RB z w w P Observed shape, wrong structure 1 Austenite y x w z x (a) P 2 y z Martensite (wrong shape) x (b) y (c) LATTICE -INVARIANT DEFORMATION w Twin Boundary w z x y Twinned Martensite z x y Slipped Martensite Correct macroscopic shape, correct structure
transformation twins (Wayman)
Martensite start temperature
athermal transformation
Brooks, Loretto and Smallman, 1979
However, martensitic transformation can be suppressed by rapid cooling to 4 K Ullako et al. 1990
Fe-0. 1 C wt% Influence of tensile stress
Bhadeshia, 1982
polycrystalline austenite 50 mm s Bhadeshia, 1982
Texture prediction
No method calculates INTENSITY, only POSITIONS of poles
• TRIP steels that are fully austenitic are expensive • How do we produce cheap austenite?
TRIP-Assisted Steels austenite is expensive carbon can be cheap too much carbon is bad Jae Hoon Jang, In Gee Kim
Cracking of brittle martensite tensile stress in fibre enclosed by matrix
Chatterjee & Bhadeshia, 2006
plates become finer than stress-transfer length, and hence do not crack
Austenite grain size effects plates stopped by austenite grain boundary total volume transformed reduced when grain size small detection limit leads to reduction in start temperature