MICROYIELD STUDY OF DISPERSION STRENGTHENING IN SPHEROIDIZED STEEL AT ROOM TEMPERATURE,

Abstract

Plain carbon steels with 0.48 and 0.95% C were quenched and tempered to 705 C to produce carbide dispersions with spacings on the order of 1 micron. The morphology of the structure consisted of a czrbide-dislocation network. The strengthening due to the dispersion was found to vary linearly with M to the -1/2 power where M is the mean free-ferrite path determined by the entire network. No preyield microstrain preceded the upper yield point. After prestraining the lowest stress at which dislocation movement could be detected was 10 to the 4th power psi; this functional stress was independent of the dispersion and prestrains up to 6.5%. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 1964
Accession Number
AD0431127

Entities

People

  • Nathan Brown
  • R. Kossowsky

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Steels
  • Dislocations
  • Dispersions
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Steel
  • Yield Strength

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.

Technology Areas

  • Space