Processing Maps of the Ti-6Al-4V Alloy in a Forging Process Design

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The paper presents the results of a complex study of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, conducted with the application of the dynamic material modelling (DMM) method, in a wide range of temperatures, strain rates and strains. A compression test was carried out in a wide range of temperatures (800 – 1100°C) and strain rates (0.01 – 100 s-1), up to the constant final true strain value of 0.9. The obtained stress-strain curves were a basis for determining deformation activation energy with the use of an Arrhenius plot and a correlation between the Zener-Hollomon parameter and flow stress, for which the constitutive equation proposed by Sellars was used. The power dissipation efficiency parameter was calculated. The maps of power dissipation as the function of temperature and strain rate were plotted in the form of the isoclines of the power dissipation efficiency parameter expressed in %. The processing maps exhibited the range of occurrence and recrystallization of the primary α phase, the degree of the β phase recrystallization progress against the background of the process deformation windows and instability flow domain. An analysis of the influence of process parameters up on the microstructure and hardness changes was conducted.

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