Dynamic constitutive model of Fe–Cr–Ni stainless steel based on isothermal true stress-strain curves

Abstract

Austenitic Fe–Cr–Ni stainless steel is widely used in aviation, chemistry, energy, due to its excellent properties of high-temperature performance. In this study, the splitting Hopkinson pressure bar with high-temperature system was employed to evaluate the dynamic mechanical properties of Fe–Cr–Ni stainless steel. The true stress-strain curves were obtained under varying conditions, including variable strains, strain rates and temperatures. The true stress increases and levels off as the true strain increases, while increases as the strain rate increases, but decreases sharply as the deformation temperature rises. The deformation temperature is consist of healing temperature and adiabatic temperature. The adiabatic temperature rise related to the specific heat capacity was calculated. The actual deformation temperatures were calculated under different strains by combining the true stress-strain curves. The true stress-strain curve under variable temperature was corrected to the stress-strain curve under isothermal state by using the thermal softening rate, which decoupled the strain and temperature. The Power-Law and Johnson-Cook constitutive models were fitted based on the real stress-strain isothermal curve. The fitting accuracy of Power-Law model was 1.61% for different strain rates at room temperature in average, 3.51% for fixed strain rate at different temperatures. While the fitting accuracy of Johnson-Cook model was 2.94% for different strain rates at room temperature in average, 6.18% for fixed strain rate at different temperatures.

Keywords

• Split Hopkinson pressure bar
• Dynamic mechanical properties
• Temperature-dependent specific heat capacity
• Adiabatic temperature rise
• Isothermal stress-strain curve
• Constitutive models