Description: This special edition is dedicated to the results of engineering research properties of materials for various branches of engineering as well as construction and will be useful to many specialists in the mentioned branches of industry.

Thin Slab Direct Rolling of Microalloyed Steel

Authors: J.M. Rodriguez-Ibabe

Online since: June 2007

Description: Thin slab casting and direct rolling (TSDR) technologies are nowadays one of the most promising processing routes to maintain steel as a leading material in technological applications. Initially, this process was exclusively for the production of mild steels. As industrial experience and knowledge improved, a rapid expansion of the range of products took place with higher strength grades becoming an important part of the overall production. Actually, it is widely accepted as a route to produce high value grades and it can be considered as a technology which has reached a high degree of maturity. This book aims to provide an approach to the different metallurgical aspects involved in the application of thermomechanical treatments in the TSDR route.