Effects of Mn content on the deformation behavior of Fe-Mn-Al-C TWIP steels — A computational study

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 137(2):Article No. 021001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029041· OSTI ID:1182931

Wang, Yuan; Sun, Xin; Wang, Y. D.; Zbib, Hussein M.

This paper presents a double-slip/double-twin polycrystal plasticity model using finite element solution to investigate the kinetics of deformation twinning of low-to-medium manganese (Mn) twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steels. Empirical equations are employed to estimate the stacking fault energy (SFE) of TWIP steels and the critical resolved shear stress (CRSS) for dislocation slip and deformation twinning, respectively. The results suggest that the evolution of twinning in Fe-xMn-1.4Al-0.6C (x=11.5, 13.5, 15.5, 17.5 and 19.5) TWIP steels, and its relation to the Mn content, can explain the effect of Mn on mechanical properties.the stress-strain. By comparing the double-slip/double-twin model to a double-slip model, the predicted results essentially reveal that the interaction behavior between dislocation slip and deformation twinning can lead to an additional work hardening. Also, numerical simulations are carried out to study the influence of boundary conditions on deformation behavior and twin formation. The nucleation and growth of twinning are found to depend on internal properties (e.g., mismatch orientation of grains and stress redistribution) as well as on external constraints (e.g., the applied boundary conditions) of the material.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1182931
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-104482; VT0505000
• Journal Information: Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 137(2):Article No. 021001, Journal Name: Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 137(2):Article No. 021001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English