Current challenges and opportunities in microstructure-related properties of advanced high-strength steels

D Raabe, B Sun, A Kwiatkowski Da Silva… - … Materials Transactions A, 2020 - Springer
This is a viewpoint paper on recent progress in the understanding of the microstructure–
property relations of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS). These alloys constitute a class …

Overview of the current issues in austenite to ferrite transformation and the role of migrating interfaces therein for low alloyed steels

M Gouné, F Danoix, J Ågren, Y Bréchet… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Solid state phase transformations in metals, and more precisely the science of
transformation interfaces, is a key point to understand the formation of nano/microstructure …

Application of the thermodynamic extremal principle to diffusion-controlled phase transformations in Fe-CX alloys: Modeling and applications

W Kuang, H Wang, X Li, J Zhang, Q Zhou, Y Zhao - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Diffusion-controlled phase transformations are of singular importance in controlling
microstructures and mechanical properties but are difficult to model and calculate for Fe-CX …

The austenite reversion and co-precipitation behavior of an ultra-low carbon medium manganese quenching-partitioning-tempering steel

Y Li, W Li, W Liu, X Wang, X Hua, H Liu, X Jin - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The multiphase microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of an ultra-low carbon
medium manganese quenching-partitioning-tempering (QPT) steel have been investigated …

Elucidating the effect of Mn partitioning on interface migration and carbon partitioning during Quenching and Partitioning of the Fe-C-Mn-Si steels: Modeling and …

Z Dai, R Ding, Z Yang, C Zhang, H Chen - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
A fundamental understanding of carbon partitioning and the martensite/austenite interface
migration during the Quenching & Partitioning (Q&P) process is essential for tailoring the …

Effects of hot/cold deformation on the microstructures and mechanical properties of ultra-low carbon medium manganese quenching-partitioning-tempering steels

Y Li, W Li, N Min, W Liu, X Jin - Acta Materialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties and designed microstructure evolution have been investigated in
ultra-low carbon medium Mn steels for enhanced strength, plasticity and toughness, after an …

A general mixed-mode model for the austenite-to-ferrite transformation kinetics in Fe–C–M alloys

H Chen, S Van Der Zwaag - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Using the Gibbs energy balance (GEB) concept, a concise GEB model assuming a planar
interface is proposed to study the austenite-to-ferrite transformation kinetics in Fe–C–M …

The effect of prior ferrite formation on bainite and martensite transformation kinetics in advanced high-strength steels

K Zhu, H Chen, JP Masse, O Bouaziz, G Gachet - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Most advanced high-strength steel products contain complex phases, including ferrite,
bainite and martensite, which form successively during elaboration. It is essential to …

[HTML][HTML] A novel 3D mixed-mode multigrain model with efficient implementation of solute drag applied to austenite-ferrite phase transformations in Fe-C-Mn alloys

H Fang, S Van Der Zwaag, NH Van Dijk - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
A computational 3D model that accounts for both nucleation and interface migration is a very
useful tool to monitor and grasp the complexity of microstructure formation in low-alloyed …

Effects of chromium on the microstructure and hot ductility of Nb-microalloyed steel

Y Liu, Y Sun, H Wu - International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and …, 2021 - Springer
It is well-known that the surface quality of the niobium microalloy profiled billet directly affects
the comprehensive mechanical properties of the H-beam. The effects of chromium on the γ/α …