Plastic Instability in Medium-Carbon Tempered Martensite Steel

Autor: Hai Qiu, Rintaro Ueji, Tadanobu Inoue, Yuuji Kimura
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 14, Iss 16, p 4609 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma14164609
Popis: Inhomogeneous plastic deformation damages the surface quality of a product in the metal forming process. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the plastic instability of a metal. Tempered martensite is a common microstructure of medium-carbon steel. Plastic instability (Lüders phenomenon, Portevin-Le Châtelier phenomenon) in this phase was investigated by a uniaxial tension test performed at room temperature. The formation and propagation of a plastic band were analyzed via two-dimensional digital image correlation, and the strain and strain-rate fields were experimentally evaluated. The results obtained are as follows: (1) there was no clear yield plateau on the stress–strain curve; (2) Lüders phenomenon was present, but the Portevin-Le Châtelier phenomenon was not found; (3) in the Lüders deformation process, local strain distribution in tempered martensite is more complicated than that in ferrite.
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