Plastic-flow and microstructure evolution during hot deformation of a gamma titanium aluminide alloy
- UES, Inc., Dayton, OH (United States). Materials and Processes Div.
- Wright Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States)
The hot workability of a near gamma titanium aluminide alloy, Ti-49.5Al-2.5Nb-1.1Mn, was assessed in both the cast and the wrought conditions through a series of tension tests conducted over a wide range of strain rates (10{sup {minus}4} to 10{sup 0} s{sup {minus}1}) and temperatures (850 C to 1,377 C). Tensile flow curves for both materials exhibited sharp peaks at low strain levels followed by pronounced necking and flow localization at high strain levels. A phenomenological analysis of the strain rate and temperature dependence of the peak stress data yielded an average value of the strain rate sensitivity equal to 0.21 and an apparent activation energy of {approximately}411 kJ/mol. At low strain rates, the tensile ductility displayed a maximum at {approximately}1,050 C to 1,150 C, whereas at high strain rates, a sharp transition from a brittle behavior at low temperatures to a ductile behavior at high temperatures was noticed. Dynamic recrystallization of the gamma phase was the major softening mechanism controlling the growth and coalescence of cavities and wedge cracks in specimens deformed at strain rates of 10{sup {minus}4} to 10{sup {minus}2} s{sup {minus}1} and temperatures varying from 950 C to 1,250 C. The dynamically recrystallized grain size followed a power-law relationship with the Zener-Hollomon parameter. Deformation at temperatures higher than 1,270 C led to the formation of randomly oriented alpha laths within the gamma grains at low strain levels followed by their reorientation and evolution into fibrous structures containing {gamma} + {alpha} phases, resulting in excellent ductility even at high strain rates.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 556472
- Journal Information:
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 28, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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