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The dynamic recrystallization (DRX) of TA15 (Ti-6Al-2Zr-1Mo-1V) titanium alloy during the hot deformation process was studied by the Cellular Automata (CA) model which is base on the dislocation density theory. To build the CA model, the dislocation density model, dynamic recovery model, nucleation model and grain growth model were introduced and developed. The influences of strain rate on the microstructure evolution and flow stress character were investigated which shows that high strain rate leads to later DRX appearance, high flow stress peak value, small mean size of recrystallizing grains(R-grains) and low DRX percentage, but they have the similar Avrami curve. The characteristic of DRX process in a modeling non-uniform temperature filed (NTF) has been studied. All the simulation results show good agreement with the pioneer's work and experimental results.

This work is based on the dry sliding wear of NiCrBSi reinforced coating deposited on TA15 titanium alloy using the laser cladding technique, the parameters of which were such as to provide almost crack-free coatings with minimum dilution and very low porosity. SEM results indicated that a laser clad coating with metallurgical joint to the substrate was formed. Compared with TA15 substrate, an improvement of the micro-hardness and wear resistance was observed for this composite coating. Rare earth oxide Y₂O₃ was beneficial in producing of the amorphous phases in laser clad coating. With addition of Y₂O₃, more amorphous alloys were produced, which increased the micro-hardness and wear resistance of the coating.