Mechanical Behavior of DP980 High Strength Steel Under Dynamic Tensile Tests

Abstract

The mechanical behavior and fracture modes of DP980 high strength steels were studied by comparing the results of dynamic tensile tests at strain rates from 10-3s-1 to 103s-1. The results show that the strength of DP980 steel remains almost unchanged and the plasticity decreases by 7.5% as the strain rate increasing from quasi-static(10-3s-1) to 100s-1. When the strain rate increases from 100s-1 to 103s-1, the strength keeps increasing, while the plasticity increases by 14% at the strain rate ranging from 100s-1 to 102s-1, but then follows by a decrease of 24.7% in the range of 102s-1 to 103s-1. The strain rate sensitivity coefficient m increases with the increasing of the strain rate. During the plastic deformation, the multiplication reinforcement of dislocation and the motion resistance due to the acceleration of dislocation in ferrite matrix are the main reasons for the strength enhancement. The plastic deformation concentrates in the ferrite, and the microvoids and cracks propagate along the martensite-ferrite interface. In the thickness direction of specimen, the macrographs of fracture are "V" shape cups when strain rate is lower than 101s-1, but the pure sheer shape with 45° to the tensile direction when strain rate is over 101s-1.

Keywords

• dual-phase high strength steel
• dynamic tensile
• strain rate
• mechanical behavior
• fractograph