Constitutive Modeling of the Rate-Dependent Behavior of Ti-6Al-4V Using an Arrhenius-Type Law

Abstract:

Uniaxial tensile tests were performed on a Ti-6Al-4V alloy sheet over the temperature range of 923K-1023K with the strain rates of 5×10-4s-1-5×10-2s-1 up to a 25% length elongation of the specimen. The true stress-strain curves reveal that the flow stress decreases with the increase of the temperature and the decrease of the strain rate. In the same process, the accompanying softening role increases. It is found that the Ti-6Al-4V shows the features of non-linearity, temperature sensitivity and strain rate dependence in hot environment. Finally, an Arrhenius-type law has been established to predict the experimental data and the prediction precision was verified by the plotting of parameter and flow stress, which revealed that the error of stress exponent was only 4.99%. This indicates the flow stress model has high precision and can be used for the process design and the finite element simulation of hot forming thin-wall Ti-6Al-4V alloy components.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 591-593)
• Pages: 949-954
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.591-593.949
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Jun Jie Xiao, Dong Sheng Li, Xiao Qiang Li, Chao Hai Jin, Chao Zhang
• Keywords: Arrhenius-Type Law, Constitutive Model, Hot Uniaxial Tensile Test, Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Sheet

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