Constitutive equation and model validation for 33Cr23Ni8Mn3N heat-resistant steel during hot compression

In order to more accurately predict the plastic flow behavior of 33Cr23Ni8Mn3N heat-resistant steel, it provides a good foundation for numerical simulation. The selection of constitutive models is crucial. The Gleeble-1500D thermal simulation tester was used to perform thermal compression experiments on 33Cr23Ni8Mn3N heat-resistant steel under different deformation conditions. Based on the experimental data, the Johnson-Cook (JC), Fields-Backofen (FB) constitutive models and their modified constitutive models are established and compared. The characteristics of JC model, FB model, modified JC (m-JC) model, modified FB (m-FB) model and strain-compensated Arrhenius (strain-compensated Arr) model are demonstrated. It is determined that the strain-compensated Arr model has the best accuracy for predicting the thermal deformation behavior of 33Cr23Ni8Mn3N heat-resistant steel. In addition, finite element development was carried out and programming was performed using Absoft Pro Fortran 8.0 software. Various modified models are embedded in Deform-3D for numerical simulation comparison. The results of numerical simulation show that the strain-compensated Arr model is more suitable for finite element simulation of 33Cr23Ni8Mn3N heat-resistant steel.