Plastically deformed low-carbon steel has been analyzed by nondestructive three-dimensional orientation and strain mapping using scanning X-ray diffraction microscopy (S3DXRD). However, the application of S3DXRD is limited to single-phase alloys. In this study, we propose a modified analysis for dual-phase alloys, such as ferrite–pearlite carbon steel, which composed grains detectable spots pha...

The corrosion of steel reinforcement in an aging highway infrastructure is a major problem currently facing the transportation engineering community, in particular bridge engineers. In the United States, maintenance and replacement costs are measured in billions of dollars. Further, the use of deicing salts has resulted in steady deterioration of bridge decks due to corrosion. These concerns ha...

A dual-phase steel chemistry has been processed with varying intercritical annealing temperatures and the properties investigated. It was found that increasing temperature in region led to an increase volume fraction (52%–65%) grain size (1.8–3.3 µm) of martensite whilst ferrite decreased. The highest tensile strengths were at low temperatures, achieving 935 MPa elongation values 21% achieved t...

This investigation compared four conventional vehicle armour materials for performance under blast loading. The parameters measured were resistance to deformation, mechanical toughness and metallurgical microstructure. It was found that two of these, the M steel and A steel, showed the least deformation and M steel showed better shock energy absorption. B steel had high toughness but showed sig...

For the production of hot rolled steel it is of special interest to assess the homogeneity of the material along the length of the strip. Being couplant free, laser ultrasound as a method is especially suited for the task because it opens up the opportunity of measuring material parameters early in the production process. Detailed models of the ultrasonic signal are needed though in order to ex...

This paper presents a dislocation-based yield strength model for the nano-indentation size effect. The is based on functional expressions involving densities of statistically stored dislocations and geometrically necessary dislocations. A single-phase austenitic stainless steel (316L) ferrite-austenite dual-phase (2205) are used here as case-study materials to validate proposed model. Experimen...