Investigation of the Flow Behavior of Air-Cooling Ti-6Al-4V Alloy after Superplastic Forming

Abstract

The flow behavior of Ti-6Al-4V alloy during the air-cooling process after superplastic forming (SPF) has been discussed. In high-temperature constant strain rate tensile tests, the selected temperatures were 930, 900, 800, 700, and 600 °C, and the initial strain rates were 10−2, 10−3, and 10−4/s. The optimized deformation temperatures were 800~900 °C and the strain rates were 10−4~10−3/s. Then, the evolutions of activation energy and deformation strain are also discussed, and the effects of dislocation density and deformation activation energy on flow behavior were consistent. In addition, unstable flow is mainly concentrated in the low-temperature and high strain-rate regions, and this is mainly caused by dynamic recrystallization (DRX). After the SPF process, the possibility of material damage gradually increases during the air-cooling process.

Keywords

• superplastic forming
• Ti-6Al-4V
• air cooling
• flow behavior