Constitutive analysis and dynamic recrystallization behavior of as-cast 40CrNiMo alloy steel during isothermal compression

Casting-forging combination forming process is an advanced manufacturing technique which is applicable to manufacture the parts with both complex shape and high performance. As a fundamental research of casting-forging combination forming process, as-cast 40CrNiMo alloy steel is obtained through vacuum casting by using metal mold. The isothermal compression tests of as-cast 40CrNiMo alloy steel are implemented on a Gleeble-3800 thermal simulation machine at deformation temperatures of 800, 900, 1000 and 1100 ℃, with strain rates of 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 10 s−1. The results indicate that the true stress-strain curves present typical dynamic recovery type under low deformation temperature and high strain rate. With the increases of deformation temperature or the decreases of strain rate, the true stress-strain curves gradually transform to dynamic recrystallization type. The Arrhenius-type constitutive equation with Zener–Hollomon parameter is determined for constitutive analysis. The kinetic model and kinematic model of dynamic recrystallization are deduced to describe the dynamic recrystallization behavior.