Microstructure Evolution of Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr after Hot Deformation at Large and Moderate Strains

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This work deals with the analysis and modelling of the microstructural evolution of the metastable titanium alloy Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr during hot deformation up to moderate and large strains. Experimental flow curves and deformed samples are obtained by hot compression and hot torsion tests using a Gleeble ® 3800 device. The samples are deformed above and below the beta transus temperature and in a wide range of strain rates. Microstructures are characterized after deformation and in-situ water quenching using light optical and scanning electron microscopy and electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD). Dynamic recovery of the beta phase is found to be the main deformation mechanism up to moderated strains. By increasing the strain, continuous dynamic recrystallization (cDRX) is confirmed by the progressive conversion of low angle boundaries into high-angle boundaries. Alpha phase plays a secondary role in the deformation of the material by pinning the movement of beta high angle grain boundaries (HAGB). The evolution of the microstructure is modelled using dislocation density as internal variable in the single β field.

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December 2018

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[3] 16E-10 The yield stress was difficult to determine due to a discontinuous yielding occurring at almost all temperatures but could be fitted linearly with respect to the log (strain rate). Fig.7 shows a good correlation between the measured experimental data and the modelled flow stresses. Only the discontinuous yielding could not be catch well at any deformation condition. The softening at high strain rates must be related to the lack of recovery and the fast formation of locally new recrystallized grains. The model must be optimized to describe the dislocation cumulation at HAGB and the local generation of new recrystallized grains. Figure 7 Measured (full line) and modelled (dashed line) flow stresses in the single b field. Fig.8 shows the calculated increment in the dislocation density for different deformation conditions: slower strain rates and higher temperatures are related to lower dislocation density. One of the characteristics of this model is that the dislocation density saturates with the strain. This steady-state is achieved at lower strains if the strain rate is low due to favourable conditions for recovery. Figure 8 Modelled dislocation density evolution at different strain rates and temperatures. Summary and Conclusions The hot deformation behaviour of Ti5553 was studied by experimental and modelling approaches. The following could be concluded: - Dynamic recovery occurs heterogeneously for all the samples - The grain size of the grain formed by cDRX is the same as of the subgrain in all the cases. - The cumulation of dislocations at grain boundaries produces local recovery and local cDRX. - Deformations at high strain rates are characterized by the formation of many bands of dislocations starting at HAGB. After saturation of dislocations, new bands are formed. - Flow softening in α+b field occurs due to the fragmentation of α and the increment in the size of b subgrains - A simple model was successfully developed but could not catch the softening due to cDRX Acknowledgments The authors carried out this work under the following projects: FWF Project P 29727, CD-Laboratory for Design of High-Performance Alloys by Thermomechanical Processing, and FWF Project P 2747. References.

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