Prediction model for flow stress during isothermal compression in α + β phase field of TC4 alloy

Abstract

Isothermal compression of TC4 alloy was performed on a Thermecmaster-Z simulator at the deformation temperatures ranging from 1093 to 1243 K, the strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 10.000 s−1 and a maximum strain of 0.8. The experimental results show that the flow stress increases with the decrease in the deformation temperature and the increase in the strain rate. The apparent activation energy for deformation is much lower at lower strain rates than that at higher strain rates. The flow stress model considering strain compensation was established. The average relative error between the calculated flow stress and experimental results is about 7.69%, indicating that the present model could be used to accurately predict the flow stress during high temperature in α + β phase field of TC4 alloy.