at temperatures of 300-600 °C and strain rates of 0.1-4.0 s −1 [6]. The deformation characteristics of the rapidly solidified dispersion-strengthened 8009Al alloy processed by planar flow casting were studied by tensile testing at the temperatures of 25-420 °C and compression and hardness testing at 25 °C [7]. In addition, the tensile deformation behavior of the spray-deposited 8009Al alloy was investigated by uniaxial tension testing at temperatures of 250-450 °C and strain rates of 0.001-0.1 s −1 [4]. Furthermore, the high-temperature plastic deformation behavior of spray-deposited 8009Al alloy was examined by compression testing at strain rates of 2.77£10 −4 -2.77£10 −2 s −1 and temperatures of 350-550 °C [8]. Al-Fe-V-Si Al alloys were prepared by the method of electron beam melting, which exhibits grain microstructure and good mechanical properties [9]. SiCp/Al-Fe-V-Si produced by spray-deposited displays better-elevated temperature mechanical properties, tensile fracture behavior, and thermal stability [10,11].The content of reinforcement can be accurately controlled in any proportion via powder metallurgy (PM), and the reinforcement particles can distribute uniformly in the matrix, leading to stable performance and high production efficiency in the prepared material. The authors [12,13] previously investigated the characteristics and mechanisms of hot deformation and particle-reinforced mechanism of 8009Al matrix
INTRODUCTIONAl-matrix composites reinforced with hard ceramic particles are widely used in the aerospace aera, defense department, and automotive industries because of their excellent performance including high strength, high stiffness, good corrosion resistance, light weight, and thermal stability [1-3]. Among these, Al-Fe-V-Si alloys and composites reinforced with ceramic particles are very broadly utilised at evaluated temperatures due to large volumes of very fine dispersed Al 12 (Fe,V) 3 Si particles. Thus, they are expected to be good heat-resistant substitutes for Ti alloys at 300-400 °C [4,5]. Nevertheless, reinforcement particles, such as SiC, TiC, and Al 2 O 3 , and/or high-volume fractions of very fine Al 12 (Fe,V) 3 Si induce poor formability and hot workability of Al-Fe-V-Si alloys and composites, thus their usage is limited.Most studies on deformation characteristics have focused on Al-Fe-V-Si alloys. The hot-working characteristics of rapidly solidified Al-8.5Fe-l.3V-l.7Si (8009) and Al-12.4Fe-l.2V-2.3Si (FVS1212) were investigated by isothermal hot torsion testing