Publisher's Synopsis
This volume is the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Microalloyed Bar and Forging Steel, held July 8-10, 1996 at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. Many innovative advances in the development and application of microalloyed bar and forging steels have occurred in the decade that has past since the first symposium. These 38 papers provide a central source of worldwide information on the latest developments in the field.;Although alloy development and processing continue to be an active area of research for these steels, a major portion of the papers provide specific case studies on the successful application of these steels for a wide variety of components. The use of microalloy steels for crankshafts, connecting rods, axles, wheel hubs and coil springs is a strong testimony to their importance in an industrial society.;Coverage includes: the current status of the development and use of air-cooled steels for the automotive industry; improving the properties of medium carbon steels with modified post-forging heat treatment; strengthening and toughening of microalloyed bainite forging steel,; microstructure and properties of Ti-microalloyed steel; hot deformation behaviour of several microalloyed forging steels; computer-aided prediction of properties in forging and rolling of microalloy steels; application of microalloyed forgings for heavy-duty diesel engine connecting rods and other components; and microalloy steel applications in automotive coil-spring products.
