Simulation of Recrystallization Behavior and Austenite Grain Size Evolution during Hot Deformation of Low Carbon Steel Using the Flow Stress

2011 ◽  
Vol 337 ◽  
pp. 178-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Wang ◽  
Hong Xiao ◽  
Hong Biao Xie ◽  
Xiu Mei Xu

Microstructure evolution can cause changes in dislocation density during hot plastic formation of metals and greatly influence the shape of flow curves. Recrystallization kinetics and average grain size were simulated by the coupled flow stress model describing dislocation development and microstructure evolution. The model for microstructure evolution considered different kinds of recrystallization in the same process rooted from nucleation and grain growth. Flow stress was calculated from the average dislocation density determined by the dislocation density model, which took into account hardening and recovery during the hot deformation process. Model parameters were defined by inverse analysis of flow curves obtained from hot compression tests and were completed through solving a nonlinear least-squares problem with constraints using optimization methods. Finally, the results obtained by the proposed model were compared with experimental results.

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiqing CHEN ◽  
Gaosheng FU ◽  
Tianyun WEI ◽  
Chaozeng CHENG ◽  
Huosheng WANG ◽  
...  

The 3003 aluminum alloy was deformed by isothermal compression in the range of deformation temperature 300 – 500 ℃ at strain rate 0.0l – 10.0 s-1 with Gleeble-1500 thermal simulator. A constitutive equation is established from the flow stress of the hot deformation. It is found that the average grain size of the 3003 aluminum alloy increases with the decrease of Zener-Hollomon (Z) value, and there is a linear correlation between them. The prediction model of the steady-state flow stress and the average grain size is established. The steady-state flow stress increases with the decrease of the average grain size. The microhardness of the 3003 aluminum alloy has a positive linear relationship with lnZ, and the relationship between the microhardness and the grain size meets the Hall-Petch equation, which can provide a reference for the microstructure control and rolling equipment selection of the 3003 aluminum alloy under hot deformation conditions.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1285
Author(s):  
Angela Quadfasel ◽  
Jürgen Nietsch ◽  
Marco Teller ◽  
Gerhard Hirt

The ferrite fraction and phase distribution of duplex steels depend strongly on the temperature evolution during hot deformation and are correlated to different mechanical behaviors during hot deformation as well as cold deformation. Therefore, the control of microstructure evolution during hot forming is relevant for target-oriented material design. In flow stress modelling for hot forming, the influence of microstructure beyond the ferrite fraction is often neglected. In the present work, a new method is demonstrated to also consider the influence of grain size in flow stress modelling. For this purpose, different initial microstructures with different ferrite fractions and phase distribution were tested in compression tests at 1100 °C and 0.1 s−1. The microstructure was analyzed before and after forming and it was observed that the differences in ferrite fractions vanished during the compression tests. Those microstructure data were used in a model including a rule of mixture and Hall–Petch relationship to extract the single-phase flow curves of ferrite and austenite. Based on the flow stress of the single phases, in combination with ferrite fraction and individual grain size, the flow curves of the different material conditions were calculated and the concurrent influence of ferrite fraction and phase distance on the mechanical behavior was discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 275-277 ◽  
pp. 1833-1837
Author(s):  
Ke Lu Wang ◽  
Shi Qiang Lu ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Xian Juan Dong

A Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK)-model was established for dynamic recrystallization in hot deformation process of 52100 steel. The effects of hot deformation temperature, true strain and strain rate on the microstructural evolution of the steel were physically studied by using Gleeble-1500 thermo-mechanical simulator and the experimental results were used for validation of the JMAK-model. Through simulation and experiment, it is found that the predicted results of DRX volume fraction, DRX grain size and average grain size are in good agreement with the experimental ones.


2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 404-409
Author(s):  
Roman Mishnev ◽  
Iaroslava Shakhova ◽  
Andrey Belyakov ◽  
Rustam Kaibyshev

A Cu-0.87%Cr-0.06%Zr alloy was subjected to equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at a temperature of 400 °C up to a total strain of ~ 12. This processing produced ultra-fine grained (UFG) structure with an average grain size of 0.6 μm and an average dislocation density of ~4×1014 m-2. Tensile tests were carried out in the temperature interval 450 – 650 °C at strain rates ranging from 2.8´10-4 to 0.55 s-1. The alloy exhibits superplastic behavior in the temperature interval 550 – 600 °C at strain rate over 5.5´10-3 s-1. The highest elongation-to-failure of ~300% was obtained at a temperature of 575 °C and a strain rate of 2.8´10-3 s-1 with the corresponding strain rate sensitivity of 0.32. It was shown the superplastic flow at the optimum conditions leads to limited grain growth in the gauge section. The grain size increases from 0.6 μm to 0.87 μm after testing, while dislocation density decreases insignificantly to ~1014 m-2.


Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianqiang Fan ◽  
Zhipeng Guo ◽  
Xiaofeng Wang ◽  
Jie Yang ◽  
Jinwen Zou

A pre-hot-deformation process was applied for a polycrystalline nickel-base superalloy to active deformation twins and dislocations, and subsequent slow cooling treatment was used to achieve grain refinement and microstructure homogenization. The microstructural evolution of the alloy was investigated, and the corresponding underlying mechanism was discussed. It was found that twinning mainly occurred in large grains during pre-hot-deformation owing to the stress concentration surrounding the large grains. High density dislocations were found in large grains, and the dislocation density increased approaching the grain boundary. The average grain size was refined from 30 μm to 13 μm after slow cooling with a standard deviation of grain size decreasing from 10.8 to 2.8, indicating a homogeneous microstructure. The grain refinement and microstructure homogenization during cooling process could be achieved via (i) static recrystallization (SRX), (ii) interaction of twin tips and γ’ precipitates, and (iii) grain coarsening hindered by γ’ precipitates in grain boundaries.


2013 ◽  
Vol 709 ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Wang ◽  
Zhao Li ◽  
Shu Hong Fu ◽  
Yong Zhang ◽  
Yu Xin Zhao ◽  
...  

The hot deformation behavior of U720Li was investigated by isothermal compression tests at temperature ranging from 1060-1180°C and strain rate from 0.001s-1 to 20s-1. The flow stress-strain curves and microstructures were investigated and a constitutive equation was established. It is found that flow stress is sensitive to stain rate and deformation temperature greatly. The higher stain rate resultes in a larger fluctuation in flow stress. The hot deformation activation energy is determined to be 552.8kJ/mol. Grain size increases with increasing temperature and decreases firstly and then increases with increasing strain rate. U720Li alloy should be deformed below the solve temperature of γ primary phase with lower strain rate in order to obtain the even and fine grain size.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianpeng Zhou ◽  
Cunyu Wang ◽  
Chang Wang ◽  
Wenquan Cao ◽  
Zejun Chen

The effects of heat treatment on the microstructure evolution was studied in regards to austenite nucleation and grain growth. It was found that the austenite nucleation and matrix recrystallization kinetics of samples annealed at 675 °C for different times were revealed, implying a strong interaction between the ferrite matrix and austenite. The recrystallization of the matrix during annealing provided favorable conditions for austenite nucleation and growth, and the formation of austenite during this process reduced the matrix recrystallization kinetics, thus delaying the recrystallization process of the matrix around the austenite grains. The statistical results for the austenite grain size under different annealing temperatures indicated that the average grain size of the austenite slightly increases with increasing of the annealing temperature, but the austenite with the largest grain size grows faster at the same temperature. This difference is attributed to the strict Kurdjumov Sachs (KS) orientation relationship (OR) between the austenite grains and the matrix, because the growth of austenite with a strict KS OR with the matrix is often inhibited during annealing. In contrast, the austenite maintains a non-strict KS OR with the matrix and can grow preferentially with increasing annealing temperature and time.


The dependence of the yield and flow stresses of vacuum-cast and extruded polycrystalline beryllium on the grain size, d, is studied over 20-400 °C. Both follow the standard d -1/2 relationship. The Taylor orientation factor in the deformation of the poly crystal is ca. 4.3. The marked temperature dependence of the yield stress between 20 and 200 °C arises primarily from the intragranular resistance to dislocation motion, in particular on prismatic planes. The variation of the flow stress with d1/2 increases progressively with strain and this is attributed to the effect of grain size on the dislocation density at a given strain; the increase is particularly marked for beryllium because of its high rigidity modulus.


Author(s):  
Sebastian Gnapowski ◽  
Elżbieta Kalinowska- Ozgowicz ◽  
Mariusz Sniadkowski ◽  
Aleksandra Pietraszek

This paper presents the results of investigations of the effects of hot deformation parameters in compression investigation on the austenite grain size in HSLA steel (0.16% C, 0.037% Nb, 0.004% Ti, 0.0098% N). The axisymmetric compression investigations were performed on cylindrical investigation specimens of d=1.2 using the Gleeble 3800 simulator. The strain rate=1s-1÷15.9s-1 and strain degree ε=1.2. Before deformation, the research specimens were austenitized at TA = 1100 ÷ 1250 °C. Metallographic observations of the primary austenite grains were conducted with an optical microscope, while the structure of dynamically recrystallized austenite, inherited by martensite, was examined by EBSD technique using a scanning electron microscope. Based on the analysis of investigation results, it was found that the size of dynamically recrystallized austenite grains in HSLA steel were clearly affected by hot compression parameters. In contrast, no significant impact of austenitising temperature on their size was found.


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