The hot deformation behavior of extruded AZ80 magnesium alloy was investigated using compression tests in the temperature range of 250–400 °C and strain rate range of 0.001^(–1).000 s^(–1). The 3D power dissipation map was developed to evaluate the hot deformation mechanisms and determine the optimal processing parameters. Two domains of dynamic recrystallization were identified from the 3D power dissipation map, with one occurring in the temperature and strain rate range of 250–320 °C and 0.001–0.010 s^(–1)and the other one occurring in the temperature and strain rate range of 380–400 °C and 0.001–0.003 s^(–1). In order to delineate the regions of flow instability, Prasad's instability criterion, Murty's instability criterion and Gegel's stability criteria were employed to develop the 3D instability maps. Through microstructural examination, it is found that Prasad's and Murty's instability criteria are more effective than Gegel's stability criteria in predicting the flow instability regions for extruded AZ80 alloy. Further, the 3D processing maps were integrated into finite element simulation and the predictions of the simulation are in good agreement with the experimental results.
The static recrystallization behavior of 25 CrMo4 mirror plate steel has been determined by hot compression testing on a Gleeble 1500 thermal mechanical simulation tester. Compression tests were performed using double hit schedules at temperatures of 950-1 150 °C,strain rates of 0. 01- 0. 5 s^(-1),and recrystallization time of 1-100 s. Results show that the kinetics of static recrystallization and the microstructural evolution were greatly influenced by the deformation parameters( deformation temperature,strain rate and pre-strain) and the initial austenite grain size. Based on the experimental results,the kinetics model of static recrystallization has been generated and the comparison between the experimental results and the predicted results has been carried out. It is shown that the predicted results were in good agreement with the experimental results.
The static recrystallization behavior of SA508-III steel was investigated by isothermal double-hit hot compression tests at the deformation temperature of 950-1 250 ℃,the strain rate of 0. 01-1 s^(-1),and the inter-pass time of 1-300 s.The effects of deformation parameters,including forming temperature,strain rate,degree of deformation( pre-strain) and initial austenite grain size,on the softening kinetics were analyzed. Experimental results show that static recrystallization kinetics is strongly dependent on deformation temperature and degree of deformation,while less affected by the strain rate and initial grain size. The kinetics and microstructural evolution equations of static recrystallization for SA508-III steel were developed to predict the softening behavior and the statically recrystallized grain size,respectively. Based on the comparison between the experimental and predicted results,it is found that the established equations can give a reasonable estimate of the static softening behavior for SA508-III steel.
