Softening Kinetics in High Al and High Al-Nb-Microalloyed Steels

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1279-1293

  Pereda, B ^a   Aretxabaleta, Z ^a   Lopez B ^a  

^a CEIT   (Spain)

Author keywords

high Al steels; modeling; static recrystallization kinetics; strain induced precipitation; thermomechanical processing

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HOT ROLLING MILLS; KINETICS; MANGANESE STEEL; MICROALLOYED STEEL; MICROALLOYING; MODELS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ROLLING; STRIP MILLS; TORSION TESTING; TORSIONAL STRESS;

DEFORMATION CONDITIONS; HIGH AL STEEL; NB MICROALLOYED STEELS; PLATE ROLLING MILLS; SOLUTE DRAG EFFECTS; STATIC RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRAIN INDUCED PRECIPITATION; THERMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSING;

ALUMINUM COATED STEEL;

EID: 84925490462     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: 15441024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-015-1387-3     Document Type: Article

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