TY - GEN
T1 - Microstructure control and correlation to formability of low alloy steel via flash processing
AU - Shassere, Benjamin
AU - Babu, Sudarsanam Suresh
AU - Cola, Gary
AU - Muth, Thomas
AU - Watkins, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 MS&T18®
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Flash processing is promising in making formable steel from economical low alloy steel. Flash processing involves a rapid heating and cooling cycle with short hold times. Different sections of a low alloy steel sheet, AISI 1023, was flash processed to four different peak temperatures. A spherical biaxial dome test measured the formability of the steel. After peak temperatures of 1170 ºC and 1270 ºC, the steel formed, showing loads and displacements comparable to those of expensive martensitic steel grades. The microstructures were characterized to correlate the processing with the observed formability. A martensitic microstructure was observed, with an average hardness of 510 HVN. Although the distribution of the values of hardness were 100 HVN. A hardness band, 20 to 30 HVN harder, was observed near the centerline in the steel exposed to the highest peak temperature. The hardness heterogeneity and distribution has been correlated to the measured formability of the steel.
AB - Flash processing is promising in making formable steel from economical low alloy steel. Flash processing involves a rapid heating and cooling cycle with short hold times. Different sections of a low alloy steel sheet, AISI 1023, was flash processed to four different peak temperatures. A spherical biaxial dome test measured the formability of the steel. After peak temperatures of 1170 ºC and 1270 ºC, the steel formed, showing loads and displacements comparable to those of expensive martensitic steel grades. The microstructures were characterized to correlate the processing with the observed formability. A martensitic microstructure was observed, with an average hardness of 510 HVN. Although the distribution of the values of hardness were 100 HVN. A hardness band, 20 to 30 HVN harder, was observed near the centerline in the steel exposed to the highest peak temperature. The hardness heterogeneity and distribution has been correlated to the measured formability of the steel.
KW - Advanced High Strength Steels
KW - Characterization
KW - Formability
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U2 - 10.7449/2018/MST_2018_321_328
DO - 10.7449/2018/MST_2018_321_328
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060237760
T3 - Materials Science and Technology 2018, MS and T 2018
SP - 321
EP - 328
BT - Materials Science and Technology 2018, MS and T 2018
PB - Association for Iron and Steel Technology, AISTECH
T2 - Materials Science and Technology 2018, MS and T 2018
Y2 - 14 October 2018 through 18 October 2018
ER -