Modelling Tensile Curves of AISI 316L at High Temperatures Starting from Strain Hardening Analysis

Riccardo Donnini; Dario Ripamonti; Maurizio Maldini; Giuliano Angella

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.762.431

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Modelling Tensile Curves of AISI 316L at High Temperatures Starting from Strain Hardening Analysis

Abstract:

The tensile curves of AISI 316L deformed at temperatures between 700 and 1000 °C in the strain rates range 10^-5-10^-2 s^-1 are modelled with the Voce equation, starting from strain hardening analysis. The parameters, needed to draw the Voce equation, are the saturation stress σ_V, the critical strain ε_C and the stress σ_o, that respectively define the height of the flow curve, the velocity to achieve σ_V and namely the back-extrapolated flow stress to zero strain. A two-parameter model of strain hardening recently proposed [ is used to analyze the strain hardening rate, dσ/dε, vs. the flow stress, σ. Through this analysis, σ_V, ε_C and the thermal activation of plastic flow s are obtained. In fact, the two-parameter model assumes that s and the total dislocation density ρ are the only two parameters needed to describe strain hardening. It has been reported [ that the parameter s can be parameterised in terms of strain rate and temperature and, furthermore, relationships between σ_V, σ_o, ε_C and s can be established. At this stage, the Voce equation can reproduce the experimental tensile curves at the explored temperatures and strain rates. However, the obtained Voce equations can well describe the tensile curves at large strains, while significant discrepancy occurs at small strains [. Preliminary results of an improved model based on two coupled differential equations with physical meaning are reported to correct this discrepancy at low strains.