This book outlines the basic principles of metallurgical design of flat rolled steels to obtain flat steel products with required metallurgical and mechanical properties. These principles establish the requirements for steel chemical composition and the process parameters, including steelmaking, reheating, hot rolling, annealing and cold rolling. Metallurgical Design of Flat Rolled Steels reviews the current theories and experimental works conducted in this area, and gives a comparative analysis of the obtained results in application to a large variety of steels produced around the world.
This guide presents essential material in a fashion that permits rapid application to practical problems while providing the structure and understanding necessary for long-term growth. It first explains how the components fit and work together to make a successful experimental design, then analyzes each component in detail, presenting the various approaches in the form of menus of different strategies and options. Then the text illustrates equations developed by various researchers and compares them in both table and graphic forms.
Written in a clear and concise manner, the material is presented using a modular or "building block" approach so readers get to see how the entire structure fits together and learn the essential techniques and terminology necessary to develop more complex designs and analyses.
Preface
Part 1 : Main Characteristics of Steel
Chapter 1 : Microstructural Characteristics of Metals
Chapter 2 : Chemical Compositions of Steel
Chapter 3 : Physical Properties of Steel
Chapter 4 : Classification of Steel
Part 2 : Making, Casting and Rolling of Steel
Chapter 5 : Primary and Secondary Steelmaking
Chapter 6 : Casting and Reheating of Steel
Chapter 7 : Rolling Mills for Flat Products
Part 3 : Deformation of Steel During Rolling
Chapter 8 : Heat Transfer in Hot Rolling of Flat Products
Chapter 9 : Basic Principles of Macroscopic Plasticity
Chapter 10 : Theories of Flat Rolling
Chapter 11 : Resistance to Deformation in Flat Rolling
Part 4 : Metallurgical Aspects of Hot Rolling
Chapter 12 : Structural Changes in plain Carbon Steels During Hot Rolling
Chapter 13 : Solubility and Precipitation of Microalloy Carbides/Nitrides
Chapter 14 : Structural Changes in Microalloyed Steels During Hot Rolling
Chapter 15 : Strengthening Mechanisms in Steels
Chapter 16 : Thermomechanical Treatment During Rolling and Cooling
Part 5 : Properties of Flat Rolled Products
Chapter 17 : Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled Carbon Steels
Chapter 18 : Cold-Forming and Fatigue Properties of Steels
Chapter 19 : Metallurgical Defects in Cast Slabs and Hot Rolled Products
Part 6 : Plain and Microalloyed Carbon Steels
Chapter 20 : Plain Carbon Steels
Chapter 21 : Microalloyed Steels
Chapter 22 : Extra & Ultra Low Carbon Steels
Chapter 23 : Multiphase Steels
Chapter 24 : The Rolling Mill As a Metallurgical Device
Nomenclature
Principal Works Consulted
Index
