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The compressive deformation behaviors of 300M high strength steel were investigated over a wide range of temperatures (850–1200 °C) and strain rates (0.001–10 s−1) on a Gleeble-3800 thermo-mechanical simulator. The measured flow stress was modified by the corrections of the friction and the temperature compensations, which nicely reflect negative effects of the friction and temperature on the flow stress. The corrected stress-strain curves were the dynamic recrystallization type on the conditions of higher deformation temperature and lower strain rate. Flow stress increases with the increase of strain rate at the same deformation temperature and strain. By contrast, flow stress decreases with the increase of temperature at the same strain rate and strain. Dependence of the peak stress on temperature and strain rate for 300M steel is described by means of the conventional hyperbolic sine equation. By regression analysis, the activation energy (Q) in the whole range of deformation temperature is determined to be 367.562 kJ/mol. The effects of the temperature and the strain rate on microstructural evolution are obvious. With the increase of the deformation temperature and the decrease of the strain rate, the original austenite grain sizes of 300M steel increase. At the same time, the corrected flow stress curves more accurately determine the evolution of the microstructure.
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Qi, Rs., Guo, Bf., Liu, Xg. et al. Flow Stress Behaviors and Microstructure Evolution of 300M High Strength Steel Under Isothermal Compression. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 21, 1116–1123 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1006-706X(14)60192-8
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