TY - GEN
T1 - Microstructural development during mechanical forming of steel sheets
AU - Akinlabi, Stephen A.
AU - Akinlabi, Esther T.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Metal forming is used synonymously with deformation, a process during which an object gets changed due to the applied force. These changes can either be reversible or irreversible depending on the type of material; size and geometry of the object and the magnitude of the applied force to the object. This paper reports the microstructural development after mechanical forming of steel sheet material by varying the applied loads. The microstructural evaluations showed that the applied loads employed caused an increase in the magnitude of the grain sizes in each loaded specimen. Furthermore, the increase in the grain size of the microstructure was observed to be directly proportional to the loads applied. In addition, the microhardness values of the cross sections investigated were found to increase with the applied loads. Hence, the grain size growth and the hardness were linearly dependent on the applied loads, and this implies that there is a correlation between the applied loads and the resulting microstructure of the material and the hardness of the material.
AB - Metal forming is used synonymously with deformation, a process during which an object gets changed due to the applied force. These changes can either be reversible or irreversible depending on the type of material; size and geometry of the object and the magnitude of the applied force to the object. This paper reports the microstructural development after mechanical forming of steel sheet material by varying the applied loads. The microstructural evaluations showed that the applied loads employed caused an increase in the magnitude of the grain sizes in each loaded specimen. Furthermore, the increase in the grain size of the microstructure was observed to be directly proportional to the loads applied. In addition, the microhardness values of the cross sections investigated were found to increase with the applied loads. Hence, the grain size growth and the hardness were linearly dependent on the applied loads, and this implies that there is a correlation between the applied loads and the resulting microstructure of the material and the hardness of the material.
KW - Applied load
KW - Microhardness
KW - Microstructural development and mechanical forming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887888401&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887888401
SN - 9789881925107
T3 - Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
SP - 615
EP - 620
BT - Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2013, WCE 2013
T2 - 2013 World Congress on Engineering, WCE 2013
Y2 - 3 July 2013 through 5 July 2013
ER -