Texture Evolution during Hot Deformation of Al-Cu-Li-Mg-Zn-Zr-Sc Alloy

The Gleeble-3800 unit was used to simulate physically the upsetting of cast and hot rolled semi-finished products from aluminum-lithium alloy V-1461 over the temperature range of 400-460°C and the strain rates of 1-60 s-1. Following texture analysis of upset samples showed the most typical preferred crystallographic orientations and its formation features depending on the temperature-strain rate schedules. The formation of recrystallization type orientations at a strain rate of 60 s-1 is a distinctive feature of the cast samples’ behavior during deformation. In general, the established regularities of texture formation allow to produce a hot-rolled semi-finished products from V-1461 alloy with a given structure’s crystallography in compliance with requirements for blank’s forming and product’s operation.