Effect of quench and strain aging on the mechanical properties of low carbon microalloyed steels

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-296
Author(s):  
Şadettin Okumuş ◽  
Hasan Karabulut
2005 ◽  
Vol 500-501 ◽  
pp. 279-286
Author(s):  
Carlo Mapelli ◽  
Roberto Venturini ◽  
Antonio Guindani

The effects of Nb and V on the anisotropy and textures featuring the hot rolled low carbon microalloyed steels produced by A.S.T. (Arvedi Steel Technology) have been studied as a function of the final coiling temperatute Tcoiling. Mechanical properties and r-values for twelve steels have been determined through tensile tests performed on three main different directions: 0°, 45°, 90° to the rolling one. The samples have been analysed by EBSD (Electron Back Scattering Diffraction) to identify the textures developed during the process. The relations among the chemical composition of the steels (i.e. C, N, Nb, V contents), the mechanical properties, the temperature during the coiling operations, the textures and the formability properties have been pointed out.


Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrii Kostryzhev ◽  
Olexandra Marenych

Global economy requires steel with further increasing mechanical properties and simultaneously decreasing price. In mass manufacturing three major methods can be used to increase strength: (i) increase microalloying element additions (increases cost), (ii) decrease deformation temperature and (iii) increase cooling rate after high temperature processing (both can be challenging for equipment). Thin strip casting is an effective way to reduce cost as it brings a reduction in number of deformation passes and shortens the production line. However, the mechanical properties can be missed due to insufficient microstructure development. In this article, we investigate a recently proposed technology based on Austenite Conditioning followed by Accelerated Cooling and Warm Deformation (AC2WD). Two low carbon steels microalloyed with either 0.012Ti or 0.1Mo-0.064Nb-0.021Ti (wt.%) were subjected to three processing modifications of the AC2WD-technology with two, one or no deformation of cast microstructure in the austenite temperature field. The Ti- and MoNbTi-steels exhibited 685–765 MPa and 880–950 MPa of the yield stress, 780–840 MPa and 1035–1120 MPa of tensile strength, and 20–30% and 22–24% of elongation to failure, respectively. The nature of strengthening mechanisms associated with the AC2WD-technology is discussed on the basis of detailed microstructure characterisation.


2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (S5) ◽  
pp. 119-120
Author(s):  
P. Valles ◽  
M. Gómez ◽  
S. F. Medina ◽  
A. Pastor ◽  
O. Vilanova

The increasing demand of sources of energy such as oil and natural gas induces at the steel industry a development on low carbon microalloyed steels for pipeline applications in order to achieve excellent mechanical properties of strength and toughness at a reduced cost. To obtain an adequate fine-grained final structure, the strict control of thermomechanical processing and accelerated cooling is crucial. Depending on the thermomechanical processing conditions and chemical composition, pipeline steels can present different microstructures. Several authors have found that the microstructure of acicular ferrite usually provides an optimum combination of mechanical properties. Higher levels of austenite strengthening before cooling promote a refinement of final microstructure but can also restrict the fraction of low temperature transformation products such as acicular ferrite.


Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Zdravecká ◽  
Ján Slota

Tailor welded blanks (TWB) represent an anisotropic and non-homogenous material. The knowledge of the mechanical properties and microstructure of the fusion zone and heat-affected zone (HAZ) obtained with laser welding is essential to ensure the reliability of the process. In this paper, laser-welded hot-dip Zn-coated low carbon microalloyed steels with different thickness and mechanical properties were used. The mechanical properties of the laser-welded blanks were determined by tensile tests and formability by Erichsen cupping tests. In addition, the pore formation during the laser welding process was analyzed. The microstructural analysis confirmed the formation of the favorable structure of the weld metal and the heat-affected zone without the presence of martensite. The obtained results showed that it is possible to produce TWBs with suitable mechanical properties by laser welding.


Author(s):  
Jessica Calvo ◽  
Abdelbaset Elwazri ◽  
Dengqi Bai ◽  
Stephen Yue

The application of small amounts of deformation at coiling temperatures, i.e. cool deformation, has been shown to be an effective method to improve the mechanical properties of low carbon microalloyed steels. Improvements are related to the effect of cool deformation on strengthening mechanisms such as precipitation, grain refinement and phase transformation. However, it is not clear to what extent mechanical properties will improve when cool deformation is applied after TMP (Thermomechanical Processing). In this work, cool deformation was applied in torsion after a simulation of an industrial rolling schedule to samples of six experimental low carbon steels containing different amounts of Nb, Cu, Mo and Si. In general, it was found that cool deformation improved the mechanical properties of all the steels, and the extent of these improvements was dependent on the chemical composition.


2005 ◽  
Vol 500-501 ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.Q. Bai ◽  
F. Hamad ◽  
J. Asante ◽  
S. Hansen

Among modern weldable high strength steels, low carbon microalloyed steels have been widely used for linepipe, construction, and automobile industries. One of the major technical components to successfully produce these steels is to effectively use precipitation strengthening. In the present paper, the effect of an aging treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a low carbon Nb-microalloyed steel is analyzed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (12) ◽  
pp. 1191-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schambron ◽  
Liang Chen ◽  
Taliah Gooch ◽  
Ali Dehghan-Manshadi ◽  
Elena V. Pereloma

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