Effect of low-cycle fatigue on the hot ductility of plain carbon steel

In a continuous casting steelmaking operation, the surface of a slab is under a condition that can be characterized as high-temperature, low-cycle fatigue in which the tensile and compressive stress is repeatedly developed. For this reason, for the evaluation of the hot ductility of a slab, consider...

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Published in:Metals and materials international 2006-06, Vol.12 (3), p.273-277
Main Authors: Seo, Sang Chul, Kim, Hyun Jung, Park, Byung Ho, Son, Kwang Suk, Lee, Sung Keun, Kang, Sun Bae, Kim, Donggyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon steels
Continuous casting
Deformation
Ductility
Fatigue (materials)
Fatigue tests
Iron and steel making
Low cycle fatigue
Metal fatigue
Metallurgy
Steel
Tensile tests
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Summary:In a continuous casting steelmaking operation, the surface of a slab is under a condition that can be characterized as high-temperature, low-cycle fatigue in which the tensile and compressive stress is repeatedly developed. For this reason, for the evaluation of the hot ductility of a slab, considering the fatigue deformation is more feasible before a tensile or compressive test. In this study, the effects of low-cycle fatigue on the hot ductility of steels with a carbon content of 0.06-0.8 wt.% are investigated at various temperatures. For a carbon content of 0.06%, there were no significant differences between the RA values from a simple tensile test and those from a tensile test after fatigue deformation. The tendency of ductility deterioration with fatigue deformation is evident in 0.1 %C steel, and is due to the deformation-induced ferrite film that forms around the prior austenite grain. Conversely, high carbon steel containing 0.8 %C did not show a recovery of hot ductility in a low temperature region, and the specimen on which the tensile was measured after fatigue showed a higher hot ductility in the low temperature region, which is thought to result from the pearlite refinement effects. As the results obtained in this work showed noticeable differences in the hot ductility of carbon steel through the test conditions, it is suggested that for more accurate data, fatigue deformation be adopted in which the temperature range in an unbending operation is determined in the steelmaking factory.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1598-9623
2005-4149
DOI:10.1007/BF03027543