Relationships between Spring-Back and Microstructure of Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al Titanium Alloy Sheet during Bending Process

Abstract:

Evolutions of microstructure, micro-hardness in the central deformation area and spring-back, were studied in different bending conditions of Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al titanium alloy sheet. The results show that, with the increase of bending deformation, i.e. increase of bending angle or decrease of bending radius, the grain area, the grain feret diameter ratio and micro-hardness in the central deformation area all show nearly linear growth trends. The spring-back angle has no clearly correlation with the degree of bending deformation. While the spring-back rate correlates positively with the length of deformation-affected zone, which can reflect the characteristics of bending deformation more intuitively than that of spring-back angle.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 747-748)
• Pages: 839-843
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.747-748.839
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Lin Lin Li, Guo Qing Wu, Chang Xu Liu, Ai Xue Sha
• Keywords: Bending Behavior, Microstructure, Quantitative Statistic Analysis, Springback, Titanium Alloy

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