Comparative study on mechanical and corrosion fatigue properties of high-strength bridge steels produced by TMCP and intercritical quenching & tempering process

  • Jun Wang
  • , Liyang Sun
  • , Hongchi Ma*
  • , Xuequn Cheng
  • , Xiaogang Li
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The mechanical and corrosion fatigue properties of Q690 bridge steels produced by two different process were comparatively investigated. The steel produced by thermal-mechanical controlled processing (TMCP) and tempering had a slightly superior corrosion fatigue property to that produced by intercritical quenching & tempering (IQT). However, the TMCP + T prepared steel had a poor ductility and corrosion fatigue microcracks were prone to initiate due to high density of dislocations and M/A constituents. On the contrary, the steel produced by IQT had a good combination of mechanical and corrosion fatigue property. The corrosion fatigue initiation and propagation mechanism for both steels was proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number143771
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: A
Volume853
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Coastal-industrial marine environment
  • Corrosion fatigue
  • High-strength bridge steel
  • Intercritical quenching & tempering
  • Micro-galvanic corrosion

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