In Situ Local Measurement of Austenite Mechanical Stability and Transformation Behavior in Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steels

Abu-Farha, Fadi; Hu, Xiaohua; Sun, Xin; Ren, Yang; Hector, Jr., Louis G.; Thomas, Grant; Brown, Tyson W.

doi:10.1007/s11661-018-4660-x

In Situ Local Measurement of Austenite Mechanical Stability and Transformation Behavior in Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steels

Journal Article · Fri May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-018-4660-x· OSTI ID:1460370

Abu-Farha, Fadi ^[1]; Hu, Xiaohua ^[2]; Sun, Xin ^[3]; Ren, Yang ^[4]; Hector, Jr., Louis G. ^[5]; Thomas, Grant ^[6]; Brown, Tyson W. ^[5]

Clemson Univ., Greenville, SC (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
GM Global R&D Center, Warren, MI (United States)
AK Steel Research, Middletown, OH (United States)

Austenite mechanical stability, i.e., retained austenite volume fraction (RAVF) variation with strain, and transformation behavior were investigated for two third generation advanced high strength steels (3GAHSS) under quasi-static uniaxial tension: a 1200 grade, two-phase medium Mn (10 wt%) TRIP steel, and a 980 grade, three-phase TRIP steel produced with a quenching and partitioning heat treatment. The Mn (10 wt%) TRIP steel deforms inhomogeneously via propagative instabilities (Lüders and Portevin Le Châtelier-like bands) while the 980 grade TRIP steel deforms homogenously up to necking. The dramatically different deformation behaviors of these steels required the development of a new in-situ experimental technique that couples volumetric synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurement of RAVF with surface strain measurement using stereo digital image correlation (DIC) over the beam impingement area. Measurement results with the new technique are compared with those from a more conventional approach wherein strains are measured over the entire gauge region while RAVF measurement is the same as that in the new technique. A determination is made as to the appropriateness of the different measurement techniques in measuring the transformation behaviors for steels with homogeneous and inhomogeneous deformation behaviors. Here, extension of the new in-situ technique to the measurement of austenite transformation under different deformation modes and to higher strain rates is discussed.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725; AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1460370

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1558650
OSTI ID: 1468247

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--125784; 140553

Journal Information:: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Journal Name: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 49; ISSN 1073-5623

Publisher:: ASM InternationalCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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