Publications related to Wootz steel

Micromechanics of oxide inclusions in ferrous alloys

Oxide inclusions are inevitably present in steel as a direct consequence of the steelmaking process; as a result, a cubic centimetre of modern steel will generally contain about a million of these hard and brittle micrometre-sized ceramic particles. Inclus ...

EPFL2023

Energy dissipation in adhesive and bolted pultruded GFRP double-lap joints under cyclic loading

Thomas Keller, Sonia Yanes Armas, Ghazaleh Eslami

Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) structures, due to their low mass, are valuable alternatives to traditional steel or concrete structures in seismic areas. However, to resist seismic actions, FRP structures must be able to dissipate a significant amount of i ...

2020

Residual stresses of friction melt bonded aluminum/steel joints determined by neutron diffraction

Jean-Marie Drezet

Near interfacial residual stresses are investigated in a joint composed of aluminum alloy and dual phase steel. A small step neutron diffraction scan was initially performed to determine the weld interface position along the measured transverse cross secti ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2019

Ex-situ experimental benchmarking of solid oxide fuel cell metal interconnects

Jan Van Herle, Manuel Bianco

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can convert hydrocarbon fuels, such as methane, into heat and electricity with a high conversion efficiency. The fuel flexibility of the SOFC derives from the high operating temperature (600-900 °C). Such a high temperature s ...

2019

Numerical simulation of the probability of corrosion initiation of RC elements made of reinforcing steel with improved corrosion performance

Eugen Brühwiler, David Conciatori

Steel reinforcing bars in concrete are protected from corrosion by a thin oxide film that is created on the steel surface in the highly alkaline environment of the concrete. Corrosion process begins once this oxide film is destroyed, for example, by chlori ...

2018

Mechanical properties of MC multimetallic carbides in steel

Lionel Michelet

Carbides constitute a class of materials used for many applications, where excellent mechanical properties, such as stiffness, hardness and fracture toughness, are required. The machining industry is a typical example where carbide are crucial materials. W ...

EPFL2018

The relationship between low-temperature toughness and secondary crack in low-carbon bainitic weld metals

Roland Logé, Cyril Cayron, Gaojun Mao, Rui Cao

This paper aims to reveal the relationship among low-temperature toughness, microstructure and secondary crack from both microstructural and crystallographic perspectives. Instrumented Charpy tests were carried out in the upper platform, transition tempera ...

2018

Interface microstructure formation of dissimilar Fe/Fe-Mn-C steel RSW joints

Léa Deillon

An experiment was developed to simulate the interface between liquid high manganese carbon steel and solid ultra-low alloyed steel in a thermal gradient, corresponding to the nugget/sheet interface of resistance spot welds. Despite the large difference in ...

Elsevier Science Sa2018

The microstructure, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of 316 L stainless steel fabricated using laser engineered net shaping

The mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of 316 L stainless steel fabricated using the Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) technique have been studied. The crack-free, full density samples made using SS316L alloy powder and the LENS technique are ...

Elsevier Science Sa2016

Modelling of the in-plane behaviour of masonry walls strengthened with polymeric grids embedded in cementitious mortar layers

Angelo Garofano

The seismic reinforcement of masonry walls needs to be carried out through appropriate and effective techniques aiming at providing both adequate strength and displacement capacity. The present research concerns experimental results about the in-plane beha ...

Elsevier2016

On the origin of cementite diffraction peak broadening during tensile deformation at ambient temperatures

Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem, Michael Andreas Weisser

We report on the diffraction peak shape evolution from cementite particles in three steel microstructures, recorded during in-situ tensile deformation at room temperature. We demonstrate that in a bainitic tempered steel the observed peak broadening and as ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Influence of Zinc Anisotropy on Solidification Microstructures: Experimental Results and Phase-Field Simulations

Alexandre Durussel

Due to a distortion of its hexagonal unit cell along the c-axis compared to hexagonal-close-packed metals (c/a = 1.856 instead of 1.633), zinc is characterised by a large anisotropy of its solid-liquid interfacial energy. While previous studies have focuse ...

EPFL2015

Effect of tool travel and rotation speeds on weld zone defects and joint strength of aluminium steel lap joints made by friction stir welding

Hossein Najafi

In this study, Al-5083 and St-12 alloy sheets were friction stir lap welded at different travel (7-23 cm min(-1)) and rotation (750-1125 rev min(-1)) speeds of the welding tool. The welded joints were characterised by various methods including shear tensil ...

2012

Texture Formation in Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings : Nucleation and Growth of Anisotropic Grains in a Confined Geometry

Aurèle Mariaux

Continuous hot-dip galvanization is a process during which steel sheets are coated with a layer of Zn-Al alloy to protect them against corrosion. As the name indicates, this is achieved by dipping the preheated sheet into a bath of molten alloy. The sheet ...

EPFL2010

Modeling Nucleation and Growth of Zinc Grains in Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings

Michel Rappaz, Aurèle Mariaux

Hot-dip galvanized Zn-0.2wt%Al coatings on steel sheets exhibit a strong basal texture ({0001} parallel to the sheet plane). Part of this texture call be explained by the faster growth of < 10 (1) over bar0 > dendrites as compared with < 0001 >, granting b ...

Minerals, Metals & Materials Soc, 184 Thorn Hill Rd, Warrendale, Pa 15086-7514 Usa2009

EBSD: a powerful microstructure analysis technique in the field of solidification

Michel Rappaz, Emmanuelle Boehm Courjault, Alain Jacot, Mario Alberto Salgado Ordorica, Aurèle Mariaux, Christoph Niederberger

This paper presents a few examples of the application of electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) to solidification problems. For directionally solidified Al-Zn samples, this technique could reveal the change in dendrite growth directions from < 100 > to < ...

2009

About Initial Solidification In Continuous Casting Of Steel

Wilfried Kurz

High solidification velocities, high temperature gradients and strong melt flow characterize the first moments of solidification in a continuous caster. The beginning of shell growth in the meniscus area is determined by the local heat flow, the strength o ...

2008

Etude des morphologies de solidification dans les alliages aluminium-zinc

Aluminum zinc alloys constitute an important class of wrought alloys, the so-called 7000 series, and are also widely used as anti-corrosion coatings of steel sheets. They are also interesting from a more fundamental point of view because zinc, a hexagonal ...

EPFL2008

Experimental and numerical study of microstructure formation and the origin of crystallographic misorientation in Al-Zn-Si alloy coatings

Christoph Niederberger

Al-Zn-Si alloy coatings are widely used for the corrosion protection of steel sheets. In addition to the favorable corrosion properties, the Al-43wt%Zn-1.6wt%Si coatings present several features which are of metallurgical interest. The first one is their s ...

EPFL2007

Constitutive behavior and fracture properties of tempered martensitic steels for nuclear applications : experiments and modelling

Raul Alejandro Bonadé

In this study, the tensile and fracture properties and the microstructure of the reduced-activation tempered martensitic steel Eurofer97 have been investigated. This technical alloy is a 9%Cr steel developed within the European fusion material research pro ...

EPFL2006