Print Email Facebook Twitter An acoustic emission study of martensitic and bainitic transformations in carbon steel Title An acoustic emission study of martensitic and bainitic transformations in carbon steel Author Van Bohemen, S.M.C. Contributor Richardson, I.M. (promotor) Faculty Applied Sciences Date 2004-02-24 Abstract Steel is one of the most commonly used materials today, especially in industrial sectors such as ship building and the automotive industry. In order to meet the requirements for steel applications, new multi-phase steels are being developed. The microstructure of these steels consists of a variety of different phases, which leads to superior material properties - a combination of high strength with good formability. For the development of such steels research is required to gain more insight into the underlying microstructure and the mechanisms by which it is formed. This thesis describes unique acoustic emission experiments during martensitic and bainitic transformations in steel. The main objective of this work is to obtain a better understanding of the growth mechanism and kinetics of these solid-state phase transformations that can occur in carbon steel. In view of fact that acoustic emission is an unexplored technique in this kind of steel research, this study also aims to give a good overview of the possibilities and limitations of acoustic emission as a real-time monitoring technique for the evolution of bainite and martensite formation. Subject phase transformationsacoustic emissionsteelmartensitebainite To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e7dec82c-83be-4e7a-8dc9-60401b32a53b Publisher Delft University Press ISBN 90-407-2477-6 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2004 S.M.C. van Bohemen Files PDF as_bohemen_20040224.pdf 4.01 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e7dec82c-83be-4e7a-8dc9-60401b32a53b/datastream/OBJ/view