Effects of Warm Working on Microstructural and Shear Deformation Properties of TRIP-Aided Martenitic Steel

摘要

The effects of warm working on microstructural, retained austenite characteristics and shear deformation properties of 0.2C-1.5Si-l .5Mn-l .0Cr-0.2Mo TRIP-aided martensitic (TM) steel for applications to automotive frame and forging parts were investigated. When warm working at 550 °C and post cooling at 1 °C/s was conducted to the TM steel, volume fractions of retained austenite and martensite-austenite constituent phase increased and mixture matrix of ultra fine granular bainitic ferrite and fine bainitic ferrite lath was obtained, whereas microstructure of TM steel warm worked at 750 °C exhibited granular bainitic ferrite matrix. These were caused by the dynamic recrystallization and the promotion of bainitic transformation of austenite due to the worm forging at 550 °C with the post cooling rate of 1 °C/s. Maximum shear stress decreased and total shear displacement increased with decreasing working temperature in TM steel. These were caused by the effective strain induced transformation of a large amount of retained austenite and the refined matrix structure.