Effect of Thermomechanical Treatment (TMT) on Hardness, Impact Toughness of Different Grades of Low Alloy Steels

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The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of thermo-mechanical treatment (TMT) on the mechanical behaviour of different grades of low alloy steels. The effect of hot forming (rolling) with different reduction ratios on the hardness and impact toughness properties will be studied. Correlations between different thermo-mechanical treatment parameters, hardness and impact toughness for different grades of low alloy steels were carried out. Different grades of Low alloy steels were selected for the present study. An extensive study will be carried out to investigate the effect of alloying additions and TMT parameters on the hardness and impact toughness of heat-treated low alloy steels. An understanding of the combined effect of TMT and heat treatment on the mechanical properties of the low alloy steels would help in selecting conditions required to achieve optimum mechanical properties and alloy high strength to weight ratio. The scope of the present work is therefore to study the effects of hot rolling reduction ratios on microstructure and mechanical properties of such alloys. By measuring hardness, impact toughness, strength and ductility resulting from different heat treatment following TMT, it is possible to determine which conditions yielded optimum mechanical properties and high strength to weight ratio.

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