Development of a dynamic recrystallization model for a β-solidifying titanium aluminide alloy using Kocks-Mecking plots

Intermetallic titanium aluminide alloys are of growing interest for aerospace and automotive industries due to their remarkable mechanical properties at elevated temperature. The present study focusses on the investigation of the high-temperature deformation behavior of an intermetallic alloy with the nominal composition Ti–44.5Al–6.25Nb–0.8Mo–0.1B. Isothermal compression tests were conducted on a Gleeble 3500 simulator. The flow curves were transformed into Kocks-Mecking plots, where remarkable features such as the absence of stage-III hardening and an inflection point marking the onset of dynamic recrystallization were observed. Based on these observations, a phenomenological flow stress model was devised which incorporates the observations revealed through the Kocks-Mecking plots and reproduces the course of flow stress up to the peak stress and towards the steady-state well. The model may hence be used in finite element simulations of isothermal forging of titanium aluminides.