Metallurgical Design of Flat Rolled Steels (Paperback, 1)

Microstructural characteristics of metals. Chemical compositions of steels. Physical properties of steels. Current classification of steels. Basic metallurgical features of primary and secondary steelmaking. Basic metallurgical features of casting and reheating. Hot and cold rolling mills for manufacturing of flat rolled products. Heat transfer during hot rolling. Basic principles of macroscopic plasticity in steels. Current theories of flat rolling. Equations for resistance. Structural changes in plain carbon steels. Solubility and precipitation of microalloy carbides and nitrides. Structural changes in microalloyed steels. Strengthening mechanisms in steels. Thermomechanical treatment of steel. Mechanical properties of hot rolled carbon steels. Cold-forming and fatigue properties of steels.