Advanced high strength steels (AHSSs) are regarded as the most promising materials for
vehicles in the 21st century. AHSSs are complex and sophisticated materials, with …

The major scientific and technological advances and breakthroughs of advanced high
strength steels (AHSS) were achieved due to the strong demands of automotive industry …

The martensitic advanced high-strength steels (MS-AHSS) are used to create fuel-efficient,
crashworthy cars. Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is an issue with high-strength steels; thus …

Prediction of impact toughness based on the microstructural characteristics of steel weld
metals is complicated due to the innumerous parameters involved. The common practice …

In this work, different heat treatments were performed in order to study two different bainite
morphologies, granular and lath-like, obtained at different cooling rates in a low carbon …

Heat-treatment processes to obtain carbide-free upper bainite, low bainite and low-
temperature bainite in the 34MnSiCrAlNiMo medium-carbon steel were explored. Results …

Abstract Electron Backscattering Diffraction (EBSD) provides important information to
discriminate phase transformation products in steels. This task is conventionally performed …

The application of an inverse method for determining the parameters of a crystal plasticity
constitutive law of a body-centered-cubic (BCC) single phase material is presented …

QP (Quenching and Partitioning) steel, the third generation of advanced high-strength steel,
has garnered significant attention due to its exceptional mechanical performance. This …

Austempered ductile irons (ADIs) are used in applications commonly exposed to severe
contact conditions, and as a consequence wear damage frequently followed by failure of …