高强度螺栓钢的开发与应用

文中介绍了低合金钢、含硼钢和非调质钢等螺栓钢的性能和应用，以及近期高强度螺栓钢的开发。     

稀土在汽车用先进高强钢中的研究现状

成分设计与优化是先进高强钢增强、增塑以及增韧的关键技术之一。随着钢质高纯化装备和技术的进步与发展,稀土元素在钢中的应用已由净化、夹杂物改性逐步向微合金化过渡。从第一代铁素体基软钢和高强低合金钢向第二代奥氏体基超高强钢,再到多相、亚稳和多尺度组织调控的第三代高强韧性钢,先进高强钢的微合金化技术一直是控制组织和性能的有效举措。稀土原子具备较大原子半径以及与O、S的高亲和力等优异特性,可从控制凝固与固态相变,影响碳元素与合金元素的扩散等多方面影响先进高强钢的组织结构,从而对其力学性能、成形性能以及耐腐蚀等服役性能产生显著影响。本文阐述了稀土元素分别在第一代、第二代和第三代典型先进高强钢中的作用机理,并展望了稀土元素在未来汽车钢中的应用前景。      

Behavior of steels near the incipient melting temperature

A new method of incipient melting temperature (IMT) detection has been developed in which a constant-strain-rate tensile deformation is applied to a specimen whose temperature is simultaneously increasing. The IMT is determined in a single test, and any phase transformations before the IMT will also be detected by the effects on the stress vs strain behavior in the same experiment. By means of such tests, the incipient melting behavior of a series of steels with carbon levels from 0.031 to 0.45 wt pct was examined. For the steels containing 0.08 to 0.097 pct C and about 1.5 pct Mn, it was found that incipient melting occurs in the two-phase (γ + δ) region in the temperature range from 1470 °C to 1480 °C and is significantly influenced by microalloying elements. In the ultralow-carbon steel (0.031 pct C), the IMT is in the single-phase δ region, and for the medium-carbon steel containing 0.42 pct C (hyperperitectic) it is in the γ single phase.     

Effect of Si,C and Mn on the formation of bainite in ferrite-bainite steel

High-strength steels have been widely applied to automotive chassis parts.In order to form complex shapes,high hole expansion rates and high formability are required.Dual phase (DP) steel has a good formability,but a poor hole expansion rate.In this circumstance,another kind of steel which has a microstructure of ferrite-bainite,rather than ferrite-martensite,has been found to be an alternative solution.It is called FB steel.This steel with Si,C and Mn additions are applied in this study.A two-step cooling process is used to get the desired F+ B microstructures.Continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagrams are made with deformation and without deformation,and starting times and temperatures of the phase transformations of interest are obtained.It is shown that Si,C and Mn contents in the steel strongly affect the shapes and positions of the CCT diagrams,as well as the final microstructures of FB steel.An increase of the Si content can promote the formation of ferrite and move the CCT diagram toward the left.However,when Si content is too high,when comparing to carbon and manganese contents,the formation of bainite will be retarded because of the formation of more ferrite.It increases the amount of C in a solid solution in the untransformed austenite and promotes the formation of pearlite.C and Mn can inhibit the formation of ferrite and retard the accumulation of C in austenite.Therefore,the appropriate balance of C,Si and Mn contents in steels will be able to help in obtaining the desired microstructure.     

Analysis of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Different Hot Stamped B‐bearing Steels

Hot stamping is a technique to produce ultra high strength automobile components. The common material used in hot stamping process is coated and/or uncoated 22MnB5 boron alloyed steel. Ferritic‐pearlitic microstructure in as‐delivered sheets is transformed to fully lath martensitic after hot stamping. In the present research, hot stamping under water or nitrogen cooling media was investigated using different boron alloyed steel grades. Microstructural analyses, linear and surface hardness profiling as well as tensile tests of hot stamped samples were performed. Various microstructures of fully bainitic and/or fully martensitic were produced. The resulting microstructures provided yield strengths of 650–1370 MPa and tensile strengths of 850–2000 MPa. There is an optimum carbon equivalent content for which the highest formability index value, UTS × A₂₅, is achieved. Using a nitrogen cooled punch resulted in higher yield strength without significant changes in ultimate tensile strength. It is concluded that a wide range of B‐bearing steels having an extended carbon equivalent range with an acceptable formability index value can be used by increasing the cooling rate in the die assembly.     

Dynamic Strain Aging of Various Steels

The dynamic strain aging characteristics of two dual phase steels, a high strength low alloy (HSLA) steel, a 1008 steel and an interstitial free (IF) steel were determined from tensile properties at temperatures in the range 295 to 460 K (22 to 187 °C) and strain rates between 6 × 10^-6 to 10^-2s^-1. All except the IF steel were found to be susceptible to dynamic strain aging, as evidenced by increases in tensile strength. The largest positive change was observed in the 1008 steel while the dual phase and HSLA steels showed much smaller increases. Also, large decreases (up to 75 pct) in uniform elongation were noted for the 1008 steel while the decreases were minimal for the dual phase and HSLA steels. The IF steel did not strain age and showed a slight increase in uniform elongation with increasing temperature. Based upon uniform elongation as an indicator of formability, formability might be improved in dual phase or HSLA steels by reducing the concentration of free interstitials in the ferrites through chemistry control.     

高耐蚀深冲用不锈钢00Cr17MoTiCu的开发

本文采用电化学、盐雾试验、酸溶液中的耐蚀性试验等腐蚀试验方法,评价了Cr、Mo、Ti、Cu等元素的作用,同时采用力学试验和各种成型试验方法探讨了上述元素的影响。根据试验结果成功地开发了既具有可以和1Cr18Ni9Tj相媲美的不锈耐蚀性能;又具有Cr17型不锈钢美观、价廉等特征的新型深冲用不锈钢00Cr17MoTiCu。该新型不锈钢可广泛应用于食品加工、厨房设备、轻工纺织、建筑五金等行业。     

硼抑制超低碳高强含磷钢裂纹的研究

为了研究硼对超低碳高强含磷钢裂纹的抑制作用,设计了含硼和不含硼两种成分的超低碳高强含磷钢,通过拉伸断裂实验、金相分析、二相粒子透射分析等方法,对两种钢的力学性能、组织、成形性能和使用性能进行了对比分析,结果表明,硼对超低碳含磷钢裂纹有很好的抑制作用,能够显著提高产品性能。     

硼含量对低碳钢耐蚀性的影响

 为考察不同硼含量低碳钢的腐蚀规律,利用盐雾腐蚀试验研究了不同硼含量低碳钢的腐蚀行为,结合X射线衍射（XRD）和傅里叶红外光谱（FTIR）对腐蚀产物进行了分析。试验结果表明：含硼低碳钢腐蚀速率与硼质量分数有关,硼质量分数0.002%试验钢腐蚀速率低于无硼钢,硼质量分数高于0.002%的试验钢腐蚀速率超过无硼钢,并且随硼含量增加,试验钢的腐蚀速率逐渐增加;阐述了硼的腐蚀机制。     

The Effect of Recrystallization on Interphase Precipitation in Hot-Rolled Steel Sheet

Hot-rolled steel products with high strength and good formability are in demand for automobile body parts, particularly steels which can reduce weight without sacrificing vehicle safety. Recent studies have suggested that interphase precipitation (IP) hardening is a promising approach for obtaining excellent high strength and superior formability from low-alloy steels. However, the effects of hot rolling conditions and alloying elements on IP hardening have not been clearly determined. In this study, we sought to clarify the above effects by analyzing the recrystallization behavior during hot rolling. As a result of sample testing and analysis, it was determined that the recrystallization which occurs during hot rolling plays a critical role in enhancing the IP hardening of low-alloy steels.     

Development of Fine‐Grained High‐Carbon Steel in High Reduction Low Temperature Rolling

After blanking and bending to form parts with the desired shape, high‐carbon steels are quenched and tempered to produce various machine parts. Thus, the spheroidization, formability and hardenability are very important properties for high‐carbon steels. Thermo‐Mechanical control Process of rolling has been widely used in the steel industry. However, it is difficult to apply this process to high‐carbon steels because of the heavy rolling load. Thus, fine‐grained high‐carbon hot strips were developed through high‐reduction and low‐temperature rolling by using single roll rolling mills with different diameters and laminar flow cooling devices in the finishing train, the grain size of these steels was about 3 microns. Also developed annealed strips with fine homogeneously dispersed spheroidal cementite had many excellent characteristics. For example, burring formability investigated by the hole‐expanding and surface hardness evaluated by laser hardening of the developed high‐carbon annealed steels, were excellent.     

Identification of Defect Prone Peritectic Steel Grades by Analyzing High-Temperature Phase Transformations

Continuous casting of peritectic steels is often difficult and critical; bad surface quality, cracks, and even breakouts may occur. The initial solidification of peritectic steels within the mold leads to formation of surface depressions and uneven shell growth. As commercial steels are always multicomponent alloys, the influence also of the alloying elements besides carbon on the peritectic phase transition needs to be taken into account. Information on the solidification sequence and phase diagrams for initial solidification are lacking especially for new steel grades, like high-alloyed TRIP-steels with high Mn, Si, and particularly high Al contents. Based on a comprehensive method development, the current study shows that differential scanning calorimeter measurements allow a clear prediction if an alloy is peritectic (i.e., critical to cast). In order to confirm these results, thermo-optical analyses with a high-temperature laser-scanning-confocal-microscope are performed to observe the phase transformations in situ up to the melting point.     

Simulation of the Soaking and Gas Jet Cooling in a Continuous Annealing Line using Dilatometry

The present study concerns the simulation of a continuous annealing line (CAL), using dilatometry. Simulations of CAL have been performed on four commercial steel grades with different chemical compositions in order to investigate how the alloying elements C, Mn, Si and B affect the microstructure and hardness of dual phase (DP) and martensitic steels. Three annealing cycles corresponding to those used in a CAL have been applied. When annealing intercritically, as is the case in DP‐steel production, the materials do not reach equilibrium during soaking. Mn and C increase the austenite content and consequently the hardness of the materials. Higher levels of Si (0.4 wt %) are required to retard the formation of new ferrite during cooling in the gas jet section, prior to quenching. B increases hardenability effectively when annealing in the austenite region but is not as efficient during intercritical annealing, which implies that boron restrains ferrite nucleation rather than impeding ferrite growth. Results from DICTRA calculations show that it is possible to simulate the phase transformations during soaking, gasjet cooling and quenching.     

经济型铁素体/贝氏体高扩孔钢的组织与性能

 通过TMCP工艺实验,研究了Si、Mn含量对低碳Si Mn钢显微组织、力学及成形性能的影响,探讨了铁素体/贝氏体双相钢(FB钢)在扩孔过程中的裂纹形成及扩展行为。研究结果表明,增加Si含量,实验钢中等轴铁素体的体积分数增加,扩孔性能得到改善;而增加Mn含量,实验钢的强度和韧性显著提高,但塑性和扩孔性能有所下降。FB钢中的裂纹扩展主要是以微孔聚集机制进行,当遇到贝氏体时,裂纹通过铁素体 贝氏体相界面并剪断铁素体进行扩展。合理选择Si、Mn含量和TMCP工艺参数,可以获得690 MPa级的经济型热轧FB高扩孔钢,扩孔率达到了95%,综合性能较好。     

Energy Absorption Behaviour of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels in a Crash Box Geometry

The improvement of the passive safety plays an important role in the development of new steels for automotive parts. At the same time aspects of weight reduction as well as the industrial feasibility have to be considered. Powered by these objectives, the development and application of new steel concepts for various purposes is promoted. For the present investigation especially weight reduction combined with an improvement of the passive safety are emphasised. As example one representative part of the body structure, the crash box, is considered. At the moment different steel grades (dual phase‐, TRIP‐and HSLA‐steels) as well as fibre reinforced materials are applied. New materials for this special purpose have to exhibit outstanding formability, a high capacity to absorb energy during a possible crash and should be cost effective compared to already existing material concepts. During this project different grades of austenitic stainless steels with varying stability were compared to duplex stainless steels and a TRIP grade with regard to their possible application as crash‐box material. The austenitic grades show excellent gradual formability according to their strength level. All of them exhibit an extraordinary strain hardening behaviour. The duplex grades show a lower formability but on a much higher yield level. Besides the determination of classical material data such as uni‐ and multi‐axial flow curves, dynamic tensile tests and forming tests for the determination of forming limit curves were performed. The material data were used in the simulation of a drop tower test which is commonly used to evaluate the performance of different materials in car components. The results were then evaluated with regard to the absorbed energy, the folding behaviour and the resulting forces.     

Influence of silicon,aluminium, phosphorus and copper on the phase transformations of low alloyed TRIP‐steels

Although silicon is very Important to prevent carbide precipitation during annealing of low‐alloyed TRIP‐steels and thus allows the austenite to be stabilized by carbon, it causes problems during processing. Therefore, other alloying elements having a similar effect as silicon have to be considered. Possible candidates to substitute or reduce silicon are aluminium, copper and/or phosphorus, which are supposed to be capable of suppressing carbide formation, too. The influence of reduced silicon contents in combination with alloying elements being capable of substituting silicon completely or partially on the phase transformations occurring during heat treatment is studied. The results of the investigations are compared with a conventional low alloyed TRIP‐steel. The phase transformations are investigated by dilatometric measurements on cold rolled material. The influence of the cooling rate after the intercritical annealing on the transformation behaviour of the austenite upon cooling and isothermal holding in the bainitic range is studied. The interpretation of the phase transformations are supported by investigations of the microstructure via light microscopy and measuring the content of retained austenite using a magnetic volumetric method.     

Effect of recycling on residuals,processing, and properties of carbon and low-alloy steels

Because of the continuing increase in electric furnace steelmaking, which is a scrap-intensive process, and also in view of future new sources of scrap, such as municipal solid wastes, it is important to develop more knowledge about: (a) the effects of residual elements on steel, (b) processing strategies for producing high-residual steels, and (c) products in which residuals could be used to advantage. This review will first identify the important residual elements and the trends in their use and levels in steels. The effect of these elements on the processing phenomena and product properties of carbon and low-alloy steels will be discussed in detail. These phenomena and properties include hot shortness, scale adherence, room temperature tensile properties, impact resistance, and hardenability. Also discussed are examples of specific problems that residual elements present, both now and with emerging trends, for steel processing and applications, and the ways of using residuals to advantage.     

Interrupted and Isothermal Solidification Studies of Low and Medium Carbon Steels

Low and medium carbon steels experience multiple phase transformations during solidification and subsequent cooling. The sequence, extent, and nature of the different transformations have a significant bearing on the microstructural evolution that occurs in the steel. The change in microstructure with temperature is very important, since it may influence the hot ductility of the steel during casting and/or rolling and the subsequent response of the material to thermoprocessing. The aim of this investigation was to gain a better understanding of the development of the as-cast structure in low and medium carbon steels. Of particular interest is the origin of the large austenite grains frequently associated with poor hot ductility. Interrupted and isothermal solidification experiments were therefore conducted to study the nonequilibrium and near-equilibrium structures which form at different stages of the freezing process. The results of the investigation established delta-ferrite as the primary solidifying phase in low carbon steels. Austenite forms as the secondary phase by nucleation at the solidification (delta-ferrite) boundaries. While excessive austenite grain coarsening is suppressed by the coexistence of the second phases delta-ferrite or liquid, this suppression occurs over only a limited temperature range, just below the peritectic temperature. Subsequent cooling leads to very large austenite grains, ranging up to 5 mm in diameter, in steels of low carbon content. N.S. POTTORE, formerly with the Basic Metals Processing Research Institute, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh     

Advanced Cold Rolled Steels for Automotive Applications

Advanced high‐strength steels offer a great potential for the further development of automobile bodies‐in‐white due to their combined mechanical properties of high formability and strength. They represent the first choice in material selection for strength and crash‐relevant parts with challenging geometries. The intensive development of multiphase steels by ThyssenKrupp Steel has led to hot dip galvanizing concepts with an outstanding forming potential. Hot rolled, hot dip galvanized complex‐phase steels are currently produced in addition to cold rolled dual phase (DP) and retained austenite (RA) or transformation induced plasticity (TRIP) steels. New continuously annealed grades of steel are being developed with tensile strength levels of up to 1000 MPa in combination with sufficient ductility for the high demands of structural automobile components. These steels make use of the classic advantages of microalloying as well as the principles of DP steels and RA / TRIP steels. Further improvement of properties will be reached by the new class of high manganese alloyed steels.