Research
Austenite stability in advanced high strength steels
Abstract
This project, funded by the NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation, aims at achieving a better understanding of the stability of metastable retained austenite in the newest generations of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). In the development of quenched and partitioned steels (third generation AHSS), the amount of retained austenite was used to predict the properties of the end product. However, it has become increasingly more prevalent that the stability of the austenite present is equally as important as the amount.
Conference Presentations
TMS 2020 - San diego
“Effect of strain path of the deformation characteristics of austenite-containing advanced high strength steels”, M. Thrun, A. Clarke, C. Finfrock, M. Ahlfors, K. Clarke.
High Temperature Materials Conference, MPE Workshop – UCSB 2019
“Oxidation of Zirconium Alloys in Low-Oxygen Environments,” M.Thrun, K. Cunningham, N. Philips
Publications
- Finfrock, C. B., Thrun, M. M., Bhattacharya, D., Ballard, T. J., Clarke, A. J., & Clarke, K. D. (2021). Strain Rate Dependent Ductility and Strain Hardening in Q&P Steels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 1-15. [Link]
- Thrun, M., Finfrock, C., Clarke, A., & Clarke, K. (2021). Effects of Unloading on Subsequent Yielding Behavior in 304 Stainless Steel. Frontiers in Materials, 7, 434. [Link]
Melissa Thrun
mthrun@mines.edu
Hill Hall 250
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3928-0364