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The deformation behavior of Ti−6Al−4V at temperatures between 76 and 495 K, strain rates between 0.001 and 3000 s−1, and compressive strains to 0.3 has been investigated. Measurements of yield stress as a function of test temperature, strain rate, and prestrain history are analyzed according to the model proposed by Kocks and Mecking. The mechanical threshold stress (flow stress at 0 K) is used as an internal state variable, and the contributions to the mechanical threshold stress from the various strengthening mechanisms present in this alloy are analyzed. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is used to correlate deformation substructure evolution with the constitutive behavior. The deformation substructure of Ti-6-4 is observed to consist of planar slip in the α grains at quasistatic strain rates. At high strain rates, deformation twinning is observed in addition to planar slip. Increasing the temperature to 495 K is seen to alter the deformation mode to more random slip; the effect of this on the proposed deformation model is discussed.
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Follansbee, P.S., Gray, G.T. An analysis of the low temperature, low and high strain-rate deformation of Ti−6Al−4V. Metall Trans A 20, 863–874 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02651653
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