scholarly journals Formation of Retained Austenite and Effect of Retained Austenite on Elongation in Low Carbon Hot-Rolled High Strength Steels

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu KAWANO ◽  
Jun-ichi WAKITA ◽  
Kazuyoshi ESAKA ◽  
Hiroshi ABE
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Hot Rolled

scholarly journals Carbon Redistribution and Microstructural Evolution Study during Two-Stage Quenching and Partitioning Process of High-Strength Steels by Modeling

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilin Wang ◽  
Huicheng Geng ◽  
Bin Zhu ◽  
Zijian Wang ◽  
Yisheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Quenching And Partitioning ◽  
Carbon Redistribution ◽  
Carbon Martensite

The application of the quenching and partitioning (Q-P) process on advanced high-strength steels improves part ductility significantly with little decrease in strength. Moreover, the mechanical properties of high-strength steels can be further enhanced by the stepping-quenching-partitioning (S-Q-P) process. In this study, a two-stage quenching and partitioning (two-stage Q-P) process originating from the S-Q-P process of an advanced high-strength steel 30CrMnSi2Nb was analyzed by the simulation method, which consisted of two quenching processes and two partitioning processes. The carbon redistribution, interface migration, and phase transition during the two-stage Q-P process were investigated with different temperatures and partitioning times. The final microstructure of the material formed after the two-stage Q-P process was studied, as well as the volume fraction of the retained austenite. The simulation results indicate that a special microstructure can be obtained by appropriate parameters of the two-stage Q-P process. A mixed microstructure, characterized by alternating distribution of low carbon martensite laths, small-sized low-carbon martensite plates, retained austenite and high-carbon martensite plates, can be obtained. In addition, a peak value of the volume fraction of the stable retained austenite after the final quenching is obtained with proper partitioning time.

Application of Quenching-Partitioning-Tempering Process in Hot Rolled Plate Fabrication

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 82-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Zhou ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Nai Lu Chen ◽  
Yong Hua Rong ◽  
Jian Feng Gu
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Retained Austenite ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Significant Fraction ◽  
Rolled Plate ◽  
Quenching And Partitioning ◽  
Good Ductility ◽  
Hot Rolled ◽  
Rolled Plates

The quenching-partitioning-tempering (Q-P-T) process, based on the quenching and partitioning (Q&P) treatment, has been proposed for producing high strength steels containing significant fraction of film-like retained austenite and controlled amount of fine martensite laths. In this study, a set of Q-P-T processes for C-Mn-Si-Ni-Nb hot rolled plates are designed and realized. The steels with Q-P-T processes present a combination of high strength and relatively good ductility. The origin of such mechanical properties is revealed by microstructure characterization.

scholarly journals Enhancing the Mechanical Properties of a Hot Rolled High-Strength Steel Produced by Ultra-Fast Cooling and Q&P Process

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng Wu ◽  
Run Wu ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Wen Liang ◽  
Deqing Ke
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Controlled Rolling ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Ultra Fast Cooling ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Fast Cooling ◽  
Austenite Grains ◽  
Hot Rolled

The quenching and partitioning (Q&P) process of advanced high strength steels results in a significant enhancement in their strength and ductility. The development of controlled rolling and cooling technology provides an efficient tool for microstructural design in steels. This approach allows to control phase transformations in order to generate the desired microstructure in steel and, thus, to achieve the required properties. To refine grain structure in a Fe-Si-Mn-Nb steel and to generate the microstructure consisting of martensitic matrix with embedded retained austenite grains, hot rolling and pressing combined with ultrafast cooling and Q&P process is employed. The slender martensite in hot rolled Q&P steel improves the strength of test steel and the flake retained austenite improves the plasticity and work hardening ability through the Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) effect.

Effect of Coiling Temperature on Kinetics of Austenite Formation in Cold Rolled Advanced High Strength Steels

2012 ◽  
Vol 706-709 ◽  
pp. 2112-2117 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.R. Mohanty ◽  
O.A. Girina
Keyword(s):  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Continuous Heating ◽  
Austenite Formation ◽  
Continuous Annealing ◽  
Hard Material ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Coiling Temperature ◽  
Hot Rolled ◽  
Kinetics Of

A systematic experimental investigation was conducted using lab processed low carbon 0.08C-2.0Mn-Cr-Mo steel microalloyed with Ti/Nb to evaluate the influence of initial hot-rolled microstructures on the kinetics of austenite formation and decomposition after cold-rolling and subsequent annealing. Coiling temperature as a major hot rolling parameter was used to obtain different types of hot-rolled microstructures. Dilatometer and continuous annealing simulator were employed for austenite formation studies and annealing simulations, respectively. It was found that the coiling temperature affects the processes occurring during heat treatment in continuous annealing lines of full hard material: ferrite recrystallization, austenite formation during continuous heating and austenite decomposition during cooling. A decrease in coiling temperature accelerates the recrystallization of ferrite and nucleation of austenite, which results in formation of refined ferrite-martensite structure. The effect of initial hot rolled structure on final mechanical properties after continuous annealing was also investigated.

scholarly journals Low-Carbon Ti-Mo Microalloyed Hot Rolled Steels: Special Features of the Formation of the Structural State and Mechanical Properties

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1584
Author(s):  
Alexander Zaitsev ◽  
Nataliya Arutyunyan
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Ferrite Matrix ◽  
Microalloyed Steels ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Bulk System ◽  
Hot Rolled ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Technological Strength

Low-carbon Ti-Mo microalloyed steels represent a new generation of high strength steels for automobile sheet. Excellent indicators of difficult-to-combine technological, strength, and other service properties are achieved due to the superposition of a dispersed ferrite matrix and a bulk system of nanoscale carbide precipitates. Recently, developments are underway to optimize thermo-deformation processing for the most efficient use of phase precipitates. The review summarizes and analyzes the results of studies of mechanical properties depending on the chemical composition and parameters of hot deformation of low-carbon Ti-Mo microalloyed steels. Particular attention is paid to the features of the formation and the influence of various types of phase precipitates and the dispersion of the microstructure on mechanical properties. The advantages of Ti-Mo microalloying system and the tasks requiring further solution are shown.

Enhanced Mechanical Properties of a 0.22C-Mn-Si-Cr Low Alloyed Steel Treated by ART and Q&P Processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 1004-1005 ◽  
pp. 203-208
Author(s):  
Bai Feng An ◽  
Gu Hui Gao ◽  
Xiao Lu Gui ◽  
Zhun Li Tan ◽  
Bing Zhe Bai
Keyword(s):  
Retained Austenite ◽  
Low Carbon Steel ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Total Elongation ◽  
Alloyed Steel ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Multiphase Microstructure ◽  
Element Enrichment ◽  
Low Alloyed Steel

There is a currently desirable demand for high strength steels with good ductility reduce the weight of steel parts for automobile and train applications. Retained austenite in steels can improve the toughness and plasticity. The austenite reverse transformation + quenching and partitioning (ART + Q&P) process was treated on a 0.2C-Mn-Si-Cr low alloyed steel, a multiphase microstructure composed of intercritical ferrite (IF), martensite, bainite and retained austenite (RA) can be obtained in the low carbon steel. Microstructures of the steel treated by different heat treatments were characterized by SEM and XRD. Results show that the formation of RA in low alloy steel depends on the following: (1) the enrichment of the carbon and manganese in the reversed austenite during the ART step; (2) the secondary enrichment of carbon in retained austenite during the following Q&P step. High fraction of RA (14vol.%) was obtained through the two-step element enrichment treatment (ART + Q&P). Due to continuous TRIP effect of RA during the deformation, a good combination of strength and plasticity was achieved in our works: the product of strength and elongation is greater than 35 GPa•%, the tensile strength is more than 1230 MPa, the yield strength greater than 890 MPa, the total elongation is about 28.6%.

Mechanical properties and microstructure of low carbon ultra-high strength steels (UHSS) microalloyed with boron

2012 ◽  
Vol 1373 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Mejía ◽  
A. García de la Rosa ◽  
A. Bedolla-Jacuinde ◽  
J.M. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Research Work ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
New Family ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels ◽  
Hot Rolled

ABSTRACTThe aim of this research work is to study the effect of boron addition on mechanical properties and microstructure of a new family of low carbon NiCrVCu advanced high strength steels (AHSS). Experimental steels are thermo-mechanically processed (TMP) (hot-rolled+quenched). Results show that the microstructure of these steels contains bainite and martensite, predominantly, which nucleate along prior austenite grain boundaries (GB). On the other hand, tensile tests reveal that the TMP steels have YS (0.2% offset) of 978 MPa, UTS of 1140 MPa and EL of 18%. On the basis of exhibited microstructure and mechanical properties, these experimental steels are classified as bainitic-martensitic complex phase (CP) advanced ultra-high strength steels (UHSS).

scholarly journals Static and dynamic response of ultra-fast annealed advanced high strength steels

2018 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 03017
Author(s):  
Florian Vercruysse ◽  
Felipe M. Castro Cerda ◽  
Roumen Petrov ◽  
Patricia Verleysen
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Retained Austenite ◽  
High Strain ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Heating Rates ◽  
High Strain Rates ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels

Ultra-fast annealing (UFA) is a viable alternative for processing of 3rd generation advanced high strength steels (AHSS). Use of heating rates up to 1000°C/s shows a significant grain refinement effect in low carbon steel (0.1 wt.%), and creates multiphase structures containing ferrite, martensite, bainite and retained austenite. This mixture of structural constituents is attributed to carbon gradients in the steel due to limited diffusional time during UFA treatment. Quasi-static (strain rate of 0.0033s-1) and dynamic (stain rate 600s-1) tensile tests showed that tensile strength of both conventional and UFA sample increases at high strain rates, whereas the elongation at fracture decreases. The ultrafast heated samples are less sensitive to deterioration of elongation at high strain rates then the conventionally heat treated ones. Based on metallographic studies was concluded that the presence of up to 5% of retained austenite together with a lower carbon martensite/bainite fraction are the main reason for the improved tensile properties. An extended stability of retained austenite towards higher strain values was observed in the high strain rate tests which is attributed to adiabatic heating. The extension of the transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) effect towards higher strain values allowed the UFA-samples to better preserve their deformation capacity resulting in expected better crashworthiness.

YOUNGSTOWN YS-T50 to YS-T140 STEELS

Alloy Digest ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Heat Treating ◽  
Steel Alloy ◽  
Bend Strength ◽  
Weight Saving ◽  
Cold Rolled ◽  
Hot Rolled ◽  
Minimum Yield

Abstract YS-T 50 to YS-T 140 Steels comprise a series of high-strength, cold-rolled steels designed to meet performance and weight-saving objectives. They are an extension of Youngstown's series of hot-rolled high-strength steels (see Youngstown YS-T Steel, Alloy Digest SA-261, March 1971). The YS-T 50 to YS-T 140 steels have minimum yield strengths ranging from 50,000 psi to 140,000 psi. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and bend strength. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-331. Producer or source: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.

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