TRIP Steels: A Multiscale Computational Simulation and Experimental Study of Heat Treatment and Mechanical Behavior

A multiscale investigation of the microstructure and the mechanical behavior of TRIP steels is presented. A multi-phase field model is employed to predict the microstructure of a low-alloy TRIP700 steel during a two-stage heat treatment. The resulting stability of retained austenite is examined thro...

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Published in:Materials 2020-01, Vol.13 (2), p.458
Main Authors: Papadioti, Ioanna, Bellas, Ilias, Tzini, Maria-Ioanna T, Christodoulou, Peter I, Aravas, Nikolaos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alloys
Annealing
Automobile industry
Bainitic transformations
CAD
Calibration
Computer aided design
Computer simulation
Constitutive equations
Constitutive models
Constitutive relationships
Finite element method
Forming limit diagrams
Grain size
Heat treating
Heat treatment
Investigations
Kinetics
Low alloy steels
Martensite
Mathematical models
Mechanical properties
Metal sheets
Microstructure
Necking
Numerical integration
Particle size
Retained austenite
Simulation
Steel
Tension tests
TRIP steels
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Summary:A multiscale investigation of the microstructure and the mechanical behavior of TRIP steels is presented. A multi-phase field model is employed to predict the microstructure of a low-alloy TRIP700 steel during a two-stage heat treatment. The resulting stability of retained austenite is examined through the M s s temperature. The phase field results are experimentally validated and implemented into a model for the kinetics of retained austenite during strain-induced transformation. The kinetics model is calibrated by using experimental data for the evolution of the martensite volume fraction in uniaxial tension. The transformation kinetics model is used together with homogenization methods for non-linear composites to develop a constitutive model for the mechanical behavior of the TRIP steel. A methodology for the numerical integration of the constitutive equations is developed and the model is implemented in a general-purpose finite element program (ABAQUS). Necking of a bar in uniaxial tension is simulated and "forming limit diagrams" (FLDs) for sheets made of TRIP steels are calculated. The models developed provide an integrated simulation toolkit for the computer-assisted design of TRIP steels and can be used to translate mechanical property requirements into optimised microstructural characteristics and to identify the appropriate processing routes.
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma13020458