Effect of Thermomechanical Rolling on Mechanical Properties of TRIP-Aided Steel Sheet

Abstract:

To attain the aim of weight reduction and safety improvement of vehicles, some high strength steel sheets have been developed and investigated. TRIP-aided steel sheets with transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) of the retained austenite have high strength and ductility, and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance. In previous study, as high strength TRIP-aided steel for forging parts, the volume fraction of retained austenite in the TRIP-aided steel could be increased by hot forging with austempering. Similarly, our research group reported that the thermomechanical process of hot rolling following by austempering could also increase the amount of retained austenite in the TRIP-aided steel sheet. The tensile properties and formabilities of TRIP-aided steel sheet subjected to the thermomechanical rolling just before austempering possess obvious advantages compared with those of TRIP-aided steel sheet without thermomechanical rolling process (with only austempering). These excellent mechanical properties may be caused by the finely dispersed retained austenite and refined bainitic ferrite and/or martensite brock by thermomechanical rolling process.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1105)
• Pages: 153-158
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-B1Ks5o
• Online since: November 2023
• Authors: Junya Kobayashi*, Taichi Kimura, Shun Kudo, Genta Kojima, Tomohiko Hojo, Shigeru Kuramoto, Goroh Itoh
• Keywords: Hot Rolling, Retained Austenite, Tensile Property, Thermomechanical Heat Treatment, TRIP-Aided Steel, Warm Rolling

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