Improvement of the Mechanical Properties of High Manganese Steels by Combination of Precipitation Hardening and Mechanical Twinning

Abstract:

Twinning-Induced Plasticity steels (TWIP steels) are extensively studied due to their ultra-high strain-hardening rate, that brings about a remarkable combination of ductility and strength. Twinning can be observed in high manganese-carbon steels. This paper considers hardening by combination of mechanical twinning with carbide precipitation. The kinetics of precipitation and the morphological evolution of carbides with annealing time were studied for two different TWIP steels with high manganese and carbon contents. The steels are first cold-rolled and then annealed at 800°C for recrystallization and carbide precipitation. Depending on the steel composition, the kinetics of precipitation and the morphology of the carbides are quite different. The influence of the annealing cycle on the mechanical properties has also been assessed. The results are used to discuss the influence of composition, stacking fault energy (SFE) and carbide precipitation on twinning. We show that the usual criteria based on the SFE only are not sufficient to characterize the twinning ability of a steel.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 15-17)
• Pages: 852-857
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.15-17.852
• Online since: February 2006
• Authors: Mathieu Iker, Daniel Gaude-Fugarolas, Pascal J. Jacques, Francis Delannay
• Keywords: Twinning, Austenitic Steel, Carbide Precipitation, Stacking Fault Energy (SFE), TWIP Steel

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