Structure-Property Correlation and Constitutive Description of Structural Steels during Hot Working and Strain Rate Deformation.

The behaviour of plain carbon as well as structural steels is qualitatively different at different regimes of strain rates and temperature when they are subjected to hot-working and impact-loading conditions. Ambient temperature and carbon content are the leading factors governing the deformation behaviour and substructural evolution of these steels. This review aims at investigating the mechanical behaviour of structural (or constructional) steels during their strain rate (ranging from very low to very high) as well as hot-working conditions and subsequently establishing the structure-property correlation.

Hybrid structure of white layer in high carbon steel - Formation mechanism and its properties.

This study identifies for the first time, the hybrid structure of the white layer in high carbon steel and describes its formation mechanism and properties. The so-called 'white layer' in steel forms during high strain rate deformation and appears featureless under optical microscopy. While many researchers have investigated the formation of the white layer, there has been no definitive study, nor is there sufficient evidence to fully explain the formation, structure and properties of the layer.