Analysis of the results of mechanical testing of metals by constructing the diagrams of structural states

For polycrystalline metals and alloys with bcc (Mo, Fe, and Fe-Si) and fcc (Ni and Cu) crystal lattices, it is shown that the application of the method of reconstruction of parabolic stress-strain diagrams on S - e exp n coordinates, where S and e are the actual stress and strain, respectively, and n is the strain-hardening index, makes it possible to represent the results of mechanical testing in the form of a diagram of structural states plotted in the form of the dependences of actual stresses and strains on temperature. This diagram practically completely describes the changes in the strength and plastic characteristics of the materials and their structural states in the process of plastic deformation. We study specific features of the construction of these diagrams depending on the composition of the alloy, its structural state, the energy of stacking faults, etc. On the basis of the analysis of the character of correlations between the critical values of strains and stresses and the mechanisms of plastic deformation within broad ranges of temperature and structural states, we discuss the possibilities of scientific and practical application of the diagrams of actual stresses and strains vs temperature.