Deformation behavior of TC6 alloy in isothermal forging

Isothermal compression of the TC6 alloy was carried out in a Thermecmaster-Z (Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation, P.R. China) simulator at deformation temperatures of 800∼1040°C, strain rates of 0.001∼50.0 s^-1, and maximum height reduction of 50%. The deformation behavior of the TC6 alloy in isothermal forging was characterized based on stress-strain behavior and kinetic analysis. The activation energy of deformation obtained in the isothermal forging of the TC6 alloy was 267.49 kJ/mol in the β phase region and 472.76 kJ/mol in the α+β phase region. The processing map was constructed based on the dynamic materials model, and the optimal deformation parameters were obtained. Constitutive equations describing the flow stress as a function of strain rate, strain, and deformation temperature were proposed for the isothermal forging of the TC6 alloy, and a good agreement between the predicted and experimental stress-strain curves was achieved.