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Hot deformation behavior and constitutive modeling of Q345E alloy steel under hot compression

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Q345E as one of typical low alloy steels is widely used in manufacturing basic components in many fields because of its eminent formability under elevated temperature. In this work, the deformation behavior of Q345E steel was investigated by hot compression experiments on Gleeble-3500 thermo-mechanical simulator with the temperature ranging from 850 °C to 1150 °C and strain rate ranging from 0.01 s-1 to 10 s-1. The experimental results indicate that dynamic softening of Q345E benefits from increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The mathematical relationship between dynamic softening degree and deformation conditions is established to predict the dynamic softening degree quantitatively, which is further proved by some optical microstructures of Q345E. In addition, the experimental results also reveal that the stress level decreases with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The constitutive equation for flow stress of Q345E is formulated by Arrihenius equation and the modified Zener-Hollomon parameter considering the compensation of both strain and strain rate. The flow stress values predicted by the constitutive equation agree well with the experimental values, realizing the accurate prediction of the flow stress of Q345E steel under hot deformation.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Dong-sheng Qian  (钱东升) & Ya-ya Peng  (彭亚亚)

  2. School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Dong-sheng Qian  (钱东升), Ya-ya Peng  (彭亚亚) & Jia-dong Deng  (邓加东)

  3. Hubei Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Automotive Components, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Dong-sheng Qian  (钱东升)

  4. State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Jia-dong Deng  (邓加东)

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Foundation item: Project(51135007) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(IRT13087) supported by the Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of China; Project(2012-86) supported by the High-end Talent Leading Program of Hubei Province, China; Project(2012-P08) supported by State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, China

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Qian, Ds., Peng, Yy. & Deng, Jd. Hot deformation behavior and constitutive modeling of Q345E alloy steel under hot compression. J. Cent. South Univ. 24, 284–295 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-017-3429-5

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