Processing, microstructure, mechanical properties, and hydrogen embrittlement of medium-Mn steels: A review

Y Zhang, Q Ye, Y Yan - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
As a representative of steels available in the market, medium-Mn steel shows vast
application prospects in lightweight automobile fields. This review details the research …

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 …

Effect of ultra-fast heating on microstructure and mechanical properties of cold-rolled low-carbon low-alloy Q&P steels with different austenitizing temperature

X Tan, W Lu, X Rao - Materials Characterization, 2022 - Elsevier
We performed ultra-fast heating (150° C/s) quenching and partitioning (Q&P) processes to a
cold-rolled low-carbon low-alloy steel. Adjusting the annealing temperature, we obtained …

Microstructural evolution and deformation behavior of fiber laser welded QP980 steel joint

W Li, L Ma, P Peng, Q Jia, Z Wan, Y Zhu… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Advanced high strength steels for the auto industry are in high demand regarding the
development of new type of steels, reliable and economic welding techniques, etc. In this …

A machine learning model for multi-class classification of quenched and partitioned steel microstructure type by the k-nearest neighbor algorithm

AK Gupta, S Chakroborty, SK Ghosh… - Computational Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper proposed a machine learning model for multiclass classification of quenched and
partitioned (Q&P) steel microstructure type. In this work, we implemented the k-nearest …

Evolution mechanism of intermetallic compounds and the mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir welded QP980 steel and 6061 aluminum alloy

T Zhang, K Wang, K Qiao, B Wu, Q Liu, P Han… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intermetallic compounds (IMCs) play an important role in the welding quality of steel and
aluminum (Al) alloys by friction stir welding (FSW). However, the evolution mechanism of …

Challenges in the formability of the next generation of automotive steel sheets

HL Yi, L Sun, XC Xiong - Materials science and technology, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Improving strength may lightweight car bodies by thinning the structure gauge while bearing
the same crash loads. Development of the third generation advanced high-strength steels …

HAZ characterization and mechanical properties of QP980-DP980 laser welded joints

J Xue, P Peng, W Guo, M Xia, C Tan, Z Wan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The QP980-DP980 dissimilar steel joints were fabricated by fiber laser welding. The weld
zone (WZ) was fully martensitic structure, and heat-affected zone (HAZ) contained newly …

Role of martensite/austenite constituents in novel ultra-high strength TRIP-assisted steels subjected to non-isothermal annealing

X Gu, Y Xu, F Peng, RDK Misra, Y Wang - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel ultra-high strength transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels with submicron-
size martensite/austenite (M/A) constituents was processed by non-isothermal annealing …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Nb content and thermal deformation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of high-strength anti-seismic rebar

Z Zeng, C Li, Z Li, Y Zhai, J Wang, Z Li - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rebar is the most important material in large-scale engineering structures, and its fine
structure determines the strength and seismic resistance of rebar. The objective of this study …