Elsevier

Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Volume 20, September–October 2022, Pages 485-495
Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Original Article
Quantitative prediction of yield strength of highly alloyed complex steel using high energy synchrotron X-ray diffractometry

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Abstract

The overwhelming impact of complex-phase microstructures to mechanical response in multiphase steels requires accurate constitutive properties of the individual phases. However, precise prediction of individual phase properties to their mechanical response is critical and sophisticated, and commonly requires multiscale characterizations and numerous approximations. In this work, by employing full phase information and semi-empirical analytical models, we accurately predict the yield strength of deformed variants of Ce-modified SAF2507 super duplex stainless steel (SDSS). High energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction (HE-SXRD) reveals the phase fractions of major phases along with secondary phases of Cr2N and eutectic CexFey. Average lattice strain/crystallite size of the austenite and ferrite/martensite phases from the measured volume is estimated through the Williamson-Hall method. A unique composite strengthening type analytical model is used to estimate yield strength by taking individual strengthening contributions from all phases, their grain sizes, stored dislocation densities, solid solution, and precipitates. Close agreement between reconstructed and experimental yield strength is observed for several cold and cryogenic rolled SDSS. A combination of HE-SXRD and analytical model offers a time-effective virtual design pathway to engineer high-strength steel.

Keywords

Super-duplex stainless steel
Synchrotron radiation
High energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Analytical model
Yield strength
Cold- and cryogenic-deformation

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