Development of continuously cooled low-carbon, low-alloy, high strength carbide-free bainitic rail steels

SM Hasan, M Ghosh, D Chakrabarti… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, attempts have been made to design and develop low-carbon, low-alloy,
high strength carbide-free bainitic steels for application in heavy-haul rail tracks. The study …

Effects of retained austenite stability on the electrochemical activity and stress corrosion cracking of ultrafine bainite steel in a marine environment

Z Wang, X Zhang, L Gong, J Peng, L Cheng, J Liu… - Corrosion …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work investigated the effects of retained austenite (RA) stability on electrochemical
activity and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) of ultrafine bainitic (UFB) steel in marine …

Role of solute Nb in altering phase transformations during continuous cooling of a low-carbon steel

GK Bansal, VC Srivastava, SG Chowdhury - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
It has been known that Nb precipitate strengthened steels attain an excellent combination of
strength and ductility. However, the effect of solute Nb on phase transformations, during …

Studies of bainitic steel for rail applications based on carbide-free, low-alloy steel

B Adamczyk-Cieślak, M Koralnik, R Kuziak… - … Materials Transactions A, 2021 - Springer
This paper describes the development and characterisation of bainitic steel for rail
applications based on carbide-free, low-alloy steel. The results show that after rolling and …

Influence of quenching strategy on phase transformation and mechanical properties of low alloy steel

GK Bansal, S Tripathy, AK Chandan… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The energy-efficient quenching and nonisothermal partitioning process has been shown to
engender an excellent strength-ductility combination in low alloy steels. Conventionally …

The role of microstructure morphology on fracture mechanisms of continuously cooled bainitic steel designed for rails application

A Królicka, G Lesiuk, R Kuziak, K Radwański… - … Materials Transactions A, 2023 - Springer
The low-carbon bainitic steel after a continuous cooling process was subjected to fracture
toughness investigations using the J-integral approach. The research was focused on the …

Development of Air‐Cooled Carbide‐Free Bainite/Martensite Multiphase Steel: Transformation Kinetics, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties

X Cheng, G Gao, R Liu, X Gui, B Bai… - steel research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An air‐cooled low‐carbon Mn–Si–Cr alloyed steel with multiphase microstructure of carbide‐
free bainite/martensite (CFB/M) is developed. The kinetics of bainitic transformation during …

[HTML][HTML] Dilatometric study of phase transformations in 5 Mn steel subjected to different heat treatments

M Morawiec, A Grajcar, W Zalecki, C Garcia-Mateo… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The work presents results of phase transformation kinetics of hot-rolled 5% Mn steel
subjected to different heat treatments. Three different schedules were introduced: isothermal …

Improving the impact wear properties of medium carbon steel by adjusting microstructure under alternating quenching in water and air

F Zhang, T Zhang, H Gou, S Chen, D Wu, H Wei… - Wear, 2023 - Elsevier
The microstructure and mechanical properties of steel play important roles in its wear
resistance. In this study, low alloy medium carbon steel was prepared by alternating …

Dynamic continuous cooling transformation, microstructure and mechanical properties of medium-carbon carbide-free bainitic steel

X Chen, F Wang, C Li, J Zhang - High Temperature Materials and …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The effects of the cooling rate after hot deformation on phase transformation, the
microstructure of the designed nonquenched and tempered medium-carbon carbide-free …