TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of retained austenite stability and volume fraction on deformation behaviors of TRIP steels
AU - Choi, K. S.
AU - Soulami, A.
AU - Liu, W. N.
AU - Sun, X.
AU - Khaleel, M. A.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper, the separate effects of austenite stability and its volume fraction on the deformation behaviors of transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels are investigated based on the microstructure-based finite element modeling method. The effects of austenite stability on the strength, ductility and formability of TRIP steels are first examined based on the microstructure of a commercial TRIP 800 steel. Then, the separate effects of the austenite volume fraction on the overall deformation behaviors of TRIP steels are examined based on the various representative volume elements (RVEs). The computational results suggest that the higher austenite stability is helpful to increase the ductility and formability, but not the UTS. However, the increase of austenite volume fraction alone is not helpful in improving the performance of TRIP steels. This may indicate that various other material factors should also be concurrently adjusted during thermomechanical manufacturing process in a way to increase the performance of TRIP steels, which needs further investigation.
AB - In this paper, the separate effects of austenite stability and its volume fraction on the deformation behaviors of transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels are investigated based on the microstructure-based finite element modeling method. The effects of austenite stability on the strength, ductility and formability of TRIP steels are first examined based on the microstructure of a commercial TRIP 800 steel. Then, the separate effects of the austenite volume fraction on the overall deformation behaviors of TRIP steels are examined based on the various representative volume elements (RVEs). The computational results suggest that the higher austenite stability is helpful to increase the ductility and formability, but not the UTS. However, the increase of austenite volume fraction alone is not helpful in improving the performance of TRIP steels. This may indicate that various other material factors should also be concurrently adjusted during thermomechanical manufacturing process in a way to increase the performance of TRIP steels, which needs further investigation.
KW - Austenite stability, microstructure, finite element analysis (FEA)
KW - TRIP steels
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952672699&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952672699
SN - 9781617820328
T3 - Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2010, MS and T'10
SP - 1852
EP - 1860
BT - Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2010, MS and T'10
T2 - Materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition 2010, MS and T'10
Y2 - 17 October 2010 through 21 October 2010
ER -