On the interactions between strain-induced phase transformations and mechanical properties in Mn-Si-Al steels and Ni-Cr austenitic stainless steels
(2006)
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- Jacques, Pascal
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- (en) The continuously increasing use of automobiles all over the world, is making of gas effluents one of the major concerns for all modern societies. From economical and ecological points of view, everyone agrees on the fact that the consumption of fossil fuels for transport must decrease, particularly by vehicle weight reduction. Development of high performance materials at low cost is therefore needed. In order to achieve this requirement, the present work aimed at investigating the interactions between straining and phase transformations in high performance steels that could meet the weight saving requirements. Indeed, a wide range of studies has shown that mechanically-induced phase transformations (TRIP effect) of the austenite may bring about improved mechanical properties in different steel grades. Strain-induced phase transformations depend on two parameters : the relative stability and the stacking fault energy of the austenite, which are affected by different factors. The interactions between the phase transformations and the mechanical properties of different Ni-Cr and Mn-Si-Al grades were examined under various conditions of grain size, temperature or stress state. Particular relationships were clearly established between the phenomena taking place at the scale of the individual grains and at the macroscopic scale. The crystallographic mechanisms of the successive strain-induced phase transformations (austenite - e-martensite - a'-martensite) has been clarified. Finally, different techniques of grain refinement were used to process stainless steels with various grain sizes, assessing the efficiency of these techniques. Therefore, the kinetics of retransformation, recrystallisation and grain growth were studied. Grain refinement by cycles of phase transformations was found more effective than the classical deformation - recrystallisation method.
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Petein, A. (2006). On the interactions between strain-induced phase transformations and mechanical properties in Mn-Si-Al steels and Ni-Cr austenitic stainless steels. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/129539