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Definitions

• the present disclosure belongs to the technical field of material, and particularly relates to a 490-MPa-grade thick steel plate with excellent core fatigue strength and manufacturing method therefor.
• Thick steel plates are important structural materials of large structures, equipment and facilities for high-rise buildings, ocean development, crude oil tanks, oil and gas pipelines, ships and warships, etc.
• thick steel plates are usually rolled from thick casting slabs, but the most continuous casting slabs are limited by their solidification characteristics and existing smelting equipment and processes.
• the uneven distribution of chemical composition in the cross-section, internal segregation, porosity, shrinkage and other defects in the casting slab are serious, which can have a significant impact on the strength, toughness, fatigue performance and other indicators of the steel plate.
• the center segregation of the casting slab it can be "inherited" to the steel plate during rolling process, resulting in the abnormal microstructure and unqualified flaws detected at the center part in steel plate thickness, and affecting the safety of steel structure components due to the occurrence of brittle zones and premature damage in the core during the next processing or in use.
• Patent Document 1 discloses a 460-MPa-grade hot-rolled steel plate for automotive structures with good fatigue performance and manufacturing method therefor.
• the steel plate comprises the following chemical elements in mass percentage: C: 0.03-0.06%, Mn: 1.0-1.2%, Nb: 0.025-0.035%, Ti: 0.025-0.035%, Si: ⁇ 0.10%, S: ⁇ 0.005%, P: ⁇ 0.015%, N: ⁇ 40ppm, Als: 0.025-0.050%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
• Nb-Ti microalloying technology is used in a short process to fix S and N (S ⁇ 0.005%, N ⁇ 40ppm) with a trace amount of Ti in steel, reducing the inclusions of MnS in the steel, fully utilizing the fine grain effect of Nb and Ti, obtaining fine F+P, and thus improving the fatigue performance of the steel grade while achieving high strength.
• Processes of rolling, laminar flow and coiling are adopted for production in this disclosure.
• the steel has a thickness of 1.0 to 3.0 mm, a yield strength of 460 to 560 MPa and a tensile strength of 500 to 640 MPa.
• Patent Document 2 discloses a high-strength steel for automotive beam with good fatigue performance and formability and manufacturing method therefor.
• the steel comprises the following chemical components in mass percentage: C: 0.04-0.07%, Si: 0.05-0.15%, Mn: 1.3-1.6%, P: ⁇ 0.013%, S: ⁇ 0.004%, Nb: 0.02-0.04%, Ti: ⁇ 0.002%, N: ⁇ 0.004%, Alt: 0.010-0.030%, O: ⁇ 0.002%, and Ti/O ⁇ 2, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
• the steel for automobile beam with a thickness of 2.0 to 7.0 mm produced by this disclosure has the following mechanical properties: ReL ⁇ 480 MPa, Rm ⁇ 600 MPa, A ⁇ 20% and a weight reduction of 17% for the parts.
• the steel grade has a thickness of 2.0 to 7.0 mm and the following mechanical properties: ReL ⁇ 480 MPa, Rm ⁇ 600 MPa and A ⁇ 20%.
• the automotive beam steel not only has a good fatigue performance, but also has an excellent formability.
• Patent Document 3 discloses a quenched and tempered FO460 steel plate for shipping with a large thickness and manufacturing method therefor.
• the steel plate comprises the following chemical elements: C: 0.06-0.10%; Si: 0.05-0.14% ; Mn: 1.40-1 .80%; S: ⁇ 0.002%; P: ⁇ 0.008%; Als: 0.015%-0.045%; N: 0.003%-0.015%; Nb: 0.01-0.04%; Cu: 0.16-0.35% ; Ni: 0.30-0.60% ; Cr: 0.15-0.30%; Ti: 0.008-0.014%; the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities.
• the steel plate of this disclosure has a thickness of 60 to 100 mm, a yield strength of ⁇ 460 MPa and a tensile strength of ⁇ 570 MPa, which can meet the technical requirements for marine steel plate in harsh and demanding environments of ocean.
• Patent Document 4 discloses a quenched and tempered steel plate with a yield strength of 420-MPa grade for building structures and production method therefor.
• the composition design of Nb and Ti microalloying treatment is carried out on the basis of Fe-Mn-C system.
• the percentages of the chemical components of the steel plate are respectively: C: 0.13-0.18%, Si: 0.20-0.50%, Mn: 1.40-1.70%, P: ⁇ 0.015%, S: ⁇ 0.005%, Cr: ⁇ 0.30%, Mo: ⁇ 0.30%, Ni: ⁇ 0.30%, Cu: ⁇ 0.30%, Al: 0.020-0.050%, V: ⁇ 0.015%, Nb: 0.025-0.050%, Ti: 0.010-0.020%, N: ⁇ 0.006%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurity elements.
• the production process is as follows. smelting raw materials are sequentially subjected to converter smelting, external refining and RH furnace refining to obtain high-purity molten steel.
• the molten steel is poured into steel slabs ranging from 370 mm to 450 mm. Then reasonable technologies of slab heating, rolling, online direct quenching and tempering heat treatment are utilized. Thus, a steel plate material with a yield strength of 420 MPa type is obtained, which is suitable for large-scale steel structure construction projects such as high-rise buildings, large-span sports venues, airports, exhibition centers and industrial plants, etc.
• the steel grade of this disclosure has a thickness of 50 to 100 mm, a yield strength ReL of 410 to 540 MPa and a tensile strength Rm of 530 to 680 MPa.
• patent documents 1 and 2 both disclose automotive steels with good fatigue performance, the thickness of the steel is only 1 to 7 mm, and the technical methods are not applicable to the manufacturing of thick steel plates.
• patent documents 3 and 4 disclose two methods for manufacturing steel plates with a large thickness, both are silent on the fatigue performance of the steel plates.
• the objective of the present disclosure is to provide a 490-MPa-grade thick steel plate with excellent core fatigue strength and manufacturing method therefor.
• the steel plate of the present disclosure has a thickness of 60 to 100 mm, a yield strength of ⁇ 490 MPa, a tensile strength of ⁇ 600 MPa, and a fatigue strength of ⁇ 340 MPa at the center in plate thickness.
• the present steel plate exhibits an excellent core fatigue performance, and the strength, toughness and fatigue performance of the steel plate are further improved.
• the present steel plate has an excellent comprehensive mechanical properties at the center parts.
• the present disclosure can solve the problems of uneven distribution of cross-sectional chemical composition, internal segregation and early onset of damage caused by brittle zones in the core of high-strength steel for large components, and is particularly suitable for application fields with high requirements for toughness, fatigue performance, etc.
• the present disclosure provides a 490-MPa-grade thick steel plate with high core fatigue strength, comprising the following chemical components in mass percentage: C: 0.045-0.076%, Si: 0.19-0.31%, Mn: 0.95-1.13%, P: ⁇ 0.008%, S: ⁇ 0.002%, Als: 0.010-0.040%, Nb: 0.014-0.038%, V: 0.025-0.041%, Ti: 0.011-0.022%, Ni: 1.35-1.55%, Ce: 0.020-0.040%, and Fe and inevitable impurities.
• One or two of B: 0.0005-0.0009% and Mo: 0.15-0.25% can be added into the steel plate.
• the steel plate with excellent core fatigue performance of the present disclosure has a microstructure of quasi-polygonal ferrite (QF) + lath bainite (BF) + pearlite (P), wherein the proportion of QF phase is 30% to 60%, the proportion of BF phase is 40% to 70%, and the proportion of P phase is 0.1% to 3% in percentage by area, which can further ensure that the steel has a good strength and toughness performance.
• QF quasi-polygonal ferrite
• BF lath bainite
• P pearlite
• the steel plate with excellent core fatigue performance of the present disclosure has an average grain size of 8 to 12 ⁇ m, which can further effectively improve the strength, toughness and fatigue performance of the steel plate.
• the oxide inclusions are mainly Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 , Ce 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 and composite inclusions with Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 , Ce 2 O 3 and Al 2 O 3 as cores respectively, with Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 and the composite inclusion with Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 as the core accounting for 90% or more in number, Ce 2 O 3 and the composite inclusion with Ce 2 O 3 as the core accounting for 1% to 10% in number, and Al 2 O 3 and the composite inclusion with Al 2 O 3 as the core accounting for 1% or less in number.
• the steel plate with excellent core fatigue performance of the present disclosure has an inclusion density of 100 to 500 per mm 2 , wherein inclusions with a size of 0.2 to 2 ⁇ m account for 95% or more in number, inclusions with a size of >2 to 5 ⁇ m account for 5% or less in number, inclusions with a size of >5 to 10 ⁇ m account for 0.01% or less in number, and there are no inclusions with a size of greater than 10 ⁇ m.
• the present disclosure further provides a manufacturing method for a 490-MPa-grade thick steel plate with high core fatigue strength, preferably comprising the following steps:
• the steel plate of the present disclosure has a thickness of 60 to 100 mm, a yield strength of ⁇ 490 MPa, a tensile strength of ⁇ 600 MPa and a fatigue strength of ⁇ 340 MPa at the center part in plate thickness.
• the steel plate exhibits excellent core fatigue performance, and can be used for supporting parts and components which have certain requirements for the core fatigue performance of steel plates in buildings, engineering machinery, ocean engineering, etc.
• the present disclosure has the advantages of simple manufacturing process and can be implemented in various metallurgical enterprises.
• a 490-MPa-grade thick steel plate with high core fatigue strength and manufacturing method therefore are provided.
• the steel plate comprises the following chemical components in mass percentage: C: 0.045 to 0.076%, Si: 0.19 to 0.31%, Mn: 0.95 to 1.13%, P: ⁇ 0.008%, S: ⁇ 0.002%, Als: 0.010 to 0.040%, Nb: 0.014 to 0.038%, V: 0.025 to 0.041%, Ti: 0.011 to 0.022%, Ni: 1.35 to 1.55%, Ce: 0.020 to 0.040%, and Fe and inevitable impurities.
• One or two of B: 0.0005-0.0009% and Mo: 0.15-0.25% can be added into the steel plate.
• C and Mn are very effective elements for improving the strength of a steel.
• an increase in carbon content leads to the increase in the tensile strength and yield strength of steel, but the elongation and impact toughness will be decreased; moreover, a phenomenon of hardening may occur in the welding heat affected region of the steel, resulting in the generation of the welding cold cracks.
• Mn content With an increase of Mn content, the strength of the steel significantly increases, while the impact transition temperature remains almost unchanged.
• Mn is also an element that expands the austenite region.
• Si element can enhance the hardness and strength of the solid solution in steel, not only increasing the hardenability of the steel, but also enhancing the resistance to tempering of the quenched steel, such that the steel can be tempered at higher temperatures, thereby improving the toughness and resistance to delayed fracture of the steel.
• Si can significantly improve the elastic limit, yield strength and yield-to-tensile ratio of the steel. Excessive Si content can deteriorate the thermal conductivity of steel, and the surfaces of steel ingots and slabs are prone to cracking or crack defects.
• the Si content of the steel is designed to be 0.19% to 0.31% in the present disclosure.
• P and S are impurity elements in steel and also elements that are prone to segregation, which can form serious segregation and inclusions in local areas of the steel, reducing plasticity and toughness.
• the present disclosure strictly controls the content levels of sulfur and phosphorus in steel in terms of metallurgical quality, i.e., P ⁇ 0.008% and S ⁇ 0.002%.
• Al is the main deoxidizing element in steel.
• Al has a high melting point.
• Al in the steel can form AlN with N.
• AlN can hinder the growth of high-temperature austenite and plays a role in grain refinement.
• the Als content of the steel of the present disclosure is controlled to be 0.010% to 0.040%.
• Nb and Ti are two strong elements that form carbides and nitrides, which have an extremely strong affinity with nitrogen and carbon and can form extremely stable carbides and nitrides with nitrogen and carbon.
• the dispersed distribution of the second phase particles of carbonitride of Nb distributed along the austenite grain boundaries can greatly increase the coarsening temperature of the original austenite grains.
• carbonitride precipitates of Nb can serve as the nucleation core of the austenite grains; while in the non-recrystallization temperature range, dispersedly distributed carbonitride precipitates of Nb can effectively pin the austenite grain boundaries, prevent further growth of the austenite grains, refine ferrite grains and thereby achieve the goal of improving strength and impact toughness.
• the nitrides of Ti can effectively pin the austenite grain boundaries, contribute to control the growth of austenite grains, and greatly improve the low-temperature toughness of the welding heat affected region. Therefore, through the fine grain strengthening and precipitation strengthening effects of Nb and Ti microalloying elements, steel plates can achieve excellent strength and toughness.
• the Nb content of the steel of the present disclosure is designed to be 0.014 to 0.038%, and the Ti content is designed to be 0.011 to 0.022%.
• V is a relatively strong carbide-forming element, which can enhance the strength of the steel by fine grain strengthening, precipitation strengthening and solid solution strengthening.
• the mass percentage of V in the steel is less than 0.1%, the ductile brittle transition temperature of the steel is decreased with an increase of V content.
• the mass percentage of V exceeds 0.1%, the ductile brittle transition temperature is increased with an increase of V content.
• addition of a small amount of V can significantly alleviate the effects of these two elements on growth of grain and elevation of the ductile brittle transition temperature.
• the composite addition of V and Nb can enhance the strength of the steel and improve the toughness of the steel.
• the content of V element of the present disclosure is 0.025 to 0.041%.
• Ni can strengthen the ferrite matrix in the steel, inhibit coarse pre-eutectoid ferrite, significantly enhance the toughness of the steel, reduce the ductile brittle transition temperature of the steel, and enhance the low-temperature impact toughness of the steel.
• the Ni content is designed to be 1.35 to 1.55% in the present disclosure.
• Ce is a rare earth element that has a strong affinity for oxygen and sulfur, and has effects of purification and significant modification in the steel. Solid solution can be enriched at grain boundaries by the diffusion mechanisms in the steel, reducing the segregation of inclusion elements at grain boundaries, resulting in strengthening of the grain boundaries and improvement in properties related to the grain boundaries, such as low-temperature brittleness and toughness, etc.
• the added amount of Ce is 0.020 to 0.040% in the present disclosure.
• Mo element solid solution strengthening in the steel.
• a small amount of Mo can form refractory carbides, hinder the growth of austenite grains during heating, refine the microstructure of product, and enhance strength, hardness and wear resistance.
• Mo can improve hardenability, alleviate or eliminate tempering brittleness caused by other alloying elements, greatly benefit for the toughness of the steel, improve tempering stability, and effectively eliminate or reduce the residual stress in the steel.
• excessive Mo is prone to coarse martensite during the rapid cooling and the welding cooling processes, reducing the low-temperature toughness of the substrate and deteriorating welding performance. Therefore, the present disclosure preferably controls the Mo content to be 0.15 to 0.25%.
• B is an element that strongly enhances hardenability.
• the addition of B can effectively inhibit the nucleation and growth of pre-eutectoid ferrite. Due to the non-equilibrium segregation of B at the austenite grain boundaries, the ⁇ - ⁇ phase transformation is strongly suppressed, which promotes the austenite to form small low-carbon martensite during quenching, thereby improving the yield strength and the tensile strength of the steel.
• the B content of the present disclosure is preferably 0.0005 to 0.0009%.
• the oxide inclusions are mainly Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 , Ce 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 and composite inclusions with Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 , Ce 2 O 3 and Al 2 O 3 as cores respectively, with Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 and the composite inclusion with Ce 2 O 3 +Al 2 O 3 as the core accounting for 90% or more in number, Ce 2 O 3 and the composite inclusion with Ce 2 O 3 as the core accounting for 1% to 10% in number, and Al 2 O 3 and the composite inclusion with Al 2 O 3 as the core accounting for 1% or less in number.
• a density of the inclusions is 100 to 500 per mm 2 , wherein inclusions with a size of 0.2 to 2 ⁇ m account for 95% or more in number, inclusions with a size of >2 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m account for 5% or less in number, inclusions with a size of >5 ⁇ m to 10 ⁇ m account for 0.01% or less in number, and there are no inclusions with a size of greater than 10 ⁇ m.
• the control of inclusion types has the effects of refining grain size and promoting bainite transformation.
• the micro control of the inclusion size has the effects of refining grain size, promoting bainite transformation and improving the strength, toughness and fatigue strength of the steel plate.
• fine inclusions with a high density can serve as heterogeneous nucleation points for ferrite during the cooling process of the steel plate, promoting the formation of the ferrite, therefore refining grain size and promoting bainite transformation.
• a manufacturing method for a 490-MPa-grade thick steel plate with high core fatigue strength which preferably comprises the following steps:
• Defects such as center segregation in the casted slab can be greatly improved by controlling the casting speed of continuous casting, adopting two-stage electromagnetic stirring, and controlling the dynamic light reduction and total reduction within the scope of the present disclosure as described above.
• a two-stage rolling process in which the reduction amount of passes is changed, instead of using a simple rolling process with large reduction amount and few passes, thereby superimposedly refining the recrystallization grains and ferrite nucleation grains of the two stages.
• the initial rolling temperature of the first stage prefferably, by setting and controlling the initial rolling temperature of the first stage to not be lower than 1063 °C, in combination with the reduction amount per pass, the rolling pressure can be effectively transmitted to the center part of the casted slab, fully refining the austenite grains.
• the initial rolling temperature of the second stage By controlling the initial rolling temperature of the second stage to be not more than 943 °C, the reduction rate of the first two passes to be greater than 15%, the reduction rate of the remaining rolling passes to be 8% to 10%, and the finishing rolling temperature to be 821 to 843 °C, the recrystallized grains and the ferrite nucleated grains can be further superimposedly refined, thereby further improving the toughness of the steel plate, and indirectly providing sufficient time to reduce center segregation and center looseness.
• Cooling is performed after rolling, wherein the cooling rate is controlled and the self-tempering temperature is controlled to be not higher than 430 °C, which can further ensure that a microstructure of quasi-polygonal ferrite + lath bainite + pearlite is obtained in the steel plate, and the microstructure with desired proportions is obtained, and thus excellent basic performance and fatigue performance are achieved.
• the tempering temperature is controlled to be 611 to 631 °C.
• a too low tempering heating temperature can cause insufficient precipitation of some elements during tempering of the steel according to the present disclosure, resulting in insufficient strength and poor toughness of the steel plate.
• the temperature being too high can lead to a decrease in the strength of the steel of the present disclosure.
• it when the steel plate is sent into the industrial furnace for tempering, it will cause a decrease in furnace temperature. Therefore, it is necessary to control a sufficient continuous holding time to be not less than (product thickness in mm ⁇ 0.9) min after reaching the temperature, so that the elements are precipitated and diffused sufficiently during tempering of the steel plate, and the internal stress is eliminated sufficiently, thereby obtaining excellent comprehensive performances.
• the steel plates that meet the requirements of the present disclosure can be manufactured.
• Fatigue Strength According to GB/T3075 "Metallic Materials -Fatigue Testing -axial force-controlled method", specimens were taken from the central part, and specimens with the same nominal size were clamped on the axial force fatigue testing machine. The constant amplitude cyclic stress was applied. The stress ratio was 0.1. The applied force was along the longitudinal axis direction of the specimen and passed through the axis of the cross section of the specimen. The test continued until the specimen failed or until the number of cycles exceeded 10 7 . The maximum stress at which the specimen did not experience fracture failure was the fatigue strength of the material.
• Yield Strength and Tensile Strength At room temperature of 25 °C, according to GB/T228.1-2010 standard "Metallic Materials - Tensile Testing - Part 1: Method of test at room temperature", an axial tension was applied to the tensile specimen, and the specimen was stretched at a certain speed. The maximum stress at which the specimen yielded and before the force first decreased was the yield strength, and the stress corresponding to the maximum tensile force before the material broke was the tensile strength.
• the test method for type, proportion and density of inclusions a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) affiliated thereto was used to scan an area of 20 mm 2 or more of the material after grinding and polishing. The inclusions were identified according to the different contrast between the inclusions and the steel body. The energy dispersive spectrometer was used for compositional analysis of inclusions to determine the sizes and types of inclusions, to count the numbers of inclusions, and to calculate their proportions.
• SEM scanning electron microscope
• EDS energy dispersive spectrometer
• the metallographic sample was grinded with 1000X sandpaper. After polishing, it was corroded with alcohol containing 4% nitric acid. The metallographic photograph was taken by the metallographic microscope. According to the morphological characteristics of quasi-polygonal ferrite (QF), lath bainite (BF) and pearlite (P), the phase regions were calibrated, and the area and phase ratio of the calibrated regions were calculated respectively.
• QF quasi-polygonal ferrite
• BF lath bainite
• P pearlite
• Table 3 Performance testing results of examples of the present disclosure
• Table 4 The detection results of inclusions in examples of the present disclosure
• the steel plate of the present disclosure is a thick steel plate with a thickness of 60 to 100 mm which has a yield strength of ⁇ 490 MPa, a tensile strength of ⁇ 600 MPa and a fatigue strength of ⁇ 340 MPa at the center in plate thickness. It can be used as supporting parts and components which have certain requirements for the core fatigue performance of steel plates in the buildings, engineering machinery, ocean engineering, etc.
• the present disclosure has the advantages of simple manufacturing process and can be implemented in various metallurgical enterprises.

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