Microstructure and mechanical properties of spray-deposited ultra-high carbon steel after hot rolling

The tensile mechanical properties of as-cast ingot metal (IM), spray-formed (SF), and as-hot-rolled (HR) ultra-high carbon steels (UHCS) containing silicon were investigated in this paper. The relationship between microstructure and tensile properties was described for these steels. The carbide networks, the pearlitic interlamellar spacing, the size of carbide particles, and the volume ratio between lamellar and spheroidized structure are all microstructure factors influencing the tensile properties in UHCS.     

热轧C-Si-Mn系TRIP钢的组织与力学性能

为了探讨热轧TRIP钢的制备工艺与其组织及力学性能的关系,采用热轧控冷工艺在实验室制备了C-Si-Mn系TRIP钢,利用光学显微镜、扫描电镜及透射电镜对试验钢的组织进行了观察,利用能谱仪对试验钢中的夹杂进行了观察.研究得到试验钢的力学性能为:σb=605 Pa,σs=440 Pa,δ=28.4%,σs/σb=0.73.定量金相检测结果表明,试验钢中三相含量分别为:残余奥氏体5.6%,铁素体67.6%,贝氏体26.8%.     

热轧变形对高碳TWIP钢组织缺陷和力学性能的影响

为解决高碳Fe-20Mn-3Cu-1.3C TWIP钢凝固组织中易形成显微疏松、损害合金的力学性能的问题,研究了在相同热轧温度下,改变轧制变形总量对合金微孔缺陷的消除及拉伸力学性能的影响.研究表明:通过热轧变形可以有效地减少Fe-20Mn-3Cu-1.3C TWIP钢的微孔缺陷,提高组织致密度;随着热轧变形量的增加,合金的综合力学性能显著提高,当热轧变形量达到91%时,该合金中的微孔面密度由固溶态的1.67%降低至0.71%,抗拉强度达到1223.7 MPa,延伸率达到86.8%,强塑积高达106217.2 MPa.%,比未热轧变形处理提高了78.3%,显示出优异的综合力学性能,表明消除微孔缺陷是充分发挥其高强韧性的关键.     

Effect of initial microstructure on mechanical properties in warm caliber rolling of high carbon steel

In this study, the effect of initial microstructure on change of mechanical properties was investigated by warm caliber rolling (WCR) of high carbon steel. Experiments were carried out with two different kinds of initial microstructures of pearlite and tempered martensite at the temperature of 500 °C. For comparison, the microstructure of austenite phase obtained from the conventional hot rolling at the temperature of 900 °C up to about 83% of the accumulative reduction in area was assumed to be a reference case. It was found that the WCR provided better mechanical properties in terms of strength and toughness compared to the conventional hot rolling based on experimental results of micro-hardness, tension, and Charpy impact tests. The improvement of strength and toughness was attributed to smaller ferrite grain and dispersed cementite particles with smaller interspacing aligned to the rolling direction after the WCR owing to field emission scanning electron microscopy. The investigated WCR might be useful in obtaining the high strength material with better toughness without adding new alloying elements for industrial applications according to the present investigation.     

Mechanical and structural properties of AISI 1015 carbon steel nitrided after warm rolling

Nitriding is usually applied to alloyed steels with the scope of increasing their surface hardness and wear resistance. Warm working has been found to produce a fine-grained microstructure, which makes possible further treatment of low carbon steels. In combination with a low temperature thermochemical treatment, such as nitriding, warm working can be used to produce machine parts with a though core and with a hard, wear resistant surface layer. This paper presents a study of mechanical and structural properties of AISI 1015 carbon steel nitrided after warm rolling. The rolling was performed in the following conditions: temperature 670–550°C, rolling speed 1.39 s^-1 and deformation ratio 36.4%. After rolling, the samples were reheated to 550°C for a duration varying from a few minutes to 10 hours. The microstructural changes were assessed by light microscopy and quantitative microscopy analysis. Warm rolled samples were ion nitrided at 510–520°C in dissociated ammonia. The microstructure was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and the mechanical properties were evaluated by tensile testing, surface hardness and friction coefficient measurements. Prior application of warm rolling makes possible (in the sense that is a viable solution) the ion nitriding of low carbon steels in order to produce machine parts with improved mechanical properties in the core (due to warm rolling) and longer service life (due to ion nitriding).     

Effect of surface nanocrystallization induced by fast multiple rotation rolling on mechanical properties of a low carbon steel

Fast multiple rotation rolling (FMRR), a novel and efficient surface nanocrystallization technique, was used to fabricate a nanostructured layer in the surface of low carbon steel. The microstructure of the surface layer was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, optical microscope and scanning electron microscopy, and mechanical properties were investigated by microhardness measurements, tensile measurements and friction and wear tests. In addition, the fracture and wear scars morphologies were observed by scanning electron microscopy. Experimental results indicated that a deformation layer with thickness about 200 μm is clearly observed in the FMRR sample surface. A nanostructured layer of 30 μm thick is obtained, with grain size ranging from 8 to 18 nm and average grain size about 14 nm in the top surface layer. The microhardness of the FMRR sample change gradiently along the depth from about 316 HV in the top surface layer to about 160 HV in the matrix, which is nearly twice harder than that of the original sample. The ultimate tensile strength has also been markedly improved. And the friction and wear experiments show that tribological properties of the low carbon steel have been enhanced by FMRR treatment.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of a hot pressing-dynamic partition treated steel

The microstructure and mechanical property of improved press-hardened steel with hot pressing combined dynamic partitioning (HP-DP) treatment are presented. Microstructure of the steel subjected to HP-DP treatment is featured by multi-martensite phases and the retained austenite (RA) phase with carbon content gradient. Compared with conventional hot-pressed samples, the HP-DP samples show better tensile property especially ductility. The effect of HP-DP parameters on the evolution of RA and mechanical property is then discussed. Finally, hot pressing of a double U-shaped part using both 22MnB5 steel sheet and the developed HP-DP steel sheet was carried out with exact control of part temperature at the end of hot pressing followed by air cooling.     

喷射沉积多孔材料的轧制变形理论

根据"表观总应变能达到一个临界值时材料开始屈服"这一概念,研究和建立了多孔材料轧制塑性变形屈服准则,根据"多孔材料变形时质量不变"原理建立了轧制变形过程中高向变形与相对密度、高向变形与纵向变形、泊松比与相对密度的关系.理论预测与用喷射沉积制备的FVS0812耐热铝合金多孔材料的轧制结果符合得较好;建立了多孔材料轧制变形相对密度与高向应力的关系,提高多孔材料所处的压应力状态可以加速材料的致密化速度,改善多孔材料的轧制成形性能.     

热轧TRIP钢组织性能的研究

采用实验室热轧机对高硅和低硅TRIP钢(A钢和B钢)进行控制轧制试验,研究了热轧后等温淬火对热轧TRIP钢组织性能的影响.通过显微组织观察,力学性能分析,探讨了两种钢的应变诱导相变和相变诱发塑性行为.研究表明:A、B钢均能够获得铁素体、贝氏体和大量稳定残余奥氏体的混合组织,具有较高的力学性能;残余奥氏体稳定性是提供TRIP的重要因素,B钢中贝氏体和残余奥氏体较多,相变诱发塑性效果更好,其性能优于A钢;等温时间影响热轧TRIP钢的力学性能,随等温时间的延长,A、B钢的伸长率增加,等温时间超过120 min,导致碳化物析出,残余奥氏体的稳定性降低;B钢经热轧后在400 ℃等温25 min,抗拉强度和伸长率分别达到了784 MPa和36%的最高值.     

Elevated temperature mechanical behaviour of an ultrahigh carbon steel/brass laminated composite

The mechanical properties of a laminated metal composite (lmc) based on ultrahigh carbon steel and brass were investigated from 710 to 840°C. A high strain rate sensitivity exponent, m, of about 0.5 was observed at low strain rates and decreased to about 0.15 at high strain rates. The strain rate vs. flow stress behaviour for the composite at low strain rates correlates well with predicted behaviour based on the isostrain concept. The expected superplastic behaviour in the m=0.5 region was not realized because of severe cracking in the brass layers.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of spray deposited and extruded 7000 series aluminium alloys

Abstract

The microstructure and mechanical properties of spray deposited 7000 series aluminium alloys were investigated. The 7000 type alloys were produced by the spray atomisation deposition method. These alloys were hot extruded and subsequently heat treated in the T6 and T7 temper conditions. Microstructural characterisation of the alloys was carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM studies revealed the presence of η′ and η(MgZn₂) hardening precipitates in both temper conditions. The mechanical properties were assessed through tensile and notched tensile tests using an Instron machine. It was observed that the 0.2% proof stress of these alloys after T7 temper decreased with increased elongation to fracture values.     

Electrical and mechanical properties of nano-structured TiN coatings deposited by vacuum cold spray

Titanium nitride (TiN) coatings were fabricated by vacuum cold spray (VCS) process at room temperature with nano-sized starting powder (about 20 nm in size). The microstructure of the powder and coating was examined by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. The porosity and pore distribution of the VCS TiN coatings were measured by the N₂ adsorption-desorption method. The microhardness and fracture toughness of the coatings were evaluated by using the micro-indentation technique. The sheet resistance and electrical resistivity of the coatings were characterized by the four-point probe method. The results show that the sheet resistance of coatings is significantly reduced from 13565 to 127 Ω with increasing the coating thickness. A minimum electrical resistivity of 1.8 × 10⁻³ Ω m is achieved. The VCS TiN coatings with high porosity ranging from 58.3 to 67.6% exhibit low hardness of 279-490 HV and relatively good fracture toughness of about 3.12 MPa m^1/2.     

类金刚石薄膜对轴承钢表面机械性能和滚动接触疲劳寿命的影响

使用等离子体浸没离子注入与沉积(PIII&D)技术在轴承钢基体表面合成类金刚石(DLC)薄膜,研究了薄膜的结构和性能,结果表明,所制备的DLC薄膜主要是由金刚石键(sp3)和石墨键(sp2)组成的混合无定形碳,且sp3键含量大于10%,DLC膜层致密均匀,与基体结合良好,DLC膜具有很高的硬度和杨氏模量,分别达到40 GPa和430 GPa;其最低摩擦系数由基体的0.87下降到0.2,被处理薄膜试件在90%置信区间下的L10、L50、La和平均寿命L较基体分别延长了10.1倍、4.2倍、3.5倍和3.4倍,PIII&D轴承钢滚动接触疲劳寿命的分散性得到了显著改善.     

Mathematical modelling of hot rolling steel strip

Abstract

Thermal and microstructural evolution during hot rolling of low carbon steel in a continuous six stand mill is simulated with a two-dimensional explicit finite difference model in which the cross-sectional area of the strip is divided into small elements of equal volume. The heat transfer coefficients at the surface of the strip are allowed to change as it is assumed that the strip is in air or is being descaled or deformed. Results of the microstructural modelling indicate that austenite is able to undergo dynamic recrystallisation when the conditions within the roll gap are propitious. This model also allows for the occurrence of metadynamic and static recrystallisation once the material leaves the gap and for grain growth after their completion. From this, it is concluded that the most important controlling mechanism is grain growth. The thermal portion of the model was validated with measurements made on a six stand continuous mill. It was not possible to obtain a direct validation of the microstructural algorithms, but they are considered to be correct, since it was possible to achieve a good correlation between the separation forces predicted by the model and those recorded experimentally during actual production once the kinetics of the different mechanisms were incorporated into the model.     

Influence of transformation induced recrystallisation on hot rolling textures of low carbon steel sheet

Abstract

A series of hot rolling textures of steel sheet with different compositions and hot rolling parameters have been compared. The observed hot rolling textures all belonged to a limited number of different types. These types seemed to depend on the composition, the hot rolling parameters, and the local deformation mode. The influence of these hot rolling textures on the properties of commercial sheet steels after cold rolling and continuous annealing is critically evaluated. For steels with a low content of high temperature precipitates, the texture and microstructure after intercritical hot rolling often appeared to be the result of a transformation induced recrystallisation process with a specific nucleation mode. Understanding of the nature of this type of recrystallisation may facilitate an improvement in the material properties by optimisation of the hot rolling texture.

MST/1327     

Effects of rolling and hot pressing on mechanical properties of boron carbide-based ceramics

A study of hot pressed B₄C-based laminates, after rolling and without rolling, has been performed to elucidate the existence of fracture resistance/crack length anisotropy induced by this processing technique. While the crack lengths/fracture resistance was affected significantly by the presence of the residual stresses in B₄C/B₄C–ZrB₂ laminates, no differences in Vickers crack lengths were observed in B₄C/B₄C laminates prepared by rolling and hot pressing, as compared to the crack lengths seen in pure B₄C ceramics prepared by hot pressing without rolling. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that no texture has been formed during the rolling and hot pressing of B₄C ceramics.     

Enhancing mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of nickel-aluminum bronze via hot rolling process

The mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of as-cast, as-annealed and hot-rolled nickelaluminum bronze(NAB) alloy(Cu-9 Al-10 Ni-4 Fe-1.2 Mn, all in wt.%) in 3.5 wt.% Na Cl solution were investigated. The results show that annealing introduces a large number of k phases to precipitate in the k phase. However, after further hot rolling, the original continuous k phases are spheroidized and dispersed, increasing the strength, hardness, and elongation of the alloy. In addition to the enhanced mechanical properties, the corrosion resistance of the NAB samples is also improved significantly by hot rolling, as revealed by the mass loss measurements, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS), and cross-sectional corrosion morphology. Selective phase corrosion occurs by the preferential corrosion of the k phase, which acts as an anode to the k phases, and the uncorroded k phases are retained in the corrosion product film. The interfaces between the k phases and the surrounding corrosion products become discontinuous caused by the spheroidization of k phases, reducing the corrosion of the substrate by the corrosive medium via the channels. As a result, the corrosion rate and the maximum local corrosion depth of the hot-rolled NAB sample are greatly reduced.     

机械滚压对A473M钢疲劳性能的影响

采用机械滚压对A473M马氏体不锈钢轴套材料进行表面处理,研究滚压工艺对其力学性能的影响。采用SEM、白光干涉仪、X射线衍射仪、显微硬度计、EBSD、拉伸试验机和疲劳试验机分别对试样表面形貌、表面粗糙度、残余应力、显微硬度、拉伸性能和疲劳性能进行系统表征。结果表明:滚压加工试样表面的粗糙度明显降低,仅为车削加工的1/5;滚压加工在材料近表面引入残余压应力,其值最高可达946 MPa,沿深度方向逐渐减小,残余压应力层深度约为200μm,表面硬度提高30%左右,硬度影响层深度可达200μm;抗拉强度、屈服强度和伸长率分别提升了40%,22%和8%,疲劳寿命由基体材料的5.4×10^4周次提高到1×10^7周次。采用滚压加工后材料的力学性能明显提升,疲劳寿命显著增加。     

热轧后退火对超纯Cr17钢成形性能的影响

为了揭示热轧后退火对超纯Cr17铁素体不锈钢冷轧退火板成形性能的影响,以1种铌、钛双稳定化超纯Cr17铁素体不锈钢的热轧板和热轧退火板为实验材料,分别进行相同的冷轧及退火处理,对其组织、织构演变和成形性能进行了对比研究.研究结果表明,热轧后退火对冷轧退火板的组织、织构和成形性能影响很大.与不退火相比,退火能够使冷轧退火...