Overview of Research and Development of High-Manganese Damping Steel with Integrated Structure and Function
CHEN Liqing1(), LI Xing2, ZHAO Yang3, WANG Shuai1, FENG Yang1
1State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China 2Hefei Innovation Research Institute, Beihang University, Hefei 230012, China 3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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CHEN Liqing, LI Xing, ZHAO Yang, WANG Shuai, FENG Yang. Overview of Research and Development of High-Manganese Damping Steel with Integrated Structure and Function. Acta Metall Sin, 2023, 59(8): 1015-1026.
Vibration and noise are considered as public hazards that can affect the daily life of people. The use of additional sound insulation devices or curing of components by design can reduce certain vibration and noise; however, these methods are greatly limited by weight, cost, and vibration-damping effect. Damping materials primarily convert vibration energy into other forms of energy through internal friction to reduce vibration and noise, which is the most direct and effective way to reduce vibration and noise from the material itself. As a new structurally and functionally integrated ferrous material, low-stacking-fault-energy and high-manganese transformation-induced plasticity steel has outstanding damping characteristics based on a large number of ε-martensite and stacking faults as damping sources. It also has unique comprehensive advantages in mechanical properties, cost, and scope of application, indicating its broad application potential. Based on previous research results, this paper primarily summarizes the research and development of high-manganese damping steel at home and abroad. First, the microstructural features of high-manganese damping steel are introduced, and the complex thermal/deformation-induced transformation behavior among austenite, ε-martensite, and α'-martensite is investigated. Second, the mechanical behavior, work-hardening mechanism, damping performance, and the mechanism of high-manganese damping steel are summarized and analyzed. The influence of several strengthening effects on mechanical properties is compared, and the key factors affecting the damping properties of high-manganese damping steel are clarified. Finally, the problems in the research and development of high-manganese damping steel are highlighted, and future research is prospected.
Fig.2 ε-martensitic transformation mechanism in Fe-17Mn-0.3Si damping steel after 24% warm deformation[14] (a) Schmid factor map of austenite (G1—original autenite grain 1, G2—original autenite grain 2) (b) local disorientation map of austenite (c) austenitic φ2 = 45° orientation distribution function (ODF) section for circular region in G1 (φ1, φ2, ϕ—Euler angles) (d) schematic of intersection of (111) γ plane and (001) γ plane (yellow line) (e) intersections of {111} γ planes and (001) γ plane (The solid lines P1/149° and P3/31° represent the intersection lines that {111} γ planes have a large Schmid factor, the angles between the two lines and rolling direction are 149° and 31°, respectively. The dashed lines P2/59° and P4/121° represent the intersection lines that {111} γ planes have a small Schmid factor, the angles between the two lines and tensile deformation direction are 59° and 121°, respectively)
Fig.3 TEM images showing ε→α' transformation in Fe-17Mn damping steel after 5% (a) and 15% (b) tensile deformations[19]
Fig.4 Deformation-induced ε→γ transformation in Fe-15Mn and Fe-17Mn damping steels[19] (a) austenitic orientation imaging map (OIM) in 5% deformed Fe-15Mn damping steel (Inset shows the standard inverse pole figure of austenite) (b) EBSD phase map in 5% deformed Fe-15Mn damping steel (Red region denotes austenite, yellow region denotes ε-martensite, green region denotes α'-martensite. TD—transverse direction, RD—rolling direction) (c) TEM image of 5% deformed Fe-17Mn damping steel (Inset shows the SAED pattern of γ phase)
Fig.5 TEM image showing thermally induced γ→α' transformation in Fe-15Mn damping steel (SF—stacking fault)[19]
Fig.6 Engineering stress-strain curves (a) and impact energies (b) of Fe-15Mn, Fe-17Mn, Fe-19Mn, and Fe-17Mn-0.3Si damping steels
Fig.7 Engineering stress-strain (θ-σ) (a) and lnθ-lnσ (b) curves of Fe-17Mn-0.3Si damping steel at different temperatures[31] (Lines in Fig.7b are the fitting lines of lnθ-lnσ)
Deformation
Stage-I
Stage-II
temperature / oC
80
γ→ε
ε→α', DSA (type-A/B)
120
γ→ε
ε→α', DSA (type-A/B)
160
DS, DSA
ε→α', DSA (type-B)
(type-B)
200
DS, ε→γ
ε→γ, ε→α', DS,
DSA (type-C)
260
DS
Twinning, DS
Table 1 Main factors affecting work hardening behavior of Fe-17Mn-0.3Si damping steel at different temperatures[31]
Fig.8 Strain amplitude-δ curves of Fe-15Mn, Fe-17Mn, and Fe-19Mn damping steels (δ—logarithmic decrement)
Fig.9 Strain amplitude-δ curves of Fe-19Mn damping steel after 0, 5%, and 15% tensile deformations
Fig.10 Schematic of the controlled aging process (a) and strain amplitude-δ curves (b) of Fe-19Mn damping steel before and after controlled aging[47] (Ms—ε-martensite transformation start temperature )
Fig.11 Schematics of movement of partial dislocations in Fe-Mn damping alloy during vibration (a) before vibration (b) bowing out (LC—distance between weak pinning points, LN—distance between strong pinning points) (c) unpinning
Fig.12 Sketch maps showing the nucleation and growth of ε-martensite in high-Mn damping steel[47] and the TEM image of interial cell structure (a) partial dislocation (b) stacking fault (r—width of stacking fault) (c) embryo of ε-martensite (l—length of embryo, t—thickness of embryo) (d) stacking of embryos (W—width of embryo, N—number of embryo) (e) ε-martensite (f) TEM image of ε-martensite
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