Steels_ Metallurgy and Applications, Third Edition

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Strip steel in use

Fatigue

Cold work embrittlement

Strip steel in automotive applications

Weight reduction and the use of high-strength steels

Improved corrosion resistance

Strip steels in buildings

Steel-framed houses

Steel cladding

Steel lintels

Other applications for strip steels

Domestic appliances

Steel drums

Sound deadened steel

Vitreous enamelled products

References

2 Low-carbon structural steels

Overview

Underlying metallurgical principles

Strengthening mechanisms in structural steels

Ferrite grain refinement

Solid solution strengthening

Precipitation strengthening

Transformation strengthening

Structure-property relationships in ferrite-pearlite steels

Controlled rolling/thermomechanical processing

Outline of process

Slab reheating

Rolling

Transformation to ferrite

Standard specifications

Steel prices.

Weathering steels

Corrosion resistance

Steel specifications

Clean steels and inclusion shape control

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