Advanced high strength steels (AHSSs) are regarded as the most promising materials for
vehicles in the 21st century. AHSSs are complex and sophisticated materials, with …

Reducing the weight of automobiles is a major contributor to increased fuel economy. The
baseline materials for vehicle construction, low-carbon steel and cast iron, are being …

Spot welding, particularly resistance spot welding (RSW), is a critical joining process in
automotive industry. The development of advanced high strength steels for applications in …

Steel production accounts for approximately 8% of all global CO2 emissions, with the
primary steelmaking route using iron ores contributing approximately 80% of those …

Extensive research efforts are underway globally to develop new steel microstructure
concepts for high-strength sheet products, driven largely by the need for lightweight …

In recent years there has been an increased emphasis on the development of new
advanced high strength sheet steels (AHSS), particularly for automotive applications driven …

The global automotive industry is facing challenges in several key areas, including energy,
emissions, safety, and affordability. Lightweighting is one of the key strategies used to …

Quenching and partitioning is a relatively new heat treatment concept to generate
microstructures containing retained austenite stabilised by carbon partitioning from …

CMnSi steel grades with carbon contents ranging from 0.2 to 0.3 wt% and manganese
contents of 3 and 5wt% were Quenched and Partitioned (Q&P). Tensile properties were …

Third generation of advanced high-strength steels for the automotive industry contains a
high volume fraction of fine-grained ferrite, carbide-free bainite, martensite and retained …