Authors: Tamizifar, M.; Omidvar, H.; Salehi, S. Mohammad Taghi; Salehpour, Z.; Khoshkalam, O.

Source: Materials Science and Technology, Volume 18, Number 1, January 2002 , pp. 21-29(9)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

The alloy system Ti- 6Al- 4V is the prominent Ti alloy system for aerospace and biomedical applications, as a result of its mechanical property balance and biocompatibility. Since the mechanical characterisation of Ti- 6Al- 4V is strongly sensitive to processing parameters there is relationship between processing variables, i.e. strain rate and temperature, microstructure, and properties under different loading conditions. Two phase (α + β) titanium alloys undergo flow instabilities and are susceptible to shear bands or regions of localised deformation crossing many grains during hot forging under non-isothermal conditions (dies and workpiece at different temperatures). Under such conditions shear bands can be generated even in materials without flow softening attributes. This occurs if the forging parameters lead to large amounts of heat transfer between the dies and the workpiece. This study investigates the occurrence of shear bands during non-isothermal, hot forging of Ti -6Al- 4V in order to evaluate the process parameters that generally lead to shear bands in conventional hot forging of metals. Upset compression tests on cylindrical specimens were conducted in a mechanical press and lateral side pressing tests on long, round bars were performed in either a mechanical press or a hydraulic press. The tests ranged from axisymmetric to plane strain compression. In upset specimens shear bands occurred at an angle of 45° to the compression axis and bands of intense deformation separated chill zones from the deforming bulk. Observation also demonstrated that the fracture might be owing to microvoids nucleated at weak points in sections of the shear surfaces. For plane strain deformation, shear bands were found to initiate along zero extension directions in a manner analogous to the formation and propagation of shear bands in isothermal hot forging. Although the shear band features at hot forging temperatures were similar to each other, there was a difference in the hardness and thickness of the shear bands depending on deformation mode, amount, and temperature.

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Document Type: Research Article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/026708301125000168

Publication date: 2002-01-01

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