Simulated HAZ continuous cooling transformation diagram of a bogie steel of high-speed railway

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (16-19) ◽  
pp. 1744038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Liu ◽  
Hui Chen ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Zongqiu Hang
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Welding Parameters ◽  
Weathering Steel ◽  
High Speed Railway ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Color Metallography ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagram

Simulated HAZ continuous cooling transformation (SH-CCT) diagram presents the start and end points of phase transformation and the relationships of the microstructures of HAZ, temperature and cooling rates. It is often used to assess the weldability of materials. In this paper, a weathering steel Q345C which is widely used in the bogies manufacturing was studied. The cooling times from 800[Formula: see text]C to 500[Formula: see text]C ([Formula: see text]) were from 3 s to 6000 s, aiming to study the microstructures under different cooling rates. Different methods such as color metallography were used to obtain the metallography images. The results show that ferrite nucleates preferentially at the prior austenite grain boundaries and grows along the grain boundaries with a lath-like distribution when [Formula: see text] is 300 s. Austenite transforms into ferrite, pearlite and bainite with decreasing [Formula: see text]. Pearlite disappears completely when [Formula: see text] s. Martensite gradually appears when [Formula: see text] decreases to 30 s. The hardness increases with decreasing [Formula: see text]. The SH-CCT diagram indicates that the welding input and [Formula: see text] should be taken into consideration when welding. This work provides the relationships of welding parameters and microstructures.

Study on Continuous Cooling Transformation and Microstructure of 500 Mpa Grade Steel for Railway Freight Car Body

2019 ◽  
Vol 944 ◽  
pp. 272-277
Author(s):  
Mao Lin Jiang ◽  
Wei Yu
Keyword(s):  
Phase Method ◽  
Weathering Steel ◽  
Test Machine ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Car Body ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Railway Freight ◽  
Freight Car ◽  
Railway Freight Car

Complete the composition design and laboratory smelting of high strength weathering steel for railway freight car body of grade 500MPa. The actual continuous cooling transformation curve (CCT curve and cold speed of 0.5-50 °C/s) was measured through the Gleeble3500 thermal simulation test machine with expansion method and alloy phase method, observing the microstructures by optical microscope and SEM. The hardness of the samples under different cooling rates were measured by Vivtorinox hardness tester. Study on the effect of cooling rates on the microstructures and hardness of the steels.

scholarly journals Optimization of the CCT Curves for Steels Containing Al, Cu and B

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyrki Miettinen ◽  
Sami Koskenniska ◽  
Mahesh Somani ◽  
Seppo Louhenkilpi ◽  
Aarne Pohjonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transformation ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Austenite Decomposition ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Cast Irons ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Final Optimization ◽  
Cct Diagrams

AbstractNew continuous cooling transformation (CCT) equations have been optimized to calculate the start temperatures and critical cooling rates of phase formations during austenite decomposition in low-alloyed steels. Experimental CCT data from the literature were used for applying the recently developed method of calculating the grain boundary soluble compositions of the steels for optimization. These compositions, which are influenced by solute microsegregation and precipitation depending on the heating/cooling/holding process, are expected to control the start of the austenite decomposition, if initiated at the grain boundaries. The current optimization was carried out rigorously for an extended set of steels than used previously, besides including three new solute elements, Al, Cu and B, in the CCT-equations. The validity of the equations was, therefore, boosted not only due to the inclusion of new elements, but also due to the addition of more low-alloyed steels in the optimization. The final optimization was made with a mini-tab tool, which discarded statistically insignificant parameters from the equations and made them prudently safer to use. Using a thermodynamic-kinetic software, IDS, the new equations were further validated using new experimental CCT data measured in this study. The agreement is good both for the phase transformation start temperatures as well as the final phase fractions. In addition, IDS simulations were carried out to construct the CCT diagrams and the final phase fraction diagrams for 17 steels and two cast irons, in order to outline the influence of solute elements on the calculations and their relationship with literature recommendations.

Microstructure Characteristics in Continuous Cooling Transformation of an Nb Microalloyed Steel

2011 ◽  
Vol 228-229 ◽  
pp. 72-76
Author(s):  
J. H. Yang ◽  
Q. Y. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Microalloyed Steel ◽  
Controlled Rolling ◽  
Controlled Cooling ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Microstructure Characteristics ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Nb Content ◽  
Nb Microalloyed Steel ◽  
Two Stages

Deformation dilatometry has been used to simulate controlled hot rolling followed by controlled cooling of a Nb microalloyed pipeline steels, the microstructure and transformation characteristics in the steel and the effect of deformation on transformation are studied. According to the results of both dilatometry measurements and microstructure observations, the continuous cooling transformation curves (CCT) of the tested steels are constructed. The results show that Nb content and deformation enhance the formation of acicular ferrite; the microstructure of the steel range from PF, QF to AF with increasing of cooling rates from 0.5 to 50°C /s in a two stages controlled rolling and the microstructure revolution is sensitive to cooling rates when it is lower than 5°C /s, however, when the cooling rate increasing further, the microstructure didn’t change very much but M/A constituents in matrix is refined and dispersed.

scholarly journals Study on the Evolution of the γ′ Phase and Grain Boundaries in Nickel-Based Superalloy during Interrupted Continuous Cooling

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1464
Author(s):  
Haiping Wang ◽  
Dong Liu ◽  
Jianguo Wang ◽  
Yanhui Yang ◽  
Haodong Rao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Short Distance ◽  
Creep Property ◽  
Maximum Amplitude ◽  
Matrix Diffusion ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Nickel Based Superalloy ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Solute Atoms

The formation of the irregular γ′ precipitates in the nickel-based superalloy Waspaloy was investigated during the continuous cooling, which is relevant to the cooling rates and interrupted temperature. The morphology of the γ′ precipitates was observed to change from a dispersed sphere to the flower-like one with the decreasing of the cooling rates. It was found that there are three modes of transportation of the solute atoms involved in relation to the γ′ precipitates: dissolution from the small γ′ precipitates to the γ matrix, diffusion to the large γ′ precipitates from the matrix, and the short distance among γ′ precipitates close to each other. Meanwhile, the slower cooling rates tend to result in the serrated grain boundaries, and the wavelength between successive peaks (λ) and the maximum amplitude (A) are larger with the decreasing of the cooling rates. The content of the low ΣCSL boundaries increases with the decreasing of the cooling rates, which is of great benefit in improving the creep property of the Waspaloy.

Effect of boron on the continuous cooling transformation kinetics in a low carbon advanced ultra-high strength steel (A-UHSS)

2012 ◽  
Vol 1485 ◽  
pp. 83-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Altamirano ◽  
I. Mejía ◽  
A. Hernández-Expósito ◽  
J. M. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Microstructural Characterization ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Transformation Kinetics ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling ◽  
Cct Diagrams

ABSTRACTThe aim of the present research work is to investigate the influence of B addition on the phase transformation kinetics under continuous cooling conditions. In order to perform this study, the behavior of two low carbon advanced ultra-high strength steels (A-UHSS) is analyzed during dilatometry tests over the cooling rate range of 0.1-200°C/s. The start and finish points of the austenite transformation are identified from the dilatation curves and then the continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams are constructed. These diagrams are verified by microstructural characterization and Vickers micro-hardness. In general, results revealed that for slower cooling rates (0.1-0.5 °C/s) the present phases are mainly ferritic-pearlitic (F+P) structures. By contrast, a mixture of bainitic-martensitic structures predominates at higher cooling rates (50-200°C/s). On the other hand, CCT diagrams show that B addition delays the decomposition kinetics of austenite to ferrite, thereby promoting the formation of bainitic-martensitic structures. In the case of B microalloyed steel, the CCT curve is displaced to the right, increasing the hardenability. These results are associated with the ability of B atoms to segregate towards austenitic grain boundaries, which reduce the preferential sites for nucleation and development of F+P structures.

Influence of Chromium Content and Prior Deformation on the Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagram of Low-Carbon Bainitic Steels

2020 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ali ◽  
Antti J. Kaijalainen ◽  
Jaakko Hannula ◽  
David Porter ◽  
Jukka I. Kömi
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Rate ◽  
Hot Deformation ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Chromium Content ◽  
Bainitic Ferrite ◽  
Granular Bainite ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Cooling Rates ◽  
Continuous Cooling Transformation ◽  
Continuous Cooling

The effect of chromium content and prior hot deformation of the austenite on the continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagram of a newly developed low-carbon bainitic steel has been studied using dilatometer measurements conducted on a Gleeble 3800 simulator with cooling rates ranging from 2-80 °C/s. After austenitization at 1100 °C, specimens were either cooled without strain or given 0.6 strain at 880 °C prior to dilatometer measurements. The resultant microstructures have been studied using laser scanning confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and macrohardness measurements. CCT and deformation continuous cooling transformation (DCCT) diagrams were constructed based on the dilatation curves, final microstructures and hardness values. Depending on the cooling rate, the microstructures of the investigated steels after cooling from the austenite region consist of one or more of the following microstructural components: lath-like upper bainite, i.e. bainitic ferrite (BF), granular bainite (GB), polygonal ferrite (PF) and pearlite (P). The proportion of BF to GB as well as the hardness of the transformation products decreased with decreasing cooling rate. The cooling rate at which PF starts to appear depends on the steel composition. With both undeformed and deformed austenite, increasing the chromium content led to higher hardenability and refinement of the microstructure, promoting the formation of BF and shifting the ferrite start curve to lower cooling rates. Prior hot deformation shifted the transformation curves to shorter times and higher temperatures and led to a reduction in hardness at the low cooling rates through the promotion of ferrite formation.

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