In-situ characterization of transformation plasticity during an isothermal austenite-to-bainite phase transformation

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• 作者：M.J. Holzweissig^a ; ¹ ; ^{martinh@mail.upb.de} ; D. Canadinc^b ; ² ; ^{dcanadinc@ku.edu.tr} ; H.J. Maier^a ; ^{hmaier@mail.upb.de}
• 关键词：Austenitization ; Transformation plasticity ; Bainite ; Phase transformation ; Digital image correlation
• 刊名：Materials Characterization
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：57_10445803
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：March, 2012
• 卷：65
• 期：Complete
• 页码：100-108
• 文件大小：1945 K

摘要

This paper elucidates the stress-induced variant selection process during the isothermal austenite-to-bainite phase transformation in a tool steel. Specifically, a thorough set of experiments combining electron backscatter diffraction and in-situ digital image correlation (DIC) was carried out to establish the role of superimposed stress level on the evolution of transformation plasticity (TP) strains. The important finding is that TP increases concomitant with the superimposed stress level, and strain localization accompanies phase transformation at all stress levels considered. Furthermore, TP strain distribution within the whole material becomes more homogeneous with increasing stress, such that fewer bainitic variants are selected to grow under higher stresses, yielding a more homogeneous strain distribution. In particular, the bainitic variants oriented along [101] and [201] directions are favored to grow parallel to the loading axis and are associated with large TP strains. Overall, this very first in-situ DIC investigation of the austenite-to-bainite phase transformation in steels evidences the clear relationship between the superimposed stress level, variant selection, and evolution of TP strains.