• Effect of Aluminum on Vanadium Microalloyed Forging Steels 

  The objective of the current study was to examine the influence of Al on V microalloying additions during a forging process.

• Processing maps for the analysis of hot workability of microalloyed steels 38MnSiVS5 and 0.39C1.47Mn 

  Microalloyed steels are gaining increasing importance as substitutions for carbon steels because they possess higher mechanical properties, such as strength and toughness after hot forging, without a need for post-deformation heat treatment.

• Hot Deformation Behavior of Several Microalloyed Forging Steels 

  The flow stress behavior as a function of processing conditions was investigated for five different microalloyed forging steels.

• Cooling Behavior of Microalloyed Forging Steels 

  The objective of the current study was to experimentally evaluate three microalloyed forging steels to determine the critical cooling rate which produces a ferrite-pearlite microstructure with highest hardness.

• New Microalloyed Steel Applications for the Automotive Sector 

  This paper reviews and compares the various approaches available and under development for automotive components manufactured from bar and forging steels.

• Vanadium and Aluminum Competition for Nitrogen in Micro Alloyed Forging Steels 

  The objective of the present study was to examine the influence of aluminum (Al) on V microalloying additions during the heating cycles during a forging process

• Austenite Grain Growth and Precipitate Evolution in a Carburizing Steel 

  This study investigates the effectiveness of both molybdenum (Mo) additions and thermal processing to increase the coarsening resistance of Nb-rich precipitate distributions in austenite and delay the associated onset of abnormal grain growth.

• High Strength, High Toughness Microalloyed Steel Forgings Produced... 2017 

  The final goal of the experiment proposed herein will be to implement various steel compositions designed for use in the Recrystallization Controlled Forging system, and implement several differing cooling conditions to provide desirable strength and

• Applicability of the Short Rod Fracture Toughness Test to New Microalloyed Bar Steels 

  The short rod test, which offers many advantages including adaptability to dimensional requirements and inexpensive specimen preparation, was evaluated.

• Microstructures and Properties of Direct-Cooled Microalloy Forging Steels 

  In this paper, processing approaches for the production of direct-cooled forging steels are considered with an emphasis on features that control strength and toughness.

• Hot Deformation Microstructure and Properties of Medium-Carbon Microalloyed Forging Steels 

  Forging simulation tests were perfonned at various temperatures and cooling rates on ferritic/pearlitic (PIP) and nontraditional bainitic microalloyed steels containing 0.30% C, 1.46% Mn, 0.039% S and 0.098% V, and 0.24% C, 1.55% Mn,0.54% Si, 0.23% M

• Application of High Strength Microalloyed Steel in a New Automotive Crankshaft 

  In this paper, the development and choice of steel for a new crankshaft application are used to illustrate the stages in the process of selecting materials for new applications.

• High Strength, High Toughness Microalloyed Steel Forgings Produced Using Relaxed Forging Conditions 

  This research has demonstrated that low-carbon compositions, when subjected to proper RCF processing, are capable of being refined to equivalent circular prior austenite grain diameters approaching 10µm.

• Carbon and Sulfur Effects on Performance of Microalloyed Spindle Forgings 

  Five heats of vanadium-microalloyed steel with carbon contents were forged into automotive spindles and air cooled.

• Thermomechanical Simulation and Microstructural Analysis of Microalloyed Medium Carbon Bar Steels 

  This study examines the evolution of microstructures during conventional and thermomechanical rolling for three 0.45 wt pct carbon steels containing 0.02 wt pct Al, 0.09 wt pct V and 0.09 wt pct V plus 0.02 wt pct Nb produced on an industrial bar mil

• Microalloyed Bar and Forging Steels 

  The purpose of this paper is to review the technology and principles of microalloyed bar and forging steels.

• Microstructure and Properties of Medium-Carbon Steels Microalloyed with Vanadium and Niobium 

  This paper presents the results of an investigation performed on a series of steels with systematic variations in composition designed to evaluate the effects of V and V plus Nb on the microstructure and mechanical properties as-rolled steels at carb

• Some Recent Developments in Microalloyed Bar and Forging Steels 

  This paper reviews microalloying strategies for bar and forging steels utilized in the as-rolled or as-forged condition, frequently with ferrite plus pearlite microstructures, or heat treated to martensitic or bainitic microstructures.

• Effects of Microalloy Additions and Thermomechanical Processing 

  This study examines the effects of chemical composition and thermal and thermomechanical processing variations in preconditioning steel bars for subsequent induction hardening in order to refine PAGs for improved fracture toughness and fatigue life.

• High Strength, High-Toughness Microalloyed Steel Forgings 

  Aaron Stein, FIERF Graduate Fellow, Basic Metals Processing Research Institute, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, University of Pittsburgh, June, 2017