Bainitic steels for new rail materials

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-290

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2001

End date 30 June 2004

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 668 000,00

EU contribution € 400 800,00

Coordinated by

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA
Italy

Objective

Rail steel are designed to resist wear and rolling contact fatigue caused by forces transmitted through the wheel/rail contact zone. The aims of the project are twofold: to investigate morphology, transformation characteristics and properties of bainite mixed with a low amount of lath martensite, as compared to conventional pearlite structure, and to define chemical compositions, for given hot rolling and in line/off line cooling conditions to achieve the optimum bainitic structure able to develop hardness values higher than 400 HB minimum tensile strength of 1400 MPa, good wear resistance and elongation = 10%. The welding behaviour will also be studied.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• D3 - Physical metallurgy of rolling and finishing

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via di Castel Romano 100/102 ; 00128 ROMA EUR ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (2)

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Ernest Solvay, 11 ; 4000 LIEGE
• Total cost: No data

VOEST ALPINE SCHIENEN

Austria

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kerpely Strasse 199 ; 8700 LEOBEN
• Total cost: No data