Cailiao gongcheng (May 2017)
Superplastic Behavior and Deformation Mechanism of TC18 Titanium Alloy
Abstract
Superplastic tensile behavior and deformation mechanism of TC18 titanium alloy were investigated by high temperature tensile test at 720-950℃ with initial strain rates of 6.7×10-5s-1-3.3×10-1s-1.The results show that under the optimal superplastic deformation condition (890℃ and 3.3×10-4s-1),the maximum elongation is 470%, the peak stress is 17.93MPa and with uniform grain size.Below the phase transus Tβ,the elongation firstly increases and then decreases.A maximum elongation of 373% is obtained at 830℃ and with initial strain rate of 3.3×10-4s-1 and the peak stress is 31.45MPa.The superplastic deformation mechanism of the TC18 titanium alloy in two-phase region is mainly grain rotation and boundary sliding,and the deformation coordination mechanism is dislocation slipping and climbing; the superplastic deformation mechanism in single phase region is intragranular dislocation motion and the deformation coordination mechanism is dynamic recovery and dynamic recrystallization.
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