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Steel Materials for Automotive Industry

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-3020/02
Abbreviation OMAP
Course title Steel Materials for Automotive Industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator Ing. Kateřina Konečná, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction to steel in the automotive industry, overview of basic groups and trends
Recap of the Fe–C diagram, influence of selected austenite-forming and ferrite-forming elements on the structure and properties of steel, influence of alloying and harmful elements
Basic phase transformations from the perspective of structure formation, decomposition products of austenite – classification in terms of transformation mechanism
Types of annealing and hardening processes, objectives and applications
Tempering, types of tempering (including the four stages of martensite tempering), effect on properties; physical metallurgical basis of temper brittleness
Strengthening mechanisms in steels for the automotive industry
Conventional and high-strength low-alloy steels for the automotive industry - chemical composition, microstructure, properties, production and use
Advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) 1st generation – chemical composition, microstructure, properties, production and controlled processing, use
AHSS 2nd generation – chemical composition, microstructure, properties and applications.
AHSS 3rd generation – production principles, properties and applications.
Trends and innovations in automotive steels

Literature

MAZANCOVÁ, E. Materials for exasting technical applications (chapter 1, 2 and 3). Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. Available from: https://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/cs/studenti/study-support/advanced-engineering-materials/index.html

ROBINSON, L. Modernization of Existing Assets to Meet the Growing Demand for Advanced High-Strength Steels. Iron and Steel Technolgy. 2017, 14(2), 34-44. ISSN 1547-0423 .

DE MOOR, E., P.J. GIBBS, J.G. SPEER and D.K. MATLOK. Strategies for Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel Development. Iron and Steel Technology. 2010, 7(3), 133-144. ISSN 1547-0423 .

MAZANCOVÁ, E. and K. MAZANEC. Physical Metallurgy of Thermo-Mechanical Treatment of Structural Steels. Cambridge: Cambridge Int. Sci. Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1898326436.

Doporučená literatura

BHADESHIA, H.K.D.H. Bainite in Steels – Tansformations, Microstructure and Properties. London: Ins. of Materials, 1992. ISBN-10: 186125 1122 .

JI, F.Q., C.N. LI, S. TANG, Z.Y. LIU and G.D. WANG. Effect of Carbon and Niobium on Microstructure and Properties for Ti Bearing Steels. Material Science of Technology. 2015, 31(6), 695-702. ISSN 0267-0836 .

BATTACHARYIA, T., S.B. SINGH, S. DAS, A. HALDAR and D. BHATTAACHARRJEE. Development and Characterisation of C-Mn-Al-Si-Nb TRIP Aided Steel. Material Science of Engineering. 2011, 528A, 2394-2400. ISSN 09621-5093.