Adiabatic shear banding of hot-rolling Ti–6Al–4V alloy subjected to dynamic shearing and uniaxial dynamic compression

Effect of stress state including dynamic shearing and uniaxial dynamic compression on adiabatic shear banding (ASBing) of hot-rolling Ti–6Al–4V (TC4) alloy was investigated. The absorbed energy of specimen before failure was calculated to evaluate the susceptibility to adiabatic shear band (ASB) of TC4 alloy quantitatively. Results show that the susceptibility to ASB of hot-rolling TC4 alloy exhibits obvious anisotropy under both dynamic shearing and uniaxial dynamic compression conditions, but the anisotropy of susceptibility to ASB under dynamic shearing condition exhibits an opposite tendency with that under uniaxial dynamic compression condition. Under the condition of uniaxial dynamic compression, material shows the highest susceptibility to ASB when loaded along transverse direction (TD) of the hot-rolling TC4, while the lowest susceptibility when loaded along rolling direction (RD). However, under the condition of dynamic shearing, the material behaves in the opposite way, demonstrating the lowest susceptibility when loaded along TD of the hot-rolling TC4, while the highest susceptibility when loaded along RD.