Deformation Behavior and Constitutive Model of 34CrNi3Mo during Thermo-Mechanical Deformation Process

With higher creep strength and heat resistance, 34CrNi3Mo has been widely used in the production of engine rotors, steam turbine impellers, and turbine blades. To investigate the hot deformation behaviors of 34CrNi3Mo steel, hot compressive tests were conducted on a Gleeble-3500 thermomechanical simulator, under the temperature range of 1073 K–1373 K and strain rate ranges of 0.1 s(−1)–20 s(−1). The results show that the flow stress of 34CrNi3Mo steel under high temperatures is greatly influenced by the deformation temperature and strain rate, and it is the result of the interaction between strain hardening, dynamic recovery, and recrystallization. Under the same deformation rate, as the deformation temperature increases, the softening effect of dynamic recrystallization and dynamic recovery gradually increases, and the flow stress gradually decreases. Under the same deformation temperature, with the increase of strain rate, the influence of strain hardening on 34CrNi3Mo steel is gradually in power, and the flow stress gradually increases. To predict the flow stress of 34CrNi3Mo steel accurately, a modified Arrhenius-type constitutive model considering the effects of strain, temperature, and strain rate at the same time was made based on the experiment data. On this basis, the evolution law of deformation activation and instability characteristics of 34CrNi3Mo steel were investigated, and the processing map of 34CrNi3Mo steel was established. The formability of 34CrNi3Mo steel under high temperature deformation was revealed, which provided a theoretical foundation of the equation of reasonable hot working process.