Non-destructive Eddy current (EC) technique has long been used to detect discontinuities in materials. Recently, its application has been extended to characterize materials microstructure. In order to identify different microstructures, four plain carbon steel bars with different chemical compositions (AISI 1015, 1035, 1045 and 1080) were used in annealed condition. The pearlite percentage, car...

The effect of stress and strain on the transformation kinetics of pearlite is investigated by phase-field simulation. Strain is considered in terms of expansion/contraction during transformation and due to concentration gradients in austenite. It is demonstrated that due to the concentration dependence of the eigenstrain, an inhomogeneous stress distribution ahead of the transformation front en...

In this paper, the microstructural damage evolution of a steel with ferrite–pearlite microstructure (C45E) was investigated during process cold upsetting. The development and accumulation were analyzed in different areas samples that deformed at strain levels. scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results showed various mechanisms nucleation microcavities occurred upsetting process. quantitative t...

non-destructive eddy current (ec) technique has long been used to detect discontinuities in materials. recently, its application has been extended to characterize materials microstructure. in order to identify different microstructures, four plain carbon steel bars with different chemical compositions (aisi 1015, 1035, 1045 and 1080) were used in annealed condition. the pearlite percentage, car...

−− An experimental study on solidification structure development and on endogenous inclusion precipitation in a continuously cast resulphurised steel is presented. Results were obtained by investigating two heats of a free cutting C-Mn steel cast in billets with a diameter of 145 mm. The as cast structure was evaluated by macroand microscopic analyses. Primary and secondary dendrite arm spacing...

The effect of ferrite-pearlite and ferrite-martensite phase combinations on the passive layer properties low carbon steel is investigated in a 0.1 M NaOH solution. Heat treatments were designed to obtain microstructures with similar ferrite volume fractions. Potentiostatic polarisation electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) results demonstrated lower barrier films microstructure compared ...