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CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 3-4, Pages 259-265Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2004.09.006
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Recent advances in the development of high performance steels presenting improved properties of strength and ductility rely on the TRIP effect, i.e. on the mechanically-induced martensitic transformation of the retained austenite dispersed in a soft ferrite-based matrix. As a consequence, the stabilisation and retention of austenite at room temperature have become of primary importance, leading to specifically designed steel grades and thermal or thermomechanical treatments. Particularly, carbon enrichment of the austenite during intercritical annealing and bainite transformation was found to be very effective in retaining austenite. This metastable austenite then progressively transforms during straining, bringing about a large increase of the work hardening rate. This increase results from the stress and strain partitioning continuously evolving with the appearance of the hard martensite. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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