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- Title
Microstructure in adiabatic shear bands in a pearlitic ultrahigh carbon steel.
- Authors
Syn, C. K.; Lesuer, D. R.; Sherby, O. D.
- Abstract
Adiabatic shear bands, obtained in compression deformation at a strain rate of 4000 s-1, in a pearlitic 1·3%C steel, were investigated. Shear bands initiated at 55% compression deformation with the width of the band equal to 14 μm. Nano-indentor hardness of the shear band was 11·5 GPa in contrast to the initial matrix hardness of 3·5 GPa. The high strength of the shear band is attributed to its creation from two sequential events. First, large strain deformation, at a high strain rate, accompanied by adiabatic heating, led to phase transformation to austenite. Second, retransformation upon rapid cooling occurred by a divorced eutectoid transformation (DET). The result is a predicted microstructure consisting of nano size carbide particles within a matrix of fine ferrite grains. It is proposed that the DET occurs in iron–carbon steels during high rate deformation in ball milling, ball drop tests and in commercial wire drawing.
- Subjects
MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR (Mechanics); CARBON steel; PEARLITIC steel; DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics); STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics)
- Publication
Materials Science & Technology, 2005, Vol 21, Issue 3, p317
- ISSN
0267-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/174328405X18728