Low-alloy TRIP steels: Evaluation of the mechanical performance with regard to material design requirements in the automotive industry

Steel Research International

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-138

  Alexopoulos, Nikolaos D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automotive requirements; Mechanical performance; Quality index; Strain energy density; Trip steels

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPOSITION; HEAT TREATMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

QUALITY INDEX; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY; TRIP STEELS;

STEEL;

EID: 33644649716     PISSN: 16113683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/srin.200606365     Document Type: Article

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