An Overview of High Yield Strength Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Precipitation Strengthening by Nanoscale Precipitates
3. Solid Solution Strengthening
4. Effect of Thermomechanical Processing on Yield Strength
5. Novel Processes to Improve the Yield Strength
6. Conclusions and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Composition of Materials (wt.%) | Precipitation Condition | Precipitate Type | Precipitate Size (nm) | Volume Fraction of Precipitate (%) | Grain Size (μm) | ΔYS (MPa) | Reference |
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Fe-21.6Mn-0.63C-0.87V | CR + Annealing (850 °C, 60 s) | V4C3 | 13 ± 7.7 | 0.541 | 1.2 | 200 | Yen et al., 2012 [20] |
Fe-17Mn-0.45-1.5Al-1Si-0.3V | HR | VC | 8 | 0.05 | 5.8 | 128 | Gwon et al., 2017 [21] |
Fe-16Mn-0.8C-0.5Si-0.5Si-0.5V | CR + Annealing (850 °C, 60 s) | VC/Fe3C | 31.91 | 0.811 | 1.6 | 140 | Kwon et al., 2019 [5] |
Fe-22Mn-0.6C-0.1Ti | CR + Annealing (740 °C, 120 s) | TiC | 3.8 | 0.0341 | 1.6 | 138 | Scott et al., 2011 [19] |
Fe-17Mn-0.9C-1.1V | CR + Annealing (825 °C, 120 s) | V(C, N) | 6.2 | 0.74 | 1.6 | 247 | |
Fe-22Mn-0.6C-0.21V | CR + Annealing (800 °C, 180 s) | V(C, N) | 7 | 0.19 | 1.9 | 137 | |
Fe-18Mn-0.6C-0.31Nb | CR + Annealing (750 °C, 120 s) | NbC | - | 0.347 | 2.3 | 58 | |
Fe-18Mn-0.6C-0.31Nb | CR + Annealing (800 °C, 180 s) | NbC | 72 | 0.322 | 2.5 | 15 | |
Fe-18Mn-0.6C-2Al-0.05Nb | HR | NbC | a few tens of nanometers | - | 11 | 448 | Kwon et al., 2017 [22] |
Fe-18Mn-0.6C-1.5Al-0.1Nb | HR | NbC | - | - | - | 278 | Kang et al., 2012 [23] |
Fe-25Mn-0.1C-3Si-3Al-0.35Nb | CR + Annealing (1000/800 °C, 180 s) | NbC | - | - | - | 125 | Li et al., 2015 [24] |
Fe-17Mn-0.6C-1.5Al-0.05Nb | CR + Annealing (650 °C, 100 s) | NbC | - | - | 1~5 | 140 | Gwon et al., 2018 [25] |
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Yang, G.; Kim, J.-K. An Overview of High Yield Strength Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steels. Metals 2021, 11, 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11010124
Yang G, Kim J-K. An Overview of High Yield Strength Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steels. Metals. 2021; 11(1):124. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11010124
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Guanghui, and Jin-Kyung Kim. 2021. "An Overview of High Yield Strength Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steels" Metals 11, no. 1: 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11010124