Abstract:
A high strength hot rolled steel sheet having excellent blanking workability is provided. The composition contains C: 0.050 to 0.15%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.0%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.08%, Ti: 0.05 to 0.15%, N: 0.005% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. More than 95% of the microstructure is formed of a bainite phase in terms of area fraction. Average grain diameters of the bainite phase in a region having a thickness equal to 1/4 of the sheet thickness from the surface in the sheet thickness direction is 5 µm or less in an L-direction cross section and 4 µm or less in a C-direction cross section. The number of crystal grains extended in the rolling direction and having an aspect ratio of 5 or more is 7 or less in a sheet thickness center portion. As a result, the strength is increased to a tensile strength TS of 780 MPa or more, the blanked edge forms a fine and uniform ductile fracture surface, and a hot rolled steel sheet having excellent properties at blanked edges and excellent blanking workability is obtained.
Abstract:
To provide a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet that has excellent punching workability and hole expandability and has a tensile strength TS of 980 MPa or more; and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. The high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition containing specified amounts of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, N, Ti, Cr, and B, and has a microstructure including a bainite phase having an area ratio of 85% or more as a main phase, and a martensite phase or martensite-austenite constituent having an area ratio of 15% or less as a second phase, the balance being a ferrite phase, wherein the second phase has an average grain diameter of 3.0 µm or less, prior-austenite grains have an average aspect ratio of 1.3 or more and 5.0 or less, recrystallized prior-austenite grains have an area ratio of 15% or less relative to non-recrystallized prior-austenite grains, and the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet contains 0.10% or less by mass% of precipitates having a diameter of less than 20 nm.
Abstract:
Provided are a high strength hot-rolled steel sheet combining strength with stretch-flange formability and a method for manufacturing the same. The high strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a composition containing more than 0.035% to 0.055% C, 0.2% or less Si, 0.35% or less Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.03% or less S, 0.1% or less Al, 0.01% or less N, 0.08% to 0.25% Ti, and 0.0005% to 0.0035% B on a mass basis, solute B being 0.0005% or more, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities; a matrix containing a ferrite phase having an area fraction of more than 95%; a microstructure in which Ti carbides having an average grain size of less than 10 nm are finely precipitated in grains of the ferrite phase and the volume fraction of the Ti carbides is 0.0015 to 0.007; a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more; and excellent stretch-flange formability.
Abstract:
There is provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent strength and formability (stretch flange formability) and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. The high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a composition including C: 0.005% or more and 0.050% or less, Si: 0.2% or less, Mn: 0.8% or less, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.06% or less, and Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.10% or less, on a mass percent basis, such that S, N, and Ti satisfy Ti ‰¥ 0.04 + (N/14 x 48 + S/32 x 48), the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities; a matrix in which a ferrite phase constitutes 95% by area or more of the entire structure; and a structure in which Ti-containing fine carbide having an average grain size of less than 10 nm is dispersedly precipitated, and the volume ratio of the fine carbide to the entire structure is 0.0007 or more. The high-strength, hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more and excellent formability.
Abstract:
A high strength hot rolled steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance is provided. A steel having a composition that includes, in terms of mass%, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.2 to 1.2%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, N: 0.006% or less, and at least one selected from Ti: 0.03 to 0.13%, Nb: 0.02 to 0.10%, and V: 0.02 to 0.15% is subjected to rough rolling at a reduction of 80% or more and finish rolling at a finish rolling delivery temperature in the range of 800 to 950°C. Immediately after completion of the finish rolling, the finish rolled sheet is subjected to cooling in two stages including a process of cooling the finish rolled sheet from the finish rolling delivery temperature to a cooling end temperature in the range of 550 to 610°C at an average cooling rate of 25°C/sec. or more and a process of cooling the finish rolled sheet from the cooling end temperature of the previous process to a coiling temperature at an average cooling rate of 100°C/sec. or more. Then the sheet is coiled at 350 to 550°C. In this manner, the microstructure of a surface layer portion having a depth of 500 µm from the surface in the sheet thickness direction comes to contain 50% or more of a fine bainite phase in terms of area fraction and the microstructure of a sheet thickness center portion that extends from a position located at a depth of 1/4 of the sheet thickness to a position located at a depth of 3/4 of the sheet thickness comes to contain 90% or more of a fine bainite phase in terms of area fraction. As a result, a high strength hot rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 780 MPa or more and excellent fatigue resistance is obtained.
Abstract:
To provide a high strength hot rolled steel sheet and method for producing the high strength hot rolled steel sheet that has high strength, excellent formability (stretch-flange formability), a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more, and excellent material uniformity. The hot rolled steel sheet has the composition comprising : C: 0.03% or more to less than 0.07%; Si: 0.3% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more to 2.0% or less; P: 0.025% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0060% or less; Al: 0.1% or less; Ti: 0.07% or more to 0.11% or less; and V: 0.08% or more to less than 0.15% on a mass percent basis, such that Ti and V contents satisfy the following formula: 0.18 ‰¤ Ti + V ‰¤ 0.24 (where Ti and V are respective contents of the elements (by mass%)). Balance comprises Fe and inevitable impurities. A matrix has an area ratio of 95% or more with respect to an overall structure of a ferrite phase. In the structure, fine carbide is dispersedly precipitated, the fine carbide containing Ti and V has an average particle size of less than 10 nm in the matrix, and a volume fraction of the fine carbide is 0.0020 or more with respect to an overall structure.