An Experimental Study on Elevated Temperature Biaxial Bulge Test

2012 ◽  
Vol 430-432 ◽  
pp. 539-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Sung Lee ◽  
Jong Hoon Yoon ◽  
Joon Tae Yoo

By using biaxial bulge test, it is possible to predict sheet metal forming behavior during hot forming process. The purpose of this study is to obtain materials parameters for elevated temperature forming condition during biaxial bulge test of a nickel base superalloy in hemispherical die. At constant gas pressure, the strain rate in which the metal sheet experiences varies and therefore the strain rate sensitivity can be obtained in a single loading. Biaxial bulge tests on superalloy metal sheet were performed and results are in satisfactory agreement with uniaxial test results at elevated temperature.

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 2990
Author(s):  
Rafael Sancho ◽  
Javier Segurado ◽  
Borja Erice ◽  
María-Jesús Pérez-Martín ◽  
Francisco Gálvez

The flow stress behaviour of a directionally solidified nickel-base superalloy, MAR-M247, is presented through the combination of experiments and crystal-plasticity simulations. The experimental campaign encompassed quasi-static and dynamic testing in the parallel and perpendicular orientation with respect to the columnar grains. The material showed low strain-rate sensitivity in all cases. Virtual samples were generated with DREAM3d and each grain orientation was established according to the DS nature of the alloy. The elasto-visco-plastic response of each crystal is given by phenomenological-base equations, considering the dislocation–dislocation interactions among different slip systems. The hardening-function constants and the strain-rate sensitivity parameter were fitted with the information from tests parallel to the grain-growth direction and the model was able to predict with accuracy the experimental response in the perpendicular direction, confirming the suitability of the model to be used as a tool for virtual testing. Simulations also revealed that in oligocrystalline structures of this type, the yield-strength value is controlled by the grains with higher Schmid factor, while this influence decreases when plastic strain increases. Moreover, the analysis of the micro-fields confirmed that grains perpendicular to the loading axis are prone to nucleate cavities since the stresses in these regions can be twice the external applied stress.


2010 ◽  
Vol 108-111 ◽  
pp. 494-499
Author(s):  
Ying Tong ◽  
Guo Zheng Quan ◽  
Gang Luo ◽  
Jie Zhou

This work was focused on the compressive deformation behavior of 42CrMo steel at temperatures from 1123K to 1348K and strain rates from 0.01s-1 to 10s-1 on a Gleeble-1500 thermo-simulation machine. The true stress-strain curves tested exhibit peak stresses at small strains, after them the flow stresses decrease monotonically until high strains, showing a dynamic flow softening. And the stress level decreases with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The values of strain hardening exponent n, and the strain rate sensitivity exponent m were calculated the method of multiple linear regression, the results show that the two material parameters are not constants, but changes with temperature and strain rate. Then the two variable material parameters were introduced into Fields-Backofen equation amended. Thus the constitutive mechanical discription of 42CrMo steel which can accurately describe the relationships among flow stress, temperature, strain rate, strain offers the basic model for plastic forming process simulation.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2652
Author(s):  
Meng Liu ◽  
Quanyi Wang ◽  
Yifan Cai ◽  
Dong Lu ◽  
Tianjian Wang ◽  
...  

Tensile deformation behavior and microstructure of nickel-base superalloy Inconel 625 are investigated under different strain rates of 5 × 10−4 s−1 and 5 × 10−5 s−1. According to the experimental results, yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of the alloy increase with the increase in strain rate in room temperature. Microstructure results indicate that the size of dimples is smaller in the tensile fracture surface at low strain rate than the high strain rate, and the number of dimples is also related to the strain rates and twins appear earlier in the specimens with higher strain rates. Apart from Hollomon and Ludwik functions, a new formula considering the variation trend of strength in different deformation stages is deduced and introduced, which fit closer to the tensile curves of the 625 alloy used in the present work at both strain rates. Furthermore, the Schmid factors of tensile samples under two strain rates are calculated and discussed. In the end, typical work hardening behavior resulting from the dislocations slip behavior under different strain rates is observed, and a shearing phenomenon of slip lines cross through the δ precipitates due to the movement of dislocations is also be note.


2001 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Cieslar ◽  
Ayatollah Karimi ◽  
Jean-Luc Martin

ABSTRACTEffects of recovery and recrystallization on subsequent stress – strain behavior were studied in foils of non-age hardenable Al based alloy. A bulge testing device for mechanical testing of thin free standing films and foils, enabling the detection of large strains, was employed. The bulge tester was used at RT both for the predeformation of the foil in the biaxial mode and also for the study of softening after subsequent one-step annealing. Three stages of strength drop as a function of the annealing temperature were observed between RT and 590°C. The contribution of different annealing processes to the softening was established using transmission electron microscopy. It was found that below 200°C only redistribution of dislocations inside dislocation cells and refinement of the cell structure occurred. Between 200°C and 380°C the formation of a subgrain structure was observed. The softening process is terminated as partial recrystallization takes place at higher annealing temperatures. Dynamic interaction of solutes with dislocations was revealed during prestraining as well as poststraining of foils. This effect resulted in the appearance of a negative strain rate sensitivity and dynamic instabilities after appropriate prestraining and annealing conditions. The above results show that bulge testing of Al foils allows to study the successive annealing stages by measuring the most important macroscopic parameters of plastic deformation (yield stress, work hardening rate, ductility, strain rate sensitivity, etc.). These stages could be related to the microstructure evolution.


Author(s):  
Ernst E. Affeldt

TMF tests were conducted with bare and aluminide coated single crystal nickel-based superalloy specimens. Temperature cycling was between 400°C and 1100°C with a phase shift (135°) which is typical for damaged locations on turbine blades. Stress response is characterized by a constant range and the formation of a tensile mean stress as a result of relaxation in the high temperature part of the cycle which is in compression. Bare specimens showed crack initiation from typical oxide hillocks. Coated specimens showed life reduction with respect to the bare ones caused by brittle cracking of the coating in the low temperature part of the cycle. Isothermal bending tests of coated specimens confirmed the low ductility of the coating at tempeatures below 600°C but quantitative correlation with the TMF test results failed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 351 ◽  
pp. 65-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cun Zhu Nie ◽  
Jia Jun Gu ◽  
Jun Liang Liu ◽  
Di Zhang

The elevated temperature deformation and fracture behavior of an 10vol%B4CP/7039 aluminum matrix composite plate was investigated by uniaxial tensile tests at temperatures ranging from573 to 773 K and at initial strain rates from 1x10-1 to 1x10-4s-1.The strain rate sensitivity exponent was found to be approximately 0.1-0.15 which was below that of a superplastic material. A maximum elongation of 116% was obtained at an initial strain rate of 10-1 s-1 and at a temperature of 773 K.


2017 ◽  
Vol 744 ◽  
pp. 254-258
Author(s):  
Jung Han Song ◽  
Injea Jang ◽  
Suh Yun Gwak ◽  
Jun Ho Bang ◽  
Yong Bae Kim ◽  
...  

In this study, the electric current effects in the deformation of light weight alloys are investigated to improve the formability. To begin with, a test system is built up to carry out the tensile test with heavy electric current flowing through the specimen. The evolutions of the flow stresses and failure elongations were obtained using this test system. The thermal and athermal effect such as electro-plastic effect of metallic materials induced by high density current make significant reduction of the flow stress, which is beneficial to the forming process of less formable metal. From the uniaxial test results, pulse current-assisted deep drawing test were conducted. The experimental results demonstrate that electrically assisted warm forming provides lower energy consumption and higher efficiency.


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