Thermomechanical Processing of Medium Manganese Steels

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Ito ◽  
Akinobu Shibata ◽  
Nobuhiro Tsuji
Keyword(s):  
Dual Phase Steel ◽  
Thermomechanical Processing ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Heat Treatments ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Ferrite Transformation ◽  
Thermomechanical Processes ◽  
Manganese Steels

As third generation advanced high strength steels (AHSS) managing both high strength and good ductility/formability, medium manganese steels containing 3-7 wt% Mn have attracted attentions recently. However, the fundamental microstructure evolution during thermomechanical processing and heat treatments in medium-Mn steels is still unclear. In the present study, changes in microstructure and mechanical properties during various heat treatments and thermomechanical processes of 4Mn-0.1%C steel were studied. It was clarified from dilatometric measurements that ferrite transformation in the 4Mn-0.1C steel was quite slow, so that fully martensitic structures were obtained in many cases after cooling from austenite. On the other hand, hot-deformation of austenite greatly accelerated ferrite transformation, and dual phase microstrcutures composed of ferrite and martensite could be obtained. The dual phase steel showed good combinations of high strength and adequate tensile ductility.

scholarly journals Investigation Effect of Spring Back on Bending Test of (DP590) Dual Phase Steel

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Muhamad Sani Buang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sheet Metal ◽  
Dual Phase Steel ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Spring Back ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Fitting In

: The use of advanced high strength steels as a metal in sheet metal forming in automotive industry currently has been increased where Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) especially Dual Phase (DP590) Steels have gained a great attention due to a combination of high strength and good formability. However, one of the major constraints in forming AHSS is the occurrence of high spring back caused by elastic relaxation after loading, which causes illness-fitting in part assembly and geometric deviation of the intended design. Spring back is the main problem of defect that occurs at sheet metal after the bending process which creates problems for the parts during the assembly. This paper presents an investigation the effect of spring back on bending test of Dual Phase Steel (DP590). Punch travel and thickness are among factors affecting the spring back behavior. Various parameter value; punch radius (5mm), die radius (5mm), die gap (70mm), thickness of specimen 1mm and 2mm, punch travel/stroke (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%) from 20 mm depth, punch speed (2mm/min) and Orientation of sheet cutting, which is in rolling (00°), diagonal (45°) and transverse (90°). From the analysis of V-bending test punch travel, thickness and orientation of sheet cutting are significant factor that affecting the spring back phenomena. The result form this experiment could be useful for design engineers and manufacturing engineers to make improvement of predict the spring back behavior and also to understanding the material properties of AHSS in order to eliminate spring back and achieve good final product.

Relationship between Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Q&P-Steels

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 1933-1938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Thiessen ◽  
Georg Paul ◽  
Roland Sebald
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Dual Phase Steel ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
The Body ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Back Scattering ◽  
Body In White ◽  
Expected Increase

Third-Generation advanced high strength steels are being developed with the goal of reducing the body-in-white weight while simultaneously increasing passenger safety. This requires not only the expected increase in strength and elongation, but also improved local formability. Optimizing elongation and formability were often contradictory goals in dual-phase steel developments. Recent results have shown that so-called "quench and partitioning" (Q&P) concepts can satisfy both requirements [1]. Many Q&P-concepts have been studied at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe. Thorough investigation of the microstructure has revealed relationships between features such as the amount, morphology and chemical stability of the retained austenite and the obtained mechanical properties. An evaluation of the lattice strain by means of electron-back-scattering-diffraction has also yielded a correlation to the obtained formability. The aim of this work is to present the interconnection between these microstructural features and propose hypotheses for the explanation of how these features influence the macroscopically observed properties.

Niobium Containing Advanced High Strength Steels for Automotive Applications – Processing, Microstructure, and Properties

2013 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 325-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debanshu Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Fuel Efficiency ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Trip Steels ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Energy Absorbing ◽  
Bake Hardenability ◽  
Very High

Two major drivers for the use of advanced steels in the automotive industry are fuel efficiency and increased safety performance. Fuel efficiency is mainly a function of weight of steel parts, which in turn, is controlled by gauge and design. Safety is determined by the energy absorbing capacity of the steel used to make the part. All of these factors are incentives for the automobile manufacturers to use Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) to replace the conventional steels used to manufacture automotive parts in the past. AHSS is a general term used to describe various families of steels. The most common AHSS is the dual-phase steel that consists of a ferrite-martensite microstructure. These steels are characterized by high strength, good ductility, low tensile to yield strength ratio and high bake-hardenability. Another class of AHSS is the complex-phase or multi-phase steel which has a complex microstructure consisting of various phase constituents and a high yield to tensile strength ratio. Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels is another class of AHSS steels finding interest among the U.S. automakers. These steels consist of a ferrite-bainite microstructure with significant amount of retained austenite phase and show the highest combination of strength and elongation, so far, among the AHSS in use. High level of energy absorbing capacity combined with a sustained level of high n value up to the limit of uniform elongation as well as high bake hardenability make these steels particularly attractive for safety critical parts and parts needing complex forming. A relatively new class of AHSS is the Quenching and Partitioning (Q&P) steels. These steels seem to offer higher ductility than the dual-phase steels of similar strengths or similar ductility as the TRIP steels at higher strengths. Finally, martensitic steels with very high strengths are also in use for certain parts. The most recent initiative in the area of AHSS is the so-called 3rd Generation AHSS. These steels are designed to fill the region between the dual-phase/TRIP and the Twin Induced Plasticity (TWIP) steels with very high ductility at strength levels comparable to the conventional AHSS. Enhanced Q&P steels may be one method to achieve this target. Other ideas include TRIP assisted dual phase steels, high manganese steels and higher carbon TRIP type steels. In this paper, some of the above families of advanced high strength steels for the automotive industry will be discussed with particular emphasis on the role of niobium.

scholarly journals Electrochemical Noise Measurements of Advanced High-Strength Steels in Different Solutions

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Montoya-Rangel ◽  
Nelson Garza-Montes de Oca ◽  
Citlalli Gaona-Tiburcio ◽  
Rafael Colás ◽  
José Cabral-Miramontes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Behavior ◽  
Electrochemical Noise ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Polynomial Method ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Uniform Corrosion ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Trend Data ◽  
Noise Measurements

Advanced high-strength steels (AHSS), are commonly used in the manufacture of car bodies, as well as in front and rear rails, and safety posts. These components can be exposed to corrosive environments for instance, in countries where de-icing salts are used. In this work, the corrosion behavior of four AHSS steels with dual-phase [ferrite-martensite (DP) and ferrite-bainite (FB)] steels were studied by means of electrochemical noise (EN) measurements according to the ASTM G199-09 standard in NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 aqueous solutions at room temperature. The direct current (DC) trend data from EN were removed by a polynomial method of statistical and spectral analysis. According to the noise resistance (Rn) values obtained for the DP and FB dual-phase steels, both the martensite/bainite content and morphology of the phase constituents have an important effect on the corrosion behavior of these steels. The L.I. (localization index) (0.00054 to 0.15431), skewness (−6.18 to 7.35) and kurtosis (high values 37.15, 74.84 and 106.52) were calculated. In general, the results indicated that the main corrosion process is related to uniform corrosion. Corrosion behavior of AHSS steels exposed in NaCl solution could be related to the morphology of the phase constituents exposed in NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 solutions.

Application of Advanced Multiphase Steels in Crashworthiness Structures: Experimental Study and Constitutive Equations

2006 ◽  
Vol 514-516 ◽  
pp. 579-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Peixinho ◽  
António Pinho
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Equations ◽  
Tensile Testing ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Strain Rates ◽  
Trip Steels ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Steel Grades

This work presents results of tensile testing of advanced high strength steels of interest for crashworthy structures: Dual-Phase and TRIP (Transformation Induced Plasticity) steels. The improvements in vehicle crashworthiness observed in recent years have been closely linked to advanced high-strength steels that are currently being produced or in process of development. Amongst these, Dual-Phase and TRIP steels have presented excellent properties for use in crashworthy structures. For these steel grades an understanding of material behaviour at relevant strain rates is needed as well as constitutive equations suitable for use in analytic and numerical calculations. For that purpose an experimental program of tensile testing was performed in a range of strain rates of interest for crashworthiness problems: 0.0001 /s to 1000 /s. The test results were used to compare material properties and to evaluate the Cowper-Symonds constitutive equation and a modified version. Crush tests were performed at different speeds for top-hat and hexagonal tubes manufactured using laser welding and the results discussed in view of energy absorption.

Influence of Microalloying Elements Ti and Nb on Recrystallization during Annealing of Advanced High-Strength Steels

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 217-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Bellavoine ◽  
Myriam Dumont ◽  
Josée Drillet ◽  
Philippe Maugis ◽  
Véronique Hebert
Keyword(s):  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Solute Drag ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Comparative Efficiency ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Steel Grades ◽  
Cold Rolled ◽  
Microalloying Elements ◽  
Predominant Effect

Microalloying elements Ti and Nb are commonly added to high-strength Dual Phase steels as they can provide efficient means for additional strengthening due to grain refinement and precipitation strengthening mechanisms. In the form of solute elements or as fine carbonitride precipitates, Ti and Nb are also expected to have a significant effect on the microstructural changes during annealing and especially on recrystallization kinetics. The present work investigates the influence of microalloying elements Ti and Nb on recrystallization in various cold-rolled Dual Phase steel grades with the same initial microstructure but different microalloying contents. Using complementary experimental and modeling approaches makes it possible to give some clarifications regarding both the nature of this effect and the comparative efficiency of Ti and Nb on delaying recrystallization. It is shown that niobium is the most efficient micro-alloying element to impede recrystallization and that the predominant effect is solute drag.

Influence of Manufacturing Processes and Microstructures on the Performance and Manufacturability of Advanced High Strength Steels

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Choi ◽  
W. N. Liu ◽  
X. Sun ◽  
M. A. Khaleel ◽  
J. R. Fekete
Keyword(s):  
Material Properties ◽  
Thermomechanical Processing ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Processing Parameters ◽  
Martensite Phase ◽  
Basic Material ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Localized Deformation ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels

Advanced high strength steels (AHSS) are performance-based steel grades and their global material properties can be achieved with various steel chemistries and manufacturing processes, leading to various microstructures. In this paper, we investigate the influence of the manufacturing process and the resulting microstructure difference on the overall mechanical properties, as well as the local formability behaviors of AHSS. For this purpose, we first examined the basic material properties and the transformation kinetics of three different commercial transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) 800 steels under different testing temperatures. The experimental results show that the mechanical and microstructural properties of the TRIP 800 steels significantly depend on the thermomechanical processing parameters employed in making these steels. Next, we examined the local formability of two commercial dual phase (DP) 980 steels which exhibit noticeably different formability during the stamping process. Microstructure-based finite element analyses are carried out to simulate the localized deformation process with the two DP 980 microstructures, and the results suggest that the possible reason for the difference in formability lies in the morphology of the hard martensite phase in the DP microstructure. The results of this study suggest that a set of updated material acceptance and screening criteria is needed to better quantify and ensure the manufacturability of AHSS.

The Draw-Bend Fracture Test and Its Application to Dual-Phase and Transformation Induced Plasticity Steels

2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Hyun Sung ◽  
Ji Hoon Kim ◽  
R. H. Wagoner
Keyword(s):  
Shear Fracture ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Tensile Failure ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Transformation Induced Plasticity ◽  
Advanced High Strength Steels ◽  
Energy Product ◽  
Dp Steels

Unpredicted sheet forming failures of dual-phase (DP) steels can occur in regions of high curvature and with little apparent necking. Such failures are often referred to as “shear fractures”. In order to reproduce such fractures in a laboratory setting, and to understand their origin and the inability to predict them, a novel draw-bend formability (DBF) test was devised using dual displacement rate control. DP steels from several suppliers, with tensile strengths ranging from 590 to 980 MPa, were tested over a range of rates and bend ratios (R/t) along with a TRIP (transformation induced plasticity) steel for comparison. The new test reliably reproduced three kinds of failures identified as types 1, 2, and 3, corresponding to tensile failure, transitional failure, and shear fracture, respectively. The type of failure depends on R/t and strain rate, and presumably on the initial specimen width, which was constant in this study. Two critical factors influencing the lack of accurate failure prediction were identified. The dominant one is deformation-induced heating, which is particularly significant for advanced high strength steels because of their high energy product. Temperature rises of up to 100 deg. C were observed. This factor reduces formability at higher strain rates, and promotes a transition from types 1 to 3. The second factor is related to microstructural features. It was significant in only one material in one test direction (of 11 tested) and only for this case was the local fracture strain different from that in a tensile failure. Alternate measures for assessing draw-bend formability were introduced and compared. They can be used to rank the formability of competing materials and to detect processing problems that lead to unsuitable microstructures.

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