The dynamic behaviour of a twinning induced plasticity steel

Rahman, K.M. and Vorontsov, V.A. and Dye, D. (2014) The dynamic behaviour of a twinning induced plasticity steel. Materials Science and Engineering A, 589. pp. 252-261. ISSN 0921-5093 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2013.09.081)

[thumbnail of Rahman-etal-MSEA-2013-The-dynamic-behaviour-of-a-twinning-induced-plasticity-steel]
Preview
 Text. Filename: Rahman_etal_MSEA_2013_The_dynamic_behaviour_of_a_twinning_induced_plasticity_steel.pdf
Accepted Author Manuscript
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 logo
Download (9MB)| Preview

Abstract

The influence of strain rate on the twinning behaviour and microstructure of an Fe–15Mn–2Al–2Si–0.7C twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steel has been investigated. A Hopkinson pressure bar setup was used in addition to blast testing to perform the high strain rate testing. The yield stress exhibited a positive strain rate sensitivity with increasing strain rate. However, the failure strain of the material was relatively unaffected. Post-deformation microscopy indicated that deformation twinning was less profuse at higher strain rates. Electron backscatter diffraction also indicated the activation of multiple twin systems at strain rates below 1000 s−1 although this did not occur at the higher strain rates tested. A large intragranular misorientation was found to exist in the material tested at lower strain rates indicating a relatively larger dislocation density existing in the material tested at lower strain rates. In addition selected grains in the blast tested material exhibited a 'wavy' structure which was determined not to be due to a phase transformation. It is suggested that this was caused by the complex loading experienced by the material during testing. High resolution transmission electron microscopy also indicated a large density of intrinsic stacking faults in the material subjected to blast testing.

ORCID iDs

Rahman, K.M., Vorontsov, V.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1958-0602 and Dye, D.;
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)