HotcompressionbehaviorofTiC–Al2O3/AlcompositeswasstudiedusingtheGleeble-1500systematatemperaturerangeof300–550°Candatstrainraterangeof0.01–10.00s-1.TheassociatedstructuralchangeswerestudiedbyTEMobservations.Theresultsshowthatstressleveldecreaseswithdeformationtemperatureincreasingandstrainratedecreasing,whichcanberepresentedbyaZener–Hollomonparameterinanexponent-typeequationwithhotdeformationactivationenergyQof172.56kJ·mol-1.Dynamicrecoveryoccurseasilywhenstrainratesarelessthan10.00s-1.Dynamicrecrystallizationcanoccuratstrainrateof10.00s-1.
