Stabilized uniform deformation in a high-strength ferrite-cementite steel with multiscale lamellar structure

Autor: Yun-li Feng, Ya-tong Zhang, Lu Huang, Jiang-li Ning
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Materials & Design, Vol 120, Iss, Pp 280-290 (2017)
ISSN: 0264-1275
Popis: In order to ameliorate the ductility and stabilize the uniform deformation of ultrafine-grained (UFG) ferrite-cementite steel while retaining its high strength, a multiscale lamellar structure was developed and compared with the UFG structure. Microstructures were characterized and tensile behaviors were analyzed in the samples with multiscale lamellar and UFG structures; the mechanisms underlying the different strain-hardening capabilities were studied. Plastic instability dominated during the tensile deformation of spheroidized UFG carbon steel, because of its low strain-hardening owing to the uniform UFG structure with high dislocation density. However, the steel with multiscale lamellar structure exhibited a marked improvement in the balance between strength and uniform deformation, ascribing to the enhanced strain-hardening capability. This result was primarily attributed to the extra strain-hardening generated by the strain gradient and stress state change caused by the multiscale lamellar structure. Keywords: Plain carbon steel, High strength, Uniform deformation, Multiscale structure, Lamellar structure
Databáze: OpenAIRE