Objetivo A wide range of steel types can be produced by continuous annealing. It would be very beneficial to be able to predict microstructure and mechanical properties from a knowledge of steel composition, hot and cold rolling conditions and continuous annealing parameters. Such a predictive model would help to identify optimum conditions for continuous annealing for improving the properties of existing steels and would aid the development of new steels. There is a need to gain a fuller understanding of annealing conditions on recrystallisation, grain growth, carbide dissolution and texture development in current aluminium-killed and interstitial-free steels. There is also a need to learn more about the relationship between processing conditions, microstructural development and properties in ferrite-bainite, ferrite-martensite and multi-phase steels produced by intercritical continuous annealing. The microstructures of a wide range of continuously annealed steels will be characterised and mechanical properties measured. The relationships between processing conditions, composition, microstructure and properties will be examined in detail. From this, a mathematical model would be developed to predict microstructures and properties from compositional and continuous annealing parameters. Programa(s) ECSC-STEELRES 8C - Medium-term guidelines (ECSC) for the programmes of technical steel research and of steel pilot/demonstration projects, 1991-1995 Tema(s) D3 - Physical metallurgy of rolling and finishing Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador ENSIDESA Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 33480 AVILES España Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
