Materials Science Forum, Vol.503-504, 693-697, 2006
Effects of the number of ECAP passes and ECAP route on the heterogeneity in mechanical properties across the sample from titanium VT1-0
Titanium VT1-0 was processed by four passes of equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) using two routes, B-C and C. Pressed samples had a square section with a side length of 8 mm. Mechanical properties at tension (tensile strength, conventional yield strength and elongation) were determined at 9 points across the sample using small-size specimens, 1.5 mm in diameter, cut out along the pressing direction. Heterogeneity in the mechanical properties across the sample was determined based on the value of the variation coefficient. One can observe that heterogeneity in the mechanical properties generally tends to decrease with the number of ECAP passes.