Enhancement of uniform elongation by temperature change during tensile deformation in a 0.2C TRIP steel

Tsuchida, Noriyuki*; Harjo, S.   

To improve uniform elongation (U.El) due to the TRIP effect, it is important to control deformation-induced martensitic transformation (DIMT) until the late part of deformation. In the present study, tensile tests with decreasing deformation temperatures were conducted to achieve continuous DIMT up to the late part of deformation. As a result, the U.El was improved by approximately 1.5 times compared with that in the tensile test conducted at 296 K. The enhancement of the U.El in the temperature change test was discussed with the use of neutron diffraction experiments.