Abstract
Radial forging is a reliable way to produce Ti alloy rods without preliminary mechanical processing of their surface, which is in turn a mandatory procedure during almost each stage of the existing technology. In the present research, hot pressing and radial forging (RF) of the titanium-based Ti-3.3Al-5Mo-5V alloy were carried out to study the specifics of plasticized metal flow and microstructural evolution in different sections of the rods. The structural analysis of these rods was performed using metallography and X-ray diffraction techniques. The X-ray diffraction reveals the two-phase state of the alloy. The phase content in the alloy was shown to vary upon radial forging. Finally, radial forging was found to be a reliable method to achieve the uniform fine-grained structure and high quality of the rod surface.
Highlights
The need for increasing strength and reliability of constructions, as well as reducing their weight, leads to higher demands for structural materials
Titanium-based alloys that are extensively used in various fields of engineering due to their high specific strength must have high fatigue resistance, corrosion resistance and wear resistance in addition to excellent strength that can be achieved whilst retaining high plasticity [1,2]
It is evident that strength characteristics along with functional properties of alloys can be noticeably increased via the formation of micro- and submicrocrystalline phases in the bulk of the alloy under severe plastic deformation [7,8,9]
Summary
The need for increasing strength and reliability of constructions, as well as reducing their weight, leads to higher demands for structural materials. There is a large number of scientific papers [10,11,12,13,14], in which the processes of evolution of the structure and properties of titanium-based alloys are investigated under deformation by various methods. It is known [15,16,17] that the formation of structure in a material is largely determined by the degree of deformation, and its scheme and conditions. As is known [20,21,22], a stressed state is implemented in the dynamic deformation site in the process of compression of a cylindrical rod during radial forging, which is close to the triaxial compression and makes it possible to obtain large degrees of deformation of rods under dynamic influence without the formation of cracks
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