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Characteristic of Near-surface Microstructure and Its Effects on the Torsion Performance of Cold Drawn Pearlitic Steel Wires for Bridge Cables

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The characteristic of near-surface microstructure and its effects on the torsion performance of cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires for bridge cables were investigated by focused ion beam-scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The samples with similar tensile strength before and after hot-dip galvanizing process are, respectively, characterized as delaminated and non-delaminated in torsion test which indicates that the tensile strength is independent of the toughness value (i e, reduction area and torsion ability). It is interesting to find that there exists submicron granular ferrite on near-surface of the wires, which can be attributed to dislocation rearrangement and sub-grains rotation during cold drawing and hot-dip galvanizing process. And their distribution can suggest homogeneousness of deformation degree to a certain extent: the closer to the surface of their distribution, the more homogeneous deformation of the wires. There is a close relationship between the thermal stability of the cementite layer and distribution of granular ferrite: differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis shows that the sample is accompanied by submicron granular ferrite which is located closer to the surface has higher thermal stability under galvanizing temperature (450 °C). A new mechanism of the torsion delamination of pearlitic steel wires is discussed in terms of the thermal stability of the cementite layer and distribution of granular ferrite.

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Funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFB0304801)

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  1. The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, China

    Fan Zhang  (张帆), Xinping Mao, Siqian Bao  (鲍思前), Gang Zhao, Meng He, Fangyu Huang & Xi Qu

  2. Baosteel Central Research Institute, Wuhan, 430080, China

    Fan Zhang  (张帆), Sixin Zhao & Zhaojun Deng

  3. Key Laboratory for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, China

    Siqian Bao  (鲍思前), Gang Zhao, Meng He, Fangyu Huang & Xi Qu

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Zhang, F., Mao, X., Bao, S. et al. Characteristic of Near-surface Microstructure and Its Effects on the Torsion Performance of Cold Drawn Pearlitic Steel Wires for Bridge Cables. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 37, 992–999 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-022-2622-z

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