Experimental study on the dynamic tensile behavior of a poly-crystal pure titanium at elevated temperatures

A new technique for measuring dynamic tensile behavior of metallic materials at elevated temperatures was developed. This technique employs a rapid contact heating method to obtain a stable and nearly homogenous high temperature field in the testing gage of the specimen. As an application of this new technique, a commercially pure titanium (CP-Ti) was tested in the strain rate range of 300 s−1–1400 s−1 and in a temperature range of 298 K–973 K. Quasi-static experiments (10−3 s−1, 10−2 s−1) were also performed in the same temperature range for comparison. The testing results indicated that both temperature and strain rate have pronounced influence on the mechanical behavior of CP-Ti.