Nano-Engineering of High Strength Steels [Hardcover]

This book offers new insights into the process of adjusting nanostructures in high-strength steels to achieve enhanced mechanical properties. It summarizes the state-of-the-art nanoengineering approaches, such as precipitation engineering, interface engineering, and short-range ordering engineering. The book explores the nanostructure-process-property relationships in various high-strength steels, including TRIP/TWIP/MBIP in high-Mn steels (HMnS), medium-Mn steels (MMnS), bearing steels, tool steels, and more. The author investigates a novel approach to control the phase transformation process during deformation and/or thermal treatment in steels, employing both experimental and theoretical tools.Introduction.- General Aspects of Nanostructure.- High Strength Steels.- Nanostructure Characterization Methods.- Precipitation Engineering.- Interface Engineering.- Short-Range Ordering Engineering.- Conclusions and final remark.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wenwen Song completed her Ph.D. study with summa cum laude at Steel Institute (IEHK), RWTH Aachen University in 2014. During 2016-2022, Prof. Song worked as the group leader of Nanostructured Materials at RWTH Aachen. Prof. Song was a guest scientist at the University of Cambridge, UK during 2015-2016, and won Th?odore von K?rm?n Fellowship at the University of Oxford in 2018. During 2017-2019, she served as a scientific leader of Cloud III, Hydrogen Management, within the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 761 Steel - Ab initio: Quantum mechanics guided design of new Fe-based materials at RWTH Aachen. In January 2021, she completed her habilitation on the topic of Nano-engineering of high strength steels at RWTH Aachen University and was awarded with the Venia Legendi of Nanoengineered Materials. Prof. Song was awarded several prizes for innovative research and teaching, e.g. the Steel Innovation Prize 2018 in Berlin, the Junges Kolleg (young academy)prizlC.