Effect of Structure and Texture on Failure of Pipe Steel Sheets produced by TMCP
The method of orientation microscopy (EBSD) is used to study the structure and texture of low-carbon, low-alloy pipe steel sheets processed by controlled thermomechanical processing (TMCP). The temperatures of isothermal hot rolling varied. Samples cut from sheets showed a different fracture tendency during mechanical testing. The formation of cleavages (secondary cracks) during failure of steel is related to the presence of ferrite grains with orientation {001} extended in the hot rolling direction. The formation of grains is a consequence of the isothermal hot rolling below the temperature Ac3 at TMCP. ; The work was carried out using the laboratory equipment "Structural methods of analysis and properties of materials and nanomaterials" of the Center of Ural Federal University. The work has been carried with the support of the Russian Science Foundation, grant No. 19-79-20006. Authors are grateful for the assistance the program of support for leading universities in Russian Federation for improvement of their competitiveness №211 of the Government №02.A03.21.0006. The authors thank MMK company for support and assistance in organizing the study.