Hot Deformation and Processing Maps of Al-0.3Er

The flow stress behavior of Al-0.3Er have been studied by hot compression tests on a Gleeble-1500D thermal simulator in the temperature range of 300-450 ℃ and strain rate range of 0.001-10 s-1. The results show that the flow stress is controlled by strain rate and deformation temperature. The flow stress decreases with deformation temperature increasing and increases with strain rate increasing. The constitutive relation of Al-0.3Er under high temperature conditions can be described by hyperbolic-sine-type equation. The processing maps based on the dynamic material model (DMM) of Al-0.3Er alloy has been also established and analyzed preliminarily. The highest efficiency of power dissipation is at the temperature range of 415-450 ℃ and in the strain rate range of 0.001-0.076 s-1 and 0.347-0.390 s-1, which is optimum working domain.