Cold-rolled dual-phase steels, which belong to the advanced high strength steels, have gained much interest within the automotive industry. The formation of dual-phase microstructure, which provides an optimal combination of strength and formability for automotive applications, occurs during intercritical annealing of cold-rolled strip. Variations in the chemical composition as well as in the heat treatment parameters influence very strongly the microstructure development and therefore the final mechanical properties of the strip. Thus, the precise control of the microstructure evolution during full processing route is required for the achievement of essential mechanical properties. The current work is focused on a through-process model on a microstructural scale for the production of dual-phase steel from cold-rolled strip, which is based on Phase-Field Method and combines the description of ferrite recrystallisation and all phase transformations occurring during intercritical annealing. This approach will enable the prediction of final microstructure for varying composition and processing conditions, and therefore, can be used for the process development and optimisation.
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