Papers by Keyword: Ferrite-Martensite Dual Phase Steel

Abstract: The ingots were rolled by 550 mills in laboratory to obtain dual-phase steels. The influence of the morphology and distribution of ferrite and martensite on mechanical properties of dual-phase steel was investigated. The results indicated that some amount of acicular ferrite transformed in DP steel is available for decreasing the size and homogenizing the distribution of martensite in ferrite base. Meanwhile, the values of yield strength, tensile strength and impact toughness increases apparently, the value of elongation decreases to 22.5% .

Abstract: Martensite morphology such as connectivity or dispersivity in ferrite (F)/martensite (M) dual-phase (DP) steels was investigated from topological viewpoint to reveal the effect of the martensite morphology on the mechanical properties. Topological analysis permits evaluation of the microstructural connectivity and dispersivity by measuring the number of handles, independent bodies and genus, etc. The topological analysis was performed on three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed images of the microstructure with different connectivity, dispersivity, volume fraction and hardness of martensite in DP steels that were prepared by changing the intercritical annealing temperature. The connectivity and the volume fraction of martensite increased while the dispersivity and hardness of it decreased with increasing annealing temperature. The effect of connectivity and dispersivity as well as volume fraction and hardness, in particular, on work hardening behavior was individually evaluated at a given strain.