Constitutive Equation for Flow Stress in Superalloy 718 by Inverse Analysis under Hot Forming in a Region of Precipitation

The purpose of this study is to obtain a constitutive equation of high-accuracy flow stress in superalloy 718, which allows fabrication of highly reliable disks for gas turbine engines. Hot compression tests using superalloy 718 at deformation temperatures from 850 to 1100 °C, a 67% height reduction, and strain rates of 1, 10, and 25 s−1 were performed to investigate the flow stress behavior, which excludes environmental effects during hot working by inverse analysis. The effects of dynamic recrystallization and strain-induced dynamic precipitation on the flow stress were also investigated. The dynamically precipitated δ phases deformed at 1050 °C and γ″ phases deformed at 950 °C might affect the increase in the plastic modulus F1 and the decrease in the critical strain εc, deteriorating the accuracy of regression in terms of, for example, the strain rate sensitivity m and the temperature sensitivity A. A constitutive equation for a generalized flow curve for superalloy 718 is proposed by considering these effects.