Hot Straining and Quenching and Partitioning of a TRIP-Assisted Steel: Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties
Advanced high strength steels (AHSS), with yield strengths over 300 MPa and tensile strengths exceeding 600 MPa, are becoming more noticeable in vehicle manufacturing. A novel processing route of a TRIP-assisted steel was developed. Characterization and modelling techniques were used to establish correlations between processing, microstructure and mechanical properties. Quenching and partitioning (Q&P) and a novel process of hot straining (HS) and Q&P (HSQ&P) treatments have been applied to a TRIP-assisted steel in a Gleeble ®3S50 thermo-mechanical simulator. The heat treatments involved intercritical annealing at 800 oC and a two-step Q&P heat treatment with a partitioning time of 100 s at 400 oC. The effects of high-temperature isothermal deformation on the carbon enrichment of austenite, carbide formation and the strain-induced transformation to ferrite (SIT) mechanism were investigated. Carbon partitioning from supersaturated martensite into austenite and carbide precipitation were confirmed by means of atom probe tomography (APT). Austenite carbon enrichment was clearly observed in all specimens, and in the HSQ&P samples it was slightly greater than in Q&P, suggesting an additional carbon partitioning to austenite from ferrite formed by the SIT phenomenon. By APT, the carbon accumulation at austenite/martensite interface was clearly observed. The newly developed combined process is promising as the transformation induced plasticity can contribute to the formability and energy absorption, contributing to fill the gap of the third generation of high-strength steels.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1561623
- Resource Relation:
- Journal Volume: 941; Conference: 10th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC 2018) - Paris, , France - 7/8/2018 8:00:00 AM-7/13/2018 8:00:00 AM
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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