Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels

Abstract Needs for steel designs of ultra-high strength and excellent ductility have been an important issue in worldwide automotive industries to achieve energy conservation, improvement of safety, and crashworthiness qualities. Because of various drawbacks in existing 1.5-GPa-grade steels, new dev...

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Autores principales: Seok Su Sohn, Hyejin Song, Min Chul Jo, Taejin Song, Hyoung Seop Kim, Sunghak Lee
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:99c1dfe1b2034453919c8f19790d38882021-12-02T16:07:44ZNovel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels10.1038/s41598-017-01514-92045-2322https://doaj.org/article/99c1dfe1b2034453919c8f19790d38882017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01514-9https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Needs for steel designs of ultra-high strength and excellent ductility have been an important issue in worldwide automotive industries to achieve energy conservation, improvement of safety, and crashworthiness qualities. Because of various drawbacks in existing 1.5-GPa-grade steels, new development of formable cold-rolled ultra-high-strength steels is essentially needed. Here we show a plausible method to achieve ultra-high strengths of 1.0~1.5 GPa together with excellent ductility above 50% by actively utilizing non-recrystallization region and TRansformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP) mechanism in a cold-rolled and annealed Fe-Mn-Al-C-based steel. We adopt a duplex microstructure composed of austenite and ultra-fine ferrite in order to overcome low-yield-strength characteristics of austenite. Persistent elongation up to 50% as well as ultra-high yield strength over 1.4 GPa are attributed to well-balanced mechanical stability of non-crystallized austenite with critical strain for TRIP. Our results demonstrate how the non-recrystallized austenite can be a metamorphosis in 1.5-GPa-grade steel sheet design.Seok Su SohnHyejin SongMin Chul JoTaejin SongHyoung Seop KimSunghak LeeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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Seok Su Sohn
Hyejin Song
Min Chul Jo
Taejin Song
Hyoung Seop Kim
Sunghak Lee
Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
description Abstract Needs for steel designs of ultra-high strength and excellent ductility have been an important issue in worldwide automotive industries to achieve energy conservation, improvement of safety, and crashworthiness qualities. Because of various drawbacks in existing 1.5-GPa-grade steels, new development of formable cold-rolled ultra-high-strength steels is essentially needed. Here we show a plausible method to achieve ultra-high strengths of 1.0~1.5 GPa together with excellent ductility above 50% by actively utilizing non-recrystallization region and TRansformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP) mechanism in a cold-rolled and annealed Fe-Mn-Al-C-based steel. We adopt a duplex microstructure composed of austenite and ultra-fine ferrite in order to overcome low-yield-strength characteristics of austenite. Persistent elongation up to 50% as well as ultra-high yield strength over 1.4 GPa are attributed to well-balanced mechanical stability of non-crystallized austenite with critical strain for TRIP. Our results demonstrate how the non-recrystallized austenite can be a metamorphosis in 1.5-GPa-grade steel sheet design.
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author Seok Su Sohn
Hyejin Song
Min Chul Jo
Taejin Song
Hyoung Seop Kim
Sunghak Lee
author_facet Seok Su Sohn
Hyejin Song
Min Chul Jo
Taejin Song
Hyoung Seop Kim
Sunghak Lee
author_sort Seok Su Sohn
title Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
title_short Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
title_full Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
title_fullStr Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
title_full_unstemmed Novel 1.5 GPa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
title_sort novel 1.5 gpa-strength with 50%-ductility by transformation-induced plasticity of non-recrystallized austenite in duplex steels
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/99c1dfe1b2034453919c8f19790d3888
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