Some Aspects of High Manganese Twinning-Induced Plasticity (TWIP) Steel, A Review

High manganese twinning-induced plasticity （TWIP） steel is a new kind of structural material and possesses both high strength and superior plasticity and can meet the weight-lightening requirement for manufacturing vehicle body. The excellent formability of the TWIP steel comes from the extraordinary strain hardening effect during plastic deformation. The reduction of specific weight by aluminum alloying and strain hardening effect can lead to an effective weight reduction of the steel components, and provide a better choice for materials in vehicle body design. The TWIP effect in high Mn steels is generally associated with the successive work- hardening generated by twins and influenced by some factors, such as Mn content, AI addition revealed by stacking fault energy （SFE）, grain size, deformation temperature and strain rate. The present review introduces some aspects of the TWIP steels relating to their physical metallurgy, influencing factors associated with their deformation mechanisms, and a prospect for the future investigation is also described. Moreover, as a potential candidate for replacing Ni-Cr austenitic stainless steel, researches on the oxidation behavior and corrosion resistance of Fe-Mn-AI-C system steels are also reviewed.

Microstructure evolution of ultra-high-strength twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP)steel under dynamic loading

To prepare ultra-high-yield strength twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP)steel and reveal its work hardening mechanism at different strain rates from the microcosmic range,the microstructure evolution mechanism of Fe–20Mn–0.6C TWIP steel was investigated at strain rates of 10^(-4)–10^(3)s^(-1)using a high-speed tensile testing machine and a transmission electron microscope.The results show that the strain rate and deformation had a significant effect on the twin morphology of TWIP steels.At a strain rate of 10^(2)s^(-1),secondary deformation twins were developed,which intersected with the initial deformation twins and increased the resistance of dislocation movement,as well as the plasticity.TWIP steel at a strain rate of 10^(2)s^(-1)had a higher twin formation speed than that at 10^(0)s^(-1).At the same amount of deformation,the twin boundary fraction was higher and increased linearly at a strain rate of 10^(2)s^(-1),while the rule of twin growth at 10^(0)s^(-1)was conformed to S-curve change of DoseResp model.

Effect of reduction in area per pass on strain distribution and microstructure during caliber rolling in twinning-induced plasticity steel

The effects of reduction in area(RA)per pass during caliber rolling on microstructure and strain distribution of twinninginduced plasticity steel have been investigated to find solutions to make a more homogeneous material along the radial direction for wire rod applications.The steel wires subjected to an average RA per pass of 2.5%(skin pass caliber rolling)and 10.0%(conventional caliber rolling)were analyzed.The skin pass caliber-rolled wire was characterized as a duplex fiber texture of major<111>and minor<100>.and the textures were almost same at/between center and surface area,which is totally different from those of conventional caliber rolling and wire drawing.The skin pass caliber rolling led to more homogeneous microstructure and mechanical properties along the radial direction in comparison with the conventional caliber rolling and wire drawing due to the more homogeneous Hall-Petch hardening,dislocation hardening,and texture behavior with area,resulting in higher formability.

Effect of drawing speed on microstructure distribution and drawability in twinning-induced plasticity steel during wire drawing

The effect of drawing speed on temperature rise and microstructure distribution in twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP)steel during wire drawing has been investigated to improve drawability for wire rod applications.Although wire drawing process is performed at room temperature,heat is generated due to the plastic deformation and friction at the wire-die interface.The steel wires subjected to the low drawing speed(LD)of 0.5 m/min and the high drawing speed(HD)of 5.0 m/min were analyzed using the numerical simulation and electron backscatter diffraction techniques.Interestingly,the specimens subjected to the HD had a higher drawability by about 18%compared to the LD,which is totally different from the general behavior of plain carbon pearlitic steels.The LD wire had uniform temperature distribution along the radial direction during wire drawing.In contrast,the HD wire had a temperature gradient along the radial direction due to the higher frictional effect at surface:the minimum temperature of 58℃ at center area and the maximum temperature of 143 C at surface area.The higher stacking fault energy of HD wire at the surface area due to the high temperature rise retarded twinning rate,resulting in the prevention of fast exhaustion in ductility in comparison with the LD wires since the earlier depletion of twins at surface area is known as the main reason for the fracture of TWIP steel during wire drawing.Consequently,HD process delayed the fracture strain of wire and increased the uniformity of microstructure and mechanical properties along the radial direction.

Investigation on the Formation Mechanism of Ordered Carbide (FeMn)_3AlC in the Al Added Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steels

The spinodal composition zone in Al added Fe-Mn-Al-C twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP) steels can be determined by contents of Al and C and aging temperature together, based on the thermodynamic analysis. Precipitation of ordered(FeMn)_3AlC carbide by the mechanism of spinodal decomposition occurs in the C-rich and Al-rich zone with low aging temperature. Increase of aging temperature shrinks spinodal composition zone to the high Al and C contents. As a result, the precipitation of(FeMn)_3AlC carbide alters from spinodal decomposition to classical nucleation-growth manner gradually. Further calculation indicates that the diffusion of Al can play a key role in determining the growth rate of(FeMn)_3AlC carbide at high aging temperature.

Temperature-jump tensile tests to induce optimized TRIP/TWIP effect in a metastable austenitic stainless steel

In the present work,plastic deformation mechanisms were initially tailored by adjusting the deformation temperature in the range of 0 to 200℃ in AISI 304L austenitic stainless steel,aiming to optimize the strength-ductility synergy.It was shown that the combined twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP)/transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP)effects and a wider strain range for the TRIP effect up to higher strains by adjusting the deformation temperature are good strategies to improve the strength-ductility synergy of this metastable stainless steel.In this regard,by consideration of the observed temperature-dependency of plastic deformation,the controlled sequence of TWIP and TRIP effects for archiving superior strength-ductility trade-off was intended by the pre-designed temperature jump tensile tests.Accordingly,the optimum tensile toughness of 846 MJ/m^(3) and total elongation to 133% were obtained by this strategy via exploiting the advantages of the TWIP effect at 100℃ and the TRIP effect at 25℃ at the later stages of the straining.Consequently,a deformation-temperature-transformation(DTT)diagram was developed for this metastable alloy.Moreover,based on work-hardening analysis,it was found that the main phenomenon constraining further improvement in the ductility and strengthening was the yielding of the deformation-induced α′-martensite.

Evolution of deformation twins with strain rate in a mediummanganese wear-resistant steel Fe-8Mn-1C-1.2Cr-0.2V

Microstructure evolutions of the medium-manganese wear-resistant steel Fe-8Mn-1C-1.2Cr-0.2V (in wt.%) with stacking-fault energy of 22 mJ m-2 during deformation at strain rate ranging of 10^-2-1 s^-1 were analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The results indicate that the twinning-induced plasticity effect is the main strengthening mechanism of the studied steel, whilst the transformation-induced plasticity effect only occurs at high strain rate. With an increase in strain rate, volume fraction of the deformation twins, in particular that of the secondary twins, increases significantly along with decreasing average size. When applied strain rate is higher than 10^-1 s^-1, the parallel deformation twins are turned into a crossing morphology, and the original straight twin boundaries exhibit a ladder feature, which is attributed to the interactions between regular dislocations and twin dislocations at the twin boundary. The critical strain, a key indicator of the initiation of deformation twin, decreases with increasing strain rate. In addition, the ductility and strength of medium-manganese wear-resistant steel Fe-8Mn-1C-1.2Cr-0.2V are mainly determined by the shape and volume fraction of deformation twins.

Recent progress in medium-Mn steels made with new designing strategies, a review

After summarizing the relevant researches on the medium Mn steels in references, two new targets on the tensile properties have been defined. One is that both transformation-induced（TRIP） and twinninginduced plasticity（TWIP） could be realized for the steel with a relatively low Mn content, which exhibits the similar tensile properties to the classical TWIP steels with higher Mn content. The other is to achieve ultrahigh ultimate tensile strength（〉1.5 GPa） without sacrificing formability. To achieve these goals,new designing strategies was put forward for compositions and the processing route. In particular, warm rolling was employed instead of the usual hot/cold rolling process because the former can produce a mixture of retained austenite grains with different morphologies and sizes via the partial recrystallization. Consequently, the retained austenite grains have a wide range of mechanic stability so that they can transform to martensite gradually during deformation, leading to enhanced TRIP effect and then improved mechanic properties. Finally, it is succeeded in manufacturing these targeted medium Mn steels in laboratory, some of them even exhibit better tensile properties than our expectation.

Assessing the magnetic order dependent γ-surface of Cr-Co-Ni alloys

In order to efficiently explore the nearly infinite composition space in multicomponent solid solution alloys for reaching higher mechanical performance,it is important to establish predictive design strategies using computation-aided methods.Here,using ab initio calculations we systematically study the effects of magnetism and chemical composition on the generalized stacking fault energy surface(γ-surface) of Cr-Co-Ni medium entropy alloys and show that both chemistry and the coupled magnetic state strongly affect the γ-surface,consequently,the primary deformation modes.The relations among various stable and unstable stacking fault energies are revealed and discussed.The present findings are useful for studying the deformation behaviors of Cr-Co-Ni alloys and facilitate a density functional theory based design of transformation-induced plasticity and twinning-induced plasticity mechanisms in Cr-Co-Ni alloys.

Effect of dew point on hot-dip galvanizing behavior of a high-manganese TWIP steel for automotive application

The effect of dew points(-50,-l0 and+10℃)on the galvanizing properties of a high-manganese twinning-inducedplasticity(TWIP)steel was studied.Scanning electron microscopy(SEM),glow discharge optical emission spectrometry(GDOES)and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)were used for microscopic observation and qualitative analysis of the interfacial layer between the steel surface and the zinc layer after hot-dip galvanizing.SEM analysis results show thatthree diffcrent morphologies of metallic oxides are formed on the interfacial layer under the different dew points.GDOES results show that Al is present in the molten zinc,reacting with Fe on the steel surface to form Fe2Al5,which can increasethe galvanizing properties.XPS results show that the valence states of Mn in the interfacial alloy layer are Mn'*and Mn*+,and the valence stales of Fe are Fe^0,Fe^2+and Fe^3+.The experimental results show that the hot-dip galvanizing performanceis the best at-10℃ and the formation of Mn and Fe intermetallic oxides has a bad effect on hot-dip galvanizing behaviorof the high-manganese TWIP steel.The types of the formed surface oxides(MnO,Mn3O4,Mn2O3,FeO3,and Fe2MnO4)onthe surface of the steel sheet are confirmed.It can obtain the best hot-dip galvanizing performance of the high-manganese TWIP steel by controlling the dew point from-10 to-5℃.

Multistage serrated flow behavior of a medium-manganese high-carbon steel

The deformation mechanisms and the flow stress behavior of a medium-manganese high-carbon steel during cold deformation at a strain rate of 10×5 s^-1 were explored using a universal testing machine,an X-ray diffractometer,a field emission scanning electron microscope and a high-resolution transmission electron microscope.The results show that continuous step-up serrated flow behavior appears after the yielding point,and the true stress-strain curve is roughly divided into five stages based on distinctive densities and amplitudes of serration.The strengthening mechanisms of the experimental steel involve Cottrell atmosphere,twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP)efect and transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP)effect.TWIP effect is the dominant deformation mechanism,and deformation twins formed by TWIP effect comprise primary,secondary and nanotwins.Furthermore,TRIP effect arises in the local high-strain region.Carbon element plays a key role in the transformation of the deformation mechanism.A small amount of carbide precipitates around twin boundaries lead to the formation of local carbon-poor regions,and Md temperature and stacking fault energy of medium-manganese high-carbon steel are propitious to the occurrence of TRIP effect.In addition,the contributions of various deformation mechanisms to plasticity are calculated,and that of TWIP effect is the greatest.

Simultaneous enhancement in strength and ductility of Fe_(50)Mn_(30)Co_(10)Cr_(10)high-entropy alloy via nitrogen alloying

The effect of nitrogen on microstructural evolution and tensile properties of transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP)Fe_(50)Mn_(30)Co_(10)Cr_(10)HEAs was investigated.Nitrogen was fully introduced in solid solution by pressure-induced melting technique.Nitrogen addition turned the TRIP alloy to a twinning-induced plasticity(TWIP)alloy,and simultaneously improved the strength and elongation.For the nitrogen-doped HEA,the high yield strength is mainly resulted from the friction stress via interstitial strengthening effect,and the high ductility is originated from retained high strain-hardening capability via the successive onset of dislocation accumulation and deformation twinning.The strain-hardening behavior and microstructural evolution at specified strains were revealed.

Strain Hardening Associated with Dislocation,Deformation Twinning,and Dynamic Strain Aging in Fe–20Mn–1.3C–(3Cu) TWIP Steels

The effects of Cu on stacking fault energy,dislocation slip,mechanical twinning,and strain hardening in Fe–20Mn–1.3C twinning-induced plasticity（TWIP） steels were systematically investigated.The stacking fault energy was raised with an average slope of 2 mJ/m2 per 1 wt% Cu.The Fe–20Mn–1.3C–3Cu steel exhibited superior tensile properties,with the ultimate tensile strength reached at 2.27 GPa and elongation up to 96.9% owing to the high strain hardening that occurred.To examine the mechanism of this high strain hardening,dislocation density determination by XRD was calculated.The dislocation density increased with the increasing strain,and the addition of Cu resulted in a decrease in the dislocation density.A comparison of the strain-hardening behavior of Fe–20Mn–1.3C and Fe–20Mn–1.3C–3Cu TWIP steels was made in terms of modified Crussard–Jaoul（C–J） analysis and microstructural observations.Especially at low strains,the contributions of all the relevant deformation mechanisms—slip,twinning,and dynamic strain aging—were quantitatively evaluated.The analysis revealed that the dislocation storage was the leading factor to the increase of the strain hardening,while dynamic strain aging was a minor contributor to strain hardening.Twinning,which interacted with the matrix,acted as an effective barrier to dislocation motion.

Effects of Pre-strain and Temperature on Bake Hardening of TWIP900CR Steel

The effects of pre-strain and baking temperature on bake hardening behaviour of TWIP900CR steel were investi- gated. The results reveal that the bake hardening process contributes to an increase in yield strength up to 65 MPa at the baking temperature of 200 ℃. The difference in yield strength between baking temperatures of 170 and 200 ℃ is al- most insignificant. It is clearly observed that baking at a high temperature does not result in a significant increase in yield strength. For a reasonable bake hardening, a good combination of pre strain and baking temperature is necessa- ry. Besides, the toughness of the material is found to decrease with increasing pre-strain.

Strain rate sensitivity of a 1.5 GPa nanotwinned steel

Two distinct regimes of strain rate sensitivity on yield strength are found in a high-strength nantwinned steel.The yield strength increases from 1410 to 1776 MPa when the strain rate increases from 10–3 to 1400 s-1.It is proposed from the measured small activation volume that the yielding of the nanotwinned steel at higher strain rates is governed by the dislocation bowing out from the carbon atmosphere.At lower strain rates,however,the yielding is controlled by the continuous re-pinning of dislocations due to the fast diffused carbon atoms,which leads to the relative insensitivity of yield strength to the strain rate.