Since last decade, HEAs have gained tremendous importance due to its superior mechanical and functional properties when compared to conventional alloys. Among the different functional alloys FCC structured FeCoCr(Al, Mn)0.25 alloy possessing high magnetic saturation, high Curie temperature, low coerci...

Austenitic stainless steels used for the production of primary circuit components in nuclear engineering must exhibit not only good corrosion resistance but also adequate mechanical properties at elevated temperatures. The main problem with these steels is their susceptibility to intergranular em...

Two-step heat treatment with bainitic hold at 425 °C was applied to low alloyed high strength steel with partial substitution of silicon by aluminium. The steel was further micro-alloyed by niobium. Various soaking temperatures in the range of 750-1250 °C were used to analyse ...

Condensing tails of almost all steam turbines operate in wet steam region. The impacts of water droplets on material of the steam turbine moving blades are causing the erosion of the material. The situation is even worse for steam turbines which already have saturated or ...

The effect of manganese addition (from 3 to 5%) on the serrated plastic flow behavior in medium manganese TRIP steels was investigated in static tensile tests performed in a temperature range of 20-200°C. The Portevin-Le Chatelier (PLC) effect was observed in a steel containing...

Today, high-strength parts for the automotive industry are mainly produced by the press-hardening technology. In order to reduce costs, savings in production and optimal materials are sought. One option involves the use of high strength steels of various chemical compositions. Two high ...

Enrichment of austenite with carbon in the course of austempering is a fundamental mechanism which leads to incomplete bainite transformation. Higher carbon content in untransformed austenite, together with the presence of silicon, is understood to lead to stabilization of austenite. As a&#x...

This paper deals with the innovative Quenching and partitioning (QP) heat treatment (HT) of low-alloyed chromium steel, and is especially focused on the higher temperatures of partitioning as well as longer holding times and its influence on mechanical properties of the material. As...

Heat treatment strategies for advanced high-strength medium-Mn sheet steels are addressed. A review of the available thermal cycles for cold-rolled and hot-rolled sheets are presented. The benefits from the intercritical annealing following hot-rolling or cold-rolling are emphasized. The examples of&#...

Good mechanical properties of steels, in which appropriate heat treatment can produce mixed hardening structures, make them candidates for a broad range of applications, namely in the automotive industry. TRIP steels (in which transformation-induced plasticity operates) with a carbon content of&#...

This study evaluates how heat treatment affects the structure and properties of the engineered composite material SD251-PH1. This material was formed by mixing two powder blends in a weight ratio of 90 wt. % WC-Co powder SD251 with 10 wt. % of a PH1 steel precipitation&#x...

Microstructure analysis was performed on rolled bars of high-speed steel after two and three forging cycles, each cycle comprising one upsetting and one drawing out operation. High-speed steels belong to difficult-to-form materials with a narrow forging temperature interval. Forging above the...

The booming interest in additive manufacturing (AM) and its great potential has spurred industry to adopt this advanced technology. AM can produce net-shaped parts with complex geometries that are often impossible to fabricate through traditional subtractive methods. Additionally, AM has introduc...

Fatigue damage has special relevance on the life span of mechanical components and structures, as it takes responsibility for the majority of the registered structural failures. Although its mechanisms have been the subject of continuous research, the growing need for greater lifespans ...

Pipelines and piping components when subjected to extreme loading conditions (e.g. earthquakes, hurricanes, support settlements, industrial plant shutdown) undergo large plastic deformations, associated with widespread yielding, leading to fracture, either due to monotonic loading or ultra-low-cycle fatigue (UL...

Heat treatment of steels is a technological process used to increase the strength of steels. There is a wide variety of different heat treatment procedures. The choice of a suitable technological process depends mainly on the chemical composition and the target properties of the&#x...

In the present study, additively manufactured (AM) samples were analysed by the Contour method in order to determine residual stresses. The Contour method is destructive and its big advantage is that there is no size limitation of the sample and this method is able to pre...

The interest in Cu-Sn alloys is associated with excellent flexibility, wear and corrosion resistance, and high mechanical strength. CuSn10P1 alloy has the widest applications among Cu-Sn alloys and is widely used in the shaft sleeve, bearing, gears, valves, etc. The properties of this&#...

The presented invention is a technology of manufacturing amorphous elements with the use of selective laser melting (SLM). Iron-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are a promising group of materials, which is not widely used due to problems with obtaining the necessary cooling rates ...

Hybrid parts were successfully produced by additive manufacturing of maraging steel 18Ni 300 grade on the top of low alloyed advanced high strength steel. High strength steel was alloyed by 0.2% C, 1.5% Al, 0.5% Si, 1.5% Mn and micro alloyed by 0.06% Nb (all in weigh...