white paper HA. Lanjewar, Pranay Tripathi, D. Satish Kumar, M. Singhai, PK. Patra Effect of transformation temperature and accelerated cooling on development of strength in plain carbon steel with ferritic structure ‘The influence of accclerated cooling and coiling temperature is studied in a microalloyed steel grade in order to investigate the strengthening owing to phase transformation in the presence of microalloying elements. A Nb-V rmicroalloyed steel grade was deformed in the austenitic range followed by controlled quenching to simulate rolling and runout table cooling conditions. Cooling rate was varied from 100 to 150 *Cisec, while coiling temperatures were varied between 475 to 625 °C, with 25 °C step. Decrease in transformation temperature in conjunction with accelerated cooling resulted in non-equiaxed ferrite structures with array of phase morphologies. Intermediate transformation temperatures produced inerease in strength concurrent with observed peak broadening in X-ray diffection. In addition, microstructural modelling is done using Quench properties module of JMatPro under experimental conditions 1. Introduction daring continuous cooling does not contribute to the strengthening of the ferite structure by redueing the ‘microalloy content available for subsequent precipitation and solid solution strengthening (Ref, 3+ 5). Hence Nb and V present in the stel steengthen the steel through during rolling fine precipitation of nan incre sec lan, a tng pen pas Chal ol mfg ast stel tesa tape Tot sep ling pesos ber trough TSDR (Thin Slab Direct Rolling) or thick slab CCR (Cold Chae Reig Ding ht lig, poses as CM) be peas wel sn combination with reductions, runout table cooling rate strengthening (Ref, 1,4), sai cling ecmposre gore the fal merce Tiere has been sts investing the efit of proper of he asd prac Thin Sls Det cooling nd cling epee ov te metal Roling (SDR) ifn for ck st hotline pops ofthese! (Ret), burnt cheat has anyways, wich tana the taeratom ot bon putin sting th eff seo ong Titamtsat std sting phomens rer. repne in conjunction wih cling enpeatuon However pyscalsilatn prover totes te tol metsrucies developed ond stenghenmg sca too he al sé medunial demon micayed tel "tyough TSDR. tous. Tie suiy theft of ang pce wrasse birt of pre uty cramne cet of rath rarer sal ope oe putfrmion screed sing tsa icon att tangs on the conto ot Site mocontns in sata and srroyng men oe ent fe In the present study, microalloyed steel grade was investigated for studying the effect of accelerated cooling rates and transformation temperatures on the ‘mechanical properties through physical simulation on 2, Experimental Glooble 3800. This Nb-V microalloyed steel is being widely used in automotive application which entails high strength, good weldability and good formability. This steel is produced through Compact stip casting ‘The chemical composition of the investigated thin slab is given in Table 1. The Nb-V microalloyed stesl slab \was produced through Compact Strip Process (CSP) and mpl sip easing WS PUSS HONE inal es pies of 19mm CSP) and SDR paces wire Dang thinsab eee, | oSTe length and 10 tin diameter are ecg ieetmad a tthe om te tac ab of in presence of Ti, precipitate » ‘Gime 50. mm thickness. The hot on the TiN cuboid. particles exearsrscoras; |Sef0rmation is performed car “aise through — hot axisymmetric ‘compression, The schematic of the hot deformation and thermal cele is as shown in Fig.l, The steel samples are allowed to homogenize at the deformation Time temperature of 920 °C for 60 sec Fig I Schenaticropesation ofthe epsinensal The hot deformation is carried themo-echancl ee ‘out by applying 0.4 engineering strain (e) at the strain rate (e*) of 50 s?, Deformation is applied to accumulate enough of relained strain in the material before allowing phase sransformation, Post deformation incubation time of 2 formed at igh temperature and acting as nucleation site (Ref. 1), In absence of Ti, AIN which has @ higher solution temperature than Nb or V carbonitride, precipitates during continuous cooling and causes the precipitation of star like particles of (NBVXCN) (Ref. 2), Even though closed packed hexagonal structure poses difficulty for AIN to precipitate in austenite the MrS particles formed prior to AIN acts as nucleation sites for AIN precipitation (Ref. 1, 3). The NWCN) or VICN), see is allowed before quenching the sample at di coarse eutectic particle, _C | Si s P al_[ Mn | Nb | V N formed in austenite! 0060 | 0.17 | 001d | 0020 | 0 Tas [0037 | 00ST | 0.007 2 steel-grips.com 2013