the quenching and partitioning (q&p;) process is a new heat treatment cycle to produce the third generation of advanced high strength steels based on diffusion of carbon from martensite to retained austenite phase. the application of this process for various steels leads to a remarkable combination of mechanical properties including high strength and good ductility. using this process in automo...

a neural network with feed forward topology and back propagation algorithm was used to investigate the effect of composition on mechanical properties in api x65 microalloyed steel (used in manufacturing of large diameter pipes). experimental data was obtained by cutting 100 specimens from pipes manufactured in industrial scale (with similar heats and manufacturing processes). the chemical analy...

Aqueous polymer quenchants are being used increasingly in steel heat treatment industries as a substitution for conventional quenchants. By adjusting the quench parameters of the polymeric media, it is possible to achieve desirable microstructure and mechanical properties in addition to reduction in distortion and cracking. In this work, Polyalkylene Glycol (PAG) aqueous solution was used as th...

The mechanical properties and microstructural developments of 321 stainless steel during thermomechanical process were investigated. The repetitive cold rolling and subsequent annealing were conducted to achieve nanocrystalline structure in an AISI 321 stainless steel. Heavily cold rolling at −20°C was conducted to form martensite in metastable austenitic steel. The process was followed by anne...

stress relieving is a common practice among manufacturing codes for reducing the magnitude ofresidual stresses in welded, quenched, and tempered steel structures and pressure vessels. the presentwork investigates the effect of stress relieving at 480, 560, 620, and 680°c on the microstructure andmechanical properties of 20 mm astm a517 gr. b steel plate weldments produced by shielded metal arcw...

Achieving the mechanical properties of steels after various manufacturing and heat treatment processes is significant and essential. In production lines, after producing the specific and standard samples, mechanical properties have been measured by destructive processes which cause waste of cost and time. In addition, destructive techniques cannot detect the miniscule changes made in mechanical...

aisi 4340 steel is one of the super strong steels that can be selected for different applications. by designing theproper cycles of heat treatment, the optimum microstructure and properties of this steel can be achieved. in thisstudy, different heat treatment cycles were introduced to achieve the optimum microstructure and improve themechanical and magnetic properties of aisi 4340 steel. the re...

Article history: Received 10.9.2012 Received in revised form 10.12.2012 Accepted 10.12.2012 27SiMn steels with different original structures were zero time holding quenched after pretreatments including general quenching and normalizing, respectively, then their tensile strength and hardness were determined and also microstructures were analyzed.. The experimental results show that thus quenche...