Accelerated flow softening and dynamic transformation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy in two-phase region during hot deformation via coarsening αgrain

摘要

The flow softening is an important phenomenon during hot deformation of metallic materials.In the present work,a more evident flow softening of Ti-6 Al-4 V alloy when deformed in two-phase region was observed in coarser a grain sample,which was attributed to an accelerated dynamic transformation from harder α phase into β phases.Notably,full β microstructure was observed in coarse grain samples at strain of 1.2,while retained a phase was observed in fine a grain specimens.In the views of thermodynamics and crystallographic analysis,the in-depth mechanisms of dynamic transformation were further investigated.