Fundamentals and application of solid-state phase transformations for advanced high strength steels containing metastable retained austenite

Z Dai, H Chen, R Ding, Q Lu, C Zhang, Z Yang… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over many decades, significant efforts have been made to improve the strength-elongation
product of advanced high strength steels (AHSSs) by creating tailored multi-phase …

The κ-carbides in low-density Fe-Mn-Al-C steels: A review on their structure, precipitation and deformation mechanism

P Chen, X Li, H Yi - Metals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fe-Mn-Al-C steels exhibit an outstanding combination of strength and ductility, and the
addition of aluminum drastically reduces the density of steels. The low density also offers the …

Improving mechanical properties and retained-austenite stability of a medium carbon Q&P steel by adjusting phase ratio

XX Dong, YF Shen, N Jia, YT Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study we explored mechanisms for improving the mechanical properties and retained-
austenite (RA) stability of a Q&P steel by adjusting the phase ratio. With increasing …

Carbon and strain partitioning in a quenched and partitioned steel containing ferrite

X Tan, D Ponge, W Lu, Y Xu, X Yang, X Rao, D Wu… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
We applied a hot rolling direct quenching and partitioning (HDQ&P) process to a low-C low-
Si Al-added steel and obtained a Q&P steel containing 40 vol% of ferrite. Microstructure …

Characteristics of bainitic transformation and its effects on the mechanical properties in quenching and partitioning steels

S Chen, J Hu, L Shan, C Wang, X Zhao, W Xu - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Steel treated by quenching and partitioning exhibits an excellent combination of strength
and ductility by taking advantage of the transformation-induced plasticity effect of retained …

A systematic study on microstructure evolution, mechanical stability and the micro-mechanical response of tensile deformed medium manganese steel through …

S Mohapatra, G Poojari, L Marandi, S Das… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current work, the microstructure evolution, mechanical stability of austenite and the
micro-mechanical response of tensile deformed Fe-0.18 C-4Al-7Mn (Wt%) steel are …

Effect of tempering and partitioning (T&P) treatment on microstructure and mechanical properties of a low-carbon low-alloy quenched and dynamically partitioned (Q …

X Tan, W Lu, N Guo, B Song, X Rao, Y Xu… - Materials Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
We performed a direct quenching and dynamical partitioning (Q-DP) process, following
intercritical annealing, to a low-carbon low-alloy steel. Performing an additional tempering …

Joint investigation of strain partitioning and chemical partitioning in ferrite-containing TRIP-assisted steels

X Tan, D Ponge, W Lu, Y Xu, H He, J Yan, D Wu… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
We applied two types of hot-rolling direct quenching and partitioning (HDQ&P) schemes to a
low-C low-Si Al-added steel and obtained two ferrite-containing TRIP-assisted steels with …

Influence of intercritical annealing temperature on microstructure, microtexture, and tensile behavior of TRIP-assisted medium manganese steel

S Mohapatra, A Mandal, G Poojari, S Das, K Das - Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work investigates, the effect of intercritical annealing temperature on the
microstructure, microtexture, tensile behavior, and mechanical stability of austenite in …

Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of a micro-alloyed low-density δ-TRIP steel

GQ Li, YF Shen, N Jia, XW Feng, WY Xue - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrahigh tensile strength over 1200 MPa has not been reported for low-density delta-
transformation-induced-plasticity (δ-TRIP) steels. In addition, the trade-off between strength …