Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7974908 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2016 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
The objective of the present study is to optimize the mechanical properties of commercial SUS316L stainless steel through harmonic structure design. The harmonic structured SUS316L compacts were fabricated by a process including high energy ball milling and subsequent hot isostatic pressing. Although the harmonic structured compacts had a bimodal grain size distribution, our investigations showed that both hardness and yield strength still well resembled the Hall-Petch relationship. A great combination of high yield strength and improved uniform elongation can be achieved simultaneously in the harmonic structured SUS316L compacts (Ïy=695 MPa, εu=27.1%). The improved ductility was attributed to both the strain hardening induced by the coarse-grained structure and the extra strain hardening caused by the peculiar macroscopic network of ultrafine-grained structure. It was suggested that core grain size of approximately 1.2 µm and shell volume fraction of approximately 50-60% were the optimized harmonic structure design for austenite stainless steel.
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Authors
Ruixiao Zheng, Zhe Zhang, Masashi Nakatani, Mie Ota, Xu Chen, Chaoli Ma, Kei Ameyama,