High Performance Bainitic Steels
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 23944
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microstructure–property relationships of high-performance bainitic steel; accelerating method of bainite phase transformation; high-strength–high-ductility steel
Interests: bainitic steels; bainitic transformation; quenching and partitioning steels; fatigue of bainitic steels
Interests: ausforming and transformation kinetics in advanced high-strength bainite steels; microstructure and property control of ultra-high strength steels
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Dear Colleagues,
Bainite steel is a well-known type of high-performance steel. However, the microstructure of bainite is complex and more sensitive to chemical decomposition and heat treatment processes compared with other traditional microstructures. The morphologies, volume fraction, stability of retained austenite, and size of ferrite and the carbon content within it all play important roles in determining the mechanical properties of bainite steel. Therefore, improving the mechanical properties of bainitic steel via control of chemical composition and microstructure is one of the main research fields of bainitic steel. The transformation rate of bainite is relatively slow, especially for high-carbon bainitic steel, which represents a barrier for its industrial application. Therefore, accelerating the transformation kinetics, via changing alloying elements, novel heat treatment process, or other methods, is an important aspect in the research of bainitic steel. Works that focus on developing new bainitic steels, novel heat treatment processes, novel microstructures, new methods to accelerate transformation processes, mechanical performance, and fatigue behavior of bainitic steel are especially encouraged. Moreover, works studying the performance of bainitic steel during its service lifetime are also encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Zhinan Yang
Dr. Guhui Gao
Dr. Haijiang Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Bainitic Steel
- Phase Transformation
- Chemical Composition
- Microstructure
- Heat Treatment
- Mechanical Properties
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