Abstract
Fine-grained high-strength low-alloyed (HSLA) steels are used for their advantageous combination of mechanical properties such as high yield strength, tensile strength, ductility, and good formability. These properties are mainly based on applied grain boundary strengthening, which as the only strengthening mechanism allows for the yield strength to increase without a decrease in ductility. Therefore, any changes in grain size lead to irreversible changes in material properties. Such changes also occur during welding in the heat-affected zone (HAZ), where there is a significant change in austenitic grain. In coarse-grain HAZ, this leads to a decrease in yield strength, ductility, toughness, and fatigue strength. The paper experimentally determines the growth kinetics of austenitic grain for fine-grained HSLA steel S960MC. As a result, the values of the activation energy required for grain growth Q and the proportional constant K0 are determined. Knowing these values is important for numerical predictions of austenitic grain size in the HAZ. Based on these predictions, the changes in yield strength, ductility, toughness, and fatigue strength can be estimated.
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