Qualitative Investigation of Damage Initiation at Meso-Scale in Spheroidized C45EC Steels by Using Crystal Plasticity-Based Numerical Simulations

This research uses EBSD data of two thermo-mechanically processed medium carbon (C45EC) steel samples to simulate micromechanical deformation and damage behavior. Two samples with 83% and 97% spheroidization degrees are subjected to virtual monotonic quasi-static tensile loading. The ferrite phase i...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Umar, Faisal Qayyum, Muhammad Umer Farooq, Sergey Guk, Ulrich Prahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Composites Science
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/5/8/222