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Effects of strain rate on austenite stability and mechanical properties in a 5Mn steel

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The austenite stability and the mechanical properties in a typical medium Mn grade steel, i.e., 5Mn steel, were investigated under a wide range of strain rates through the combination of experimental and theoretical methodologies. The obtained results indicate that austenite is more stable at a high strain rate, which is due to the suppression of the austenite to martensite transformation. This suppression is attributed to the increased stacking fault energy and the high deformation energy barrier. Moreover, the suppression of martensitic transformation also leads to the decrease in the ultimate tensile strength and the uniform elongation. Owing to the increase in an adiabatic heating temperature, an increase in the uniform elongation is acquired at a high strain rate. The obtained fundamental study results shed light on a wide application of the medium Mn steel under different strain rate conditions.

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Y.G. Yang, H.T. Jiang, M. Wang, Z.L. Mi, and X.P. Mao gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFB0304404 and 2016YFB0101605), the Program of High-end CNC Machine Tools and Basic Manufacturing Equipment (2019ZX04002030) and China Scholarship Council (CSC). The authors would like to thank N. Chaudhary and co-authors for sharing the SFE database used in their publication. Y.G. Yang and W.Z. Mu would like to thank the Swedish iron and steel research office (Jernkontoret), in particular Hugo Carlssons Stiftelse and Gerhard von Hofstens Stiftelse to support Y.G. Yang’s research activity in KTH. W.Z. Mu would like to acknowledge Associate Professor H.H. Mao (KTH) for the discussion of the thermodynamics, and he also wants to thank Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT, No. PT2017-7330 & IB2020-8781) for the financial support. X.Q. Li would like to acknowledge the Swedish Research Council.

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  1. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Rolling Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Yong-gang Yang, Hai-tao Jiang, Mai Wang, Zhen-li Mi & Xin-ping Mao

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 10044, Sweden

    Yong-gang Yang, Wang-zhong Mu & Xiao-qing Li

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China

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Yang, Yg., Mu, Wz., Li, Xq. et al. Effects of strain rate on austenite stability and mechanical properties in a 5Mn steel. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 29, 316–326 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-021-00569-3

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