Microstructural Evolution in Multiway Loading-Forming Process of AISI 5140 Steel Triple Valve Body

Abstract

The microstructural evolution and distribution rules, such as dynamic recrystallization (DRX) volume fraction, dynamically recrystallized grain size, and average grain size, in multiway loading-forming process of AISI 5140 steel triple valve body have been investigated using numerical simulation, combined with the analytic method by considering the influences of process parameters including loading speed of punch, initial temperature of billet, and friction. The results show that the DRX volume fraction increased, and its distribution became more uniform with the increases of punch loading speed and billet initial temperature, or the decrease of friction factor; the dynamically recrystallized grain size decreased, and its distribution was more uniform, with the increases of punch loading speed and friction factor, or the decrease of billet initial temperature; the average grain size decreased, and its distribution became more uniform with the increases of punch loading speed and billet initial temperature, or decrease of friction factor.