Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2000, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (1): 263-269.

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DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTE EQUATIONS FOR Ti-6Al-4V ALLOY UNDER HOT-WORKING CONDITION

L. X. Li and D. S. Peng (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Central SouthUniversity of Technology, Changsha 410083, China)   

  • Received:2000-02-25 Revised:2000-02-25 Online:2000-02-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The deformaton behavior of Ti - 6Al - 4V alloy under hot - working condition has been studied by compression testing in the temperature range 750 - 950℃ and strain rate range 0.05 - 15s -1. The flow stress decreases with the increase of temperature and with the decrease of strain rate. After a steep initial strain hardening, a flow softening occurs. This softening is mainly ascribed to the temperature rise and dynamic recmptallisation.By a simple extension, a classical sinushyperbolic constitutive equation can be used to describe the flow behavior of Ti - 6Al - 4V alloy. flow stress is described as a function of strain, strain rate and temperature. The parameters Q, n andaare the same at differ- ent deformation conditions, and A is a funciton of strain.

Key words: Ti-6Al-4V alloy, flow stress, constituteive equation