTURE OF Ti ALLOY TC11 UNDER FATIGUE-CREEP INTERACTION

The cleavage rupture behaviour of the Ti alloy TC11 with various microstructures,i.e., equiaxed,duplex and interweaving,has been studied under fatigue-creep interaction at 520℃.It was found to be not only related to the rate of creep void initiating,but also control- led by the creep strain accumulation on holding under tension test and stress state at crack-tip.This seem to be combinably offected by both value of critic void initiating strain and parameter,V_(GC),of critic void growth.

Characterization of hot deformation microstructures of alpha-beta titanium alloy with equiaxed structure

Hot deformation behavior and microstructure evolution of TC11（Ti-6.5Al-3.5Mo-1.5Zr-0.3Si） alloy with equiaxed structure were investigated in the two-phase field at temperatures in the range of 980-800 ℃ and at strain rates of 0.001 s-1,0.01 s-1,0.1 s-1.Effects of thermo-mechanical parameters on both of the stress—strain curves and microstructure evolution were analyzed.Grain boundary characteristics of deformation microstructures were tested by electron backscattered diffraction（EBSD）.The results reveal that β-phase dominates the deformation and presents discontinuous dynamic recrystallization at 980 ℃;meanwhile,α-phase coarsens at lower strain rates and dissolves at higher strain rates,and α-phase volume fraction and grain size decrease with increasing strain rate.Super-plastic deformation occurs at 950-900 ℃ and strain rate of 0.001 s-1.And the deformation is dominated by soft β-phase,phase interfaces and grain boundaries.Microstructural mechanism operated at 850 ℃ is continuous dynamic recrystallization of α-phase that dominates the deformation,and β-phase deforms to match the deformation of α-phase.

FABRICATION OF SUBMICRON GRAINED TITANIUM ALLOY BY COMPRESSIVE DEFORMATION

This paper reviews various fabrication methods of ultrafine grained materials and their limitations briefly, and examines the possibility to produce ultrafine grained titanium alloy by compressive deformation preliminarily. It has been shown that submicrongrained TC11 alloy can be obtained by compressive deformation below 725°C. During microstructure refinement, dynamic recrystallization occurs only in α phases, and β phases undergo a process of precipitation and growth. Compared with the situation of static annealing, deformation can not only enhance the precipitation and growth of β phases but also change the morphology of βprecipitates.

Interface microstructure evolution and bonding strength of TC11/c-TiA l bi-materials fabricated by laser powder deposition

Laser powder deposition was applied to fabricate the Ti-6.5Al-3.5Mo-1.5Zr-0.3Si （wt%）/Ti-47Al- 2Cr-2Nb-0.2W-0.15B （at%） bi-material system. The asdeposited TC11 alloy shows a basket-wave-like morphology while the as-deposited y-TiAl alloy consists of fully α2/γ lamellar microstructures. Regarding the thermal mismatch between TC11 and γ-TiAl during processing, the interface microstmcture evolution was concerned. The transformation pathway was illustrated. It is found that the content changes of Al elements and β-stabilizers Mo, Cr, and Nb are responsible for the evolution of microstructures at the interface. The fracture surfaces are located at the y-TiAl side. The bi-material shows a brittle-fracture manner, with the ultimate tensile strength of 560 MPa.

RHEOLOGICAL FORMING APPLICATION RESEARCH ON THE LIGHT METAL ALLOY MATERIALS

On the bases of high temperature creep experiments, the research on engineering application of rheological forming is carried out on two kinds of light metal alloy parts named cylindrical shell of Lc4 aluminum alloy and vane disk with complex curved surface of TC11 titanium alloy. Moreover, the mechanical property tests under room and high temperatures for the workpieces produced by this new technique are also done, the results showed that they are much improved evidently compared with those produced by traditional method.