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Stress or strain induced martensitic and bainitic transformations during ausforming processes

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Abstract The so-called ausforming treatment consists in plastically deforming a fully austenitized steel below the recrystallization stop temperature, prior to either a martensitic or a bainitic transformation. Although this procedure… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The so-called ausforming treatment consists in plastically deforming a fully austenitized steel below the recrystallization stop temperature, prior to either a martensitic or a bainitic transformation. Although this procedure is envisioned as a way to improve the mechanical response of the attained microstructure, it is not without its drawbacks, as the possibility of phase transformations occurring during the deformation step. When such step is applied at relatively higher temperatures than those of the aimed microstructure, the presence of those softer phases could be rather detrimental for the final microstructure. The current study aims to further study those phase transformations to analyze whether they are induced via either stress or strain and to identify the temperature ranges in which they tend to occur, so that they can be avoided or used to improve the final microstructure properties in the future. A final evaluation on the impact of these induced transformations on the final microstructure when deformation is followed by either cooling or an isothermal treatment is also performed.

Keywords: strain induced; martensitic bainitic; final microstructure; induced martensitic; stress strain

Journal Title: Acta Materialia
Year Published: 2020

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