马氏体含量对合金化热镀锌双相钢电阻点焊接头组织与性能的影响

目的 研究在双相钢电阻电焊过程中马氏体含量对点焊接头组织、性能的影响规律。方法 使用电阻点焊机对DP780、DP980、DP1180 3种马氏体含量不同的锌铁合金化热镀锌双相钢进行焊接,利用欧姆表、光学显微镜、扫描电镜、拉伸机和显微硬度计等设备,对基板的电阻率、工艺窗口、接头力学性能、焊点断裂模式、金相组织进行表征。结果 在AWS D8.9M-2012焊接标准体系下,DP780、DP980、DP1180焊接电流窗口依次减小,DP780、DP980、DP1180 3种材料在最大焊接电流下的焊核直径基本一致;熔核区硬度呈增大趋势,DP780点焊接头软化不明显,DP980和DP1180的热影响区出现明显的软化现象,这主要是由母材热影响区中的马氏体回火造成的。DP780、DP980、DP1180的最大剪切力分别为23 062、27 317、28 183 N。DP780为拔核断裂模式,DP980和DP1180为部分拔核断裂模式。结论 双相钢中马氏体含量的增加会使焊接电流窗口降低,整体向焊接电流减小的方向偏移,但是会提高上限电流的焊点承载强度。     

单相组织TWIP钢的扩孔性研究

超高强钢的扩孔性能是冲压成形的重要性质.为评价980 MPa TWIP钢的扩孔性能,本文以单相铁素体IF钢和980 MPa双相钢作为参考材料,用扫描电镜观察了3个钢种的微观组织,并对3个钢种进行了拉伸实验和扩孔实验,采用背散射电子衍射(EBSD)技术分析了拉伸后和扩孔实验后TWIP钢的微观组织.实验结果表明:拉伸前TWIP钢呈现类似于IF钢均匀的单相奥氏体组织,而拉伸后TWIP钢呈现类似于DP钢不均匀的硬质变形孪晶奥氏体和软质奥氏体;扩孔后TWIP钢的开裂位置集中在奥氏体和变形孪晶奥氏体界面;虽然TWIP钢显现出更大的均匀伸长率和加工硬化,但扩孔率明显小于IF钢.TWIP钢扩孔率增加源于早期孪晶诱发塑性(TWIP效应)导致的均匀变形.同时,这种变形机制导致组织中的硬质变形孪晶奥氏体,硬质变形孪晶奥氏体与软质奥氏体匹配(类似于双相钢中马氏体铁素体匹配)将恶化局部变形,阻碍扩孔性能进一步提升.     

高强汽车双相钢的连续退火与组织性能研究

目的 提升高强DP980双相钢的力学性能,优化连续退火工艺。方法 对高强汽车双相钢进行了连续退火处理,研究了连续退火均热温度、均热时间、过时效温度对冷轧双相钢显微组织、物相组织和力学性能的影响。结果 对于不同退火均热温度处理的双相钢,其组织均为铁素体(F)+马氏体(M),随着均热温度从715 ℃升高至865 ℃,残余奥氏体体积分数逐渐减小,抗拉强度、屈服强度先增后减,断后伸长率逐渐减小,在均热温度为815 ℃时,双相钢的抗拉强度和屈服强度达到最大值。随着均热时间从0.5 min延长至5 min,双相钢的晶粒尺寸逐渐增大,残余奥氏体体积分数先减后增,抗拉强度、屈服强度先增后减,断后伸长率先减后增,在均热时间为1.5 min时,抗拉强度和屈服强度达到最大值。随着过时效温度从245 ℃上升至395 ℃,双相钢中的马氏体体积分数逐渐减小,当过时效温度为395 ℃时,出现了贝氏体,奥氏体体积分数先增后减,抗拉强度、屈服强度逐渐减小,断后伸长率逐渐增大。结论 冷轧DP980双相钢适宜的连续退火工艺如下:均热温度为815 ℃、均热时间为3 min、过时效温度为295 ℃。此时双相钢具有较好的强塑性。     

碳素双相钢强度规律的研究

本文在六种不同含碳量的普通碳钢上用亚温淬火获得铁素体加马氏体双相组织,研究了各相的性能和分布对双相钢拉伸强度的影响。试验结果表明:①碳素双相钢的强度与马氏体含量间并不呈简单线性关系;②存在着马氏体对铁素体的相硬化和铁素体对马氏体的相软化,使得两相的显微硬度都随马氏体的含量和马氏体的含碳量的增加而线性上升。文中提出,作为强化相的马氏体对强度的贡献可分为本身承载的直接作用和对铁素体加工硬化的间接作用。双相钢中两相的性能变化和组织形态都促成了混合律不能适用于双相钢。     

不同强度级别双相不锈钢激光焊接头的组织与力学性能

目的 为了合理制定不同强度等级DP钢同种和异种接头的激光焊接工艺,研究激光焊接工艺对接头组织性能的影响。方法 采用SEM、硬度试验、拉伸试验等手段,研究不同强度等级DP钢同种和异种激光焊接接头的微观组织和力学性能。结果 对于同种DP钢激光焊接,由于接头各个区域经历的热循环不同,因此其马氏体体积分数和形态、含碳量等存在明显差异。在焊缝熔合区,由于冷却速度较高,因此马氏体体积分数较高且为细条状,硬度高于母材硬度。在热影响区,由于马氏体发生了回火分解,因此其硬度值低于母材硬度,且软化的程度和范围大小与DP钢的强度级别相关。软化的热影响区成为接头的薄弱区域,降低了接头的拉伸性能。在异种DP钢激光焊接接头中,焊缝熔合区的硬度也明显高于母材硬度。靠近高强度级别母材侧的热影响区范围更大,软化程度更明显,接头硬度分布不再对称。接头的抗拉强度与低等级DP钢母材的抗拉强度基本一致。结论 激光焊接工艺对不同强度等级DP钢同种和异种接头组织性能的影响存在较大的差异,DP钢强度级别越高,接头或接头对应侧的热影响区软化程度越明显,这在制定焊接工艺以及焊后处理工艺过程中需要予以考虑。     

Si和Nb对高强热轧高扩孔钢组织和性能的影响

为了研究Si和Nb对高强热轧高扩孔钢板显微组织、力学性能和扩孔性能的影响,在CSP连轧线上进行了3种成分试验钢的热轧试制,并对试验钢在扩孔过程中裂纹的形成和扩展行为进行了分析.研究表明:3种成分热轧钢板的显微组织均由铁素体和贝氏体组成,钢板的抗拉强度均高于610 MPa,伸长率大于24.5%,扩孔率高于104%;Si含量的增加,提高了组织中铁素体的含量,钢板的强度、伸长率和扩孔率得到提高;Nb含量的增加,细化了钢板的组织,钢板的强度和扩孔率增加明显,伸长率变化不大;试验钢在扩孔过程中裂纹主要沿铁素体和贝氏体的晶界处扩展,部分裂纹穿过铁素体晶粒.     

初始组织对低碳钢IQ&P工艺残留奥氏体及力学性能的影响

采用双相区再加热-淬火-碳配分(IQP)工艺,研究初始组织为铁素体+珠光体的IQP-Ⅰ多相钢和初始组织为马氏体的IQP-Ⅱ多相钢的组织形貌、残留奥氏体及力学性能。结果表明:初始组织为铁素体+珠光体的IQP-Ⅰ多相钢室温组织中,铁素体和马氏体基本呈块状分布,块状残留奥氏体存在于铁素体与马氏体界面处,薄膜状只存在于马氏体内的板条之间,且残留奥氏体含量较少,TRIP效应不明显,其抗拉强度为957 MPa,伸长率只有20%,强塑积为19905.6MPa·%。初始组织为马氏体的IQP-Ⅱ多相钢中铁素体和马氏体大多呈灰黑色的板条状或针状,且细小的针状马氏体均匀地分布在铁素体基体上,残留奥氏体只以薄膜状平行分布在铁素体基体上,体积分数达到了13.2%,且具有较高的稳定性,TRIP效应较明显,强塑积达到21560MPa·%,可以获得强度和塑性的良好结合。     

高强热轧双相钢中组织对性能的影响

采用低成本成分设计,应用超快冷技术为核心的新一代TMCP技术可以得到强韧性较好的高强热轧双相钢,本文研究了该试验钢组织对性能的影响。研究表明:铁素体晶粒尺寸在5μm处波动;条状马氏体比块状马氏体的n值要高;抗拉强度随马氏体体积分数的增加而增加;组织中小尺寸的铁素体和马氏体提高了裂纹弛豫能力,有利于试样的韧性和n值的提高。     

马氏体对C-Si-Mn冷轧双相钢屈服特性的影响

通过实验室退火与回火,采用力学测定与显微组织分析研究了马氏体体积分数与回火温度对双相钢屈服特性的影响.结果表明:随马氏体体积分数从0%增加到约15%,双相钢的屈服强度显著降低,降低值约为80～100MPa;而马氏体体积分数在15%～35%之间,双相钢的屈服强度维持在一个较低的水平.当马氏体体积分数大于35%,双相钢屈服...     

焊后热处理对T92钢焊接接头组织及性能的影响

通过模拟现场热处理工艺,研究了T92钢焊接接头在不同回火温度下的组织和性能。结果表明,焊缝硬度和母材抗拉强度均随回火温度的升高而降低。接头处未回火的马氏体粗大,呈细针状;740-780℃回火,马氏体组织变细,板条特征明显;超过780℃,马氏体板条特征消失,表现为屈氏体组织;随回火温度升高,母材碳化物产生偏聚,铁素体含量增加;780℃以下回火母材力学性能满足ASME标准要求。     

Microstructures and mechanical properties of dual phase steel produced by laboratory simulated strip casting

Conventional dual phase (DP) steel (0.08C–0.81Si–1.47Mn–0.03Al wt.%) was manufactured using simulated strip casting schedule in laboratory. The average grain size of prior austenite was 117 ± 44 μm. The continuous cooling transformation diagram was obtained. The microstructures having polygonal ferrite in the range of 40–90%, martensite with small amount of bainite and Widmanstätten ferrite were observed, leading to an ultimate tensile strength in the range of 461–623 MPa and a corresponding total elongation in the range of 0.31–0.10. All samples exhibited three strain hardening stages. The predominant fracture mode of the studied steel was ductile, with the presence of some isolated cleavage facets, the number of which increased with an increase in martensite fraction. Compared to those of hot rolled DP steels, yield strength and ultimate tensile strength are lower due to large ferrite grain size, coarse martensite area and Widmanstätten ferrite.     

Development of rapid heating and cooling (flash processing) process to produce advanced high strength steel microstructures

Abstract

Flash processing of an AISI8620 steel sheet, which involves rapid heating and cooling with an overall process duration of <10 s, produced a steel microstructure with a high tensile strength and good ductility similar to that of advanced high strength steels. Flash processed steel [ultimate tensile strength (UTS): 1694 MPa, elongation: 7·1%], showed at least 7% higher UTS and 30% greater elongation than published results on martensitic advanced high strength steel (UTS: 1585 MPa, elongation: 5·1%). The underlying microstructure was characterised with optical, scanning electron, transmission electron microscopy as well as hardness mapping. A complex distribution of bainitic and martensite microstructures with carbides was observed. A mechanism for the above microstructure evolution is proposed.     

Mechanical and corrosion behavior of plain low carbon dual-phase steels

Dual-phase steels are being used in automobile industries for last three decades. The mechanical properties of dual-phase steels can be altered by varying its martensite volume fraction. However, the benefits obtained in mechanical properties have to be viewed in light of other properties such as corrosion resistance. In this work, dual-phase steels with different volume fractions of martensite are obtained after thermal processing using different intercritical soaking times. The mechanical properties of dual-phase steels such as Vickers hardness and tensile properties are measured. Corrosion properties are evaluated using potentiodynamic polarization test and immersion test. It was observed that the tensile strength and hardness increased and ductility decreased with increase in martensite volume fraction. The corrosion rate for dual-phase steels is found to be lower than that for subcritically heat treated ferrite–pearlite steel. The higher corrosion resistance of dual-phase steels is explained on the basis of microstructural features.     

Effect of martensite strength on the tensile strength of dual phase steels

Fe-2% Si-1.5% Mn steels with three levels of carbon content (0.10, 0.14 and 0.19 wt%) were intercritically annealed followed by water quenching to obtain dual phase (martensite plus ferrite) structure. It is found that the ultimate tensile strength of dual phase steels increased with increasing the volume fraction as well as the tensile strength of martensite. The tensile strength of dual phase steel can be predicted using the law of mixtures although the predicted tensile strength is slightly higher than the experimental one. It is suggested that martensite never reaches its ultimate tensile strength when the necking of dual phase steels occurs.     

Improved mechanical properties of V-microalloyed dual phase steel by enhancing martensite deformability

A good combination of ultimate tensile strength(UTS)up to 1365 MPa and total strain to failure(StF)to 15.5％has been achieved due to deformable martensite in the invented vanadium-microalloyed dual-phase(DP)steel,which was manufactured by two-stage annealing of cold rolled steel strip.The employed extensive characterizations revealed that the ductile martensitic phase in this DP steel differ-entiated from ordinarily low-carbon martensitic lath in both morphology and lattice structure.Complex coherent orientation relationships between ferrite,reverse austenite,martensitic phase and vanadium carbide(VC)do exist,leading to a new martensitic transformation mechanism and resultant dual-phase microstructure.Besides,a detailed characterization including essential phase transformation analysis in combination with in situ TEM observation,shows that,all the essential processing including recrystal-lization,reverse austenitic and martensitic transformation,in debt to the particular effects of VC,can be recognized as phase transformations with higher thermodynamic driving force and higher kinetic energy barrier as compared to previously common processing,which actually changes the microstructure and,indirectly leads to higher strength and higher ductility.This synergy of thermodynamics and kinetics can be generalized to improve mechanical properties of present steels.     

Novel cold-rolled martensitic ultra-high-strength steels for roll forming technologies

Roll forming is one of the fastest developing forming technologies for martensitic ultra-high-strength steels in the automotive industry. As the automotive industry continues to demand materials exhibiting higher strength in addition to improved formability, development of novel martensitic ultra-high-strength steels for roll forming technologies is a priority topic in the steel industry. Six such novel steels were developed, exhibiting ultimate tensile strength from 1500 to 2000?MPa, total elongation from 4% to 11%, bend ratio from 5t to 2t and hole-expansion capacity from 18% to 80%. It was concluded that the novel steels exhibit very attractive properties for roll forming technologies and provide low cost down-gauging opportunities with improved crashworthiness for the automotive industry.     

The effect of martensite volume fraction and particle size on the tensile properties of a surface-carburized AISI 8620 steel with a dual-phase core microstructure

This study is focused on the production of a dual-phase steel structure in the core of a surface-carburized AISI 8620 cementation steel and the effect of martensite volume fraction (MVF) and martensite particle size (MPS) on tensile properties. Experimental results showed that, compared with specimens with a fully martensitic microstructure in the core, those with a dual-phase microstructure in the core exhibited slightly lower tensile and yield strength but superior ductility without sacrificing surface hardness. In specimens with a dual-phase microstructure in the core, the tensile strength increased and ductility decreased with increasing MVF. Both the tensile strength and the ductility increased with decreasing MPS at constant MVF. The best combination of tensile strength and ductility was obtained with a fine MPS at a constant MVF of 25%.     

Analysis and design of dual-phase steel microstructure for enhanced ductile fracture resistance

The goal of this paper is to predict how the properties of the constituent phases and microstructure of dual phase steels (consisting of ferrite and martensite) influence their fracture resistance. We focus on two commercial low-carbon dual-phase (DP) steels with different ferrite/martensite phase volume fractions and properties. These steels exhibit similar flow behavior and tensile strength but different ductility. Our experimental observations show that the mechanism of ductile fracture in these two DP steels involves nucleation, growth and coalescence of micron scale voids. We thus employ microstructure-based finite element simulations to analyze the ductile fracture of these dual-phase steels. In the microstructure-based simulations, the individual phases of the DP steels are discretely modeled using elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relations for progressively cavitating solids. The flow behavior of the individual phases in both the steels are determined by homogenizing the microscale calibrated crystal plasticity constitutive relations from a previous study (Chen et al. in Acta Mater 65:133–149, 2014) while the damage parameters are determined by void cell model calculations. We then determine microstructural effects on ductile fracture of these steels by analyzing a series of representative volume elements with varying volume fractions, flow and damage behaviors of the constituent phases. Our simulations predict qualitative features of the ductile fracture process in good agreement with experimental observations for both DP steels. A ‘virtual’ DP microstructure, constructed by varying the microstructural parameters in the commercial steels, is predicted to have strength and ductile fracture resistance that is superior to the two commercial DP steels. Our simulations provide guidelines for improving the ductile fracture resistance of DP steels.