Martensitic steels stress reduction

The first yield-stress reduction in metastable steels takes place in the vicinity of the spontaneous martensitic transition and is due to the formation of h.c.p. intermediate e-phase, favoring shear deformation. [Pg.42]

R. P, Reed, G. J. Guntner, and R. L. Greeson, "On the Reduction in Te isile Strength and the Stress-Induced Martensitic Transformation of Some Austenitic Stainless Steels at very Low Temperatures, to be presented at the October, 1960 AIME in Philadelphia. [Pg.576]

Figure 3, which is a replot of the data of Fig. 1, was included to focus attention on the deformational behavior of these steels as measured by elongation. At 70 F, these steels deform by localized necking and extensive reduction of area, followed by fracture in the necked area (see Fig. 10). At -320 and -423°F, these same steels deform by a much more uniform elongation and reduction of area over the entire reduced section (see Fig. 10). This condition is most pronounced in the 62 cold-worked samples. At low temperature, the increase in strength in the reduced section due to plastic strain and associated martensite formation more than offsets the increase in stress due to the reduction in cross-sectional area (i.e., necking down) hence, the sample elongates over the entire reduced section prior to failure. At -423 F this elongation frequently occurs in a discontinuous manner, accompanied by audible clicks, serrations in the stress—strain curve, and striations in the sample, whose appearance is not unlike Luder s bands. The cross section of such a striation is shown in Fig. 12. These striations have been observed in other alloys by other investigators, and have been variously attributed to catastrophic twinning, thermal instability, and the burst-type formation of dislocations [1]. In this material another possibility exists, namely, the formation of martensite. This transformation is known to occur by an instantaneous shear mechanism and yields a volume increase which could account for the serrated stress—strain curve [5]. These effects demonstrate again that the...

$Figure 3, which is a replot of the data of Fig. 1, was included to focus attention on the deformational behavior of these steels as measured by elongation. At 70 F, these steels deform by localized necking and extensive reduction of area, followed by fracture in the necked area (see Fig. 10). At -320 and -423°F, these same steels deform by a much more uniform elongation and reduction of area over the entire reduced section (see Fig. 10). This condition is most pronounced in the 62 cold-worked samples. At low temperature, the increase in strength in the reduced section due to plastic strain and associated martensite formation more than offsets the increase in stress due to the reduction in cross-sectional area (i.e., necking down) hence, the sample elongates over the entire reduced section prior to failure. At -423 F this elongation frequently occurs in a discontinuous manner, accompanied by audible clicks, serrations in the stress—strain curve, and striations in the sample, whose appearance is not unlike Luder s bands. The cross section of such a striation is shown in Fig. 12. These striations have been observed in other alloys by other investigators, and have been variously attributed to catastrophic twinning, thermal instability, and the burst-type formation of dislocations [1]. In this material another possibility exists, namely, the formation of martensite. This transformation is known to occur by an instantaneous shear mechanism and yields a volume increase which could account for the serrated stress—strain curve [5]. These effects demonstrate again that the...$

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