Abstract
Cyclic strain hardening has been observed to be markedly sensitive to microstructural changes in microalloyed steels. Two significantly different microstructures - polygonal ferrite grains of average grain size 10-120 μm and acicular ferrite/upper bainite colonies of dimensions 200-625 μm - were examined in order to determine the influence of each on cyclic strain hardening and related properties. Tests were conducted at temperatures between -150 and 27°C. The cyclic strain hardening exponent, βc, was significantly more sensitive to changes in the size of the polygonal ferrite grains than to changes in the acicular ferrite/upper bainite colony size.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 31-38 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Fatigue |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1985 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was performed at the Sandia National Laboratories supported by the US Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC04-76DPO0789. Partial financial support was further provided under grant number DOE-DE AC02-79ER10433, also from the Department of Energy.
Keywords
- cyclic hardening
- grain size
- low cycle fatigue
- low temperatures
- microalloyed steels
- microstructure