RT Conference Proceedings T1 Phase transformation and microstructural behavior of new steel grades for hot sheet stamping A1 Bruschi, Stefania A1 Ghiotti, Andrea A1 Valoppi, Beatrice A1 Puerta-Velasquez, Juan A1 Drillet, P. A1 Arribas, M. A1 Aranguren, I. A1 Clobes, J. AB Since the last few years several researches have focused in proposing new approaches to decrease the energy impact of the hot sheet stamping process. Among them, one possibility is to use steel grades characterized by a lower austenitization temperature in order to reduce the heating energy required for the process, but still maintaining the steel quenchability under the investigated process conditions. In the paper, the behaviour of two new steel grades developed by ArcelorMittal and Tecnalia, and devoted to hot stamping is investigated in terms of transformation kinetics and microstructural behaviour. An extensive dilatometric analysis, performed by using a modified axial extensometer, permitted to evaluate the steel kinetics of phase transformation as a function of the applied cooling rate, amount of strain and strain rate. The micro-hardness of water and die quenched samples of the investigated steel grades was measured and their microstructure analyzed by means of optical and scanning electron microscopy to evaluate the characteristics of the formed martensite and the possible phenomenon of autotempering. PB Trans Tech Publications Ltd SN 9783038351061 SN 1013-9826 YR 2014 FD 2014 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/2272 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/2272 LA eng NO Bruschi , S , Ghiotti , A , Valoppi , B , Puerta-Velasquez , J , Drillet , P , Arribas , M , Aranguren , I & Clobes , J 2014 , Phase transformation and microstructural behavior of new steel grades for hot sheet stamping . in Material Forming ESAFORM 2014 . Key Engineering Materials , vol. 611-612 , Trans Tech Publications Ltd , pp. 1054-1061 , 17th Conference of the European Scientific Association on Material Forming, ESAFORM 2014 , Espoo , Finland , 7/05/14 . https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.611-612.1054 NO conference DS TECNALIA Publications RD 31 jul 2024