Substructure Development and Damage Initiation in a Carbide-Free Bainitic Steel upon Tensile Test

Mechanical Stability of Retained Austenite in the Nanostructured, Carbide Free Bainitic Steels During Tensile Testing and Cold Rolling Process

Terms of service of the steels with retained austenite in the microstructure, is severely depended on the stability of austenite during the course of deformation. The present work aims to evaluate the mechanical stability of austenite in nanostructured, carbide free bainitic steels during tensile testing and cold rolling process. To achieve the microstructure with retained austenite, the steel ...

Hot Deformation and Processing Window Optimization of a 70MnSiCrMo Carbide-Free Bainitic Steel

The hot deformation behavior of a high carbon carbide-free bainitic steel was studied through isothermal compression tests that were performed on a Gleeble-1500D thermal mechanical simulator at temperatures of 1223-1423 K and strain rates of 0.01-5 s-1. The flow behavior, constitutive equations, dynamic recrystallization (DRX) characteristics, and processing map were respectively analyzed in de...

Microstructure Evolution during Tensile Deformation of a Nanostructured Bainitic Steel

In situ neutron diffraction experiment was used during tensile testing at room temperature to examine the changes on the percentage and texture of both ferrite and austenite in a nanocrystalline bainitic steels transformed at two different temperatures 200°C and 300oC for different times to achieve the same phase percentages. Both samples showed an inadequate capability of austenite to transfor...

Exploring Carbide-Free Bainitic Structures for Hot Dip Galvanizing Products

Development of Ultrafine Bainitic Structure in AISI 431 Stainless Steel

The development of ultrafine bainitic structure in AISI 431 stainless steel was the goal of this study. For this purpose, the AISI 431 specimens were austenitized at 1100 °C for 60 min followed by low-temperature austempering treatment at different temperatures and times. Austempered samples were characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (X...