Recent Developments in Advanced High Strength Steels Processing

Chair(s): A.M. Elwazri, McGill University - P. Wanjara, National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research

Technical Program schedule is subject to change.
Final program will be posted as of July 1, 2008.

 

Advanced high strength steels continue to be the backbone of industrial development for critical manufacturing applications in the automotive, aerospace, defence, nuclear, energy, biomedical, and chemical and civil engineering sectors. The properties of these steels, e.g. dual phase, TRIP and TWIP steels, as well as ultra fine grain and microalloyed steels, draw on complex transformation behaviours and associated deformation mechanisms. Information on the strengthening and fracture mechanisms of these materials provides significant insights for process design and control during manufacturing for high strength and performance, formability and fracture resistance. This symposium will review developments in alloy development, thermomechanical processing design, mechanical property evaluation, microstructural characterization of phase transformations and precipitation behaviour, and fracture mechanisms.

The technical sessions of the symposium technical sessions will be organized according to the following topics:

• Alloy Deveopment and Continuous Casting Technology
• Thermomechanical Process Design
• Process Optimization, Implementation and Control
• Characterization of Microstructure, Texture, and Phase Transformations
• Mechanical Properties and Constitutive Modelling
• Damage and Fracture Behavior
• Performance and Life Cycle Enhancement
• Machineability

PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of the symposium will be published in CD form and will be available at the meeting. All papers will be refereed and edited prior to final acceptance and publication.

Contact:

Abdelbaset M. Elwazri
McGill University
Department of Metals & Materials Engineering
M.H. Wong Building
3610 University Street
Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B2, Canada
Tel.: (514) 398-4755, ext. 09511
Fax: (514) 398-4492
Email: abdelbaset.el-wazri@mcgill.ca

Priti Wanjara
National Research Council Canada, Institute for Aerospace Research
Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Center
5145 Decelles Avenue
Montréal, Québec, H3T 2B2, Canada
Tel.: (514) 283-9380
Fax: (514) 283-9445
Email: Priti.Wanjara@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

S. Yue, McGill University, Dept. Mining, Metals & Materials Eng, (Canada)
J.J. Jonas, McGill University, Dept. Mining, Metals & Materials Eng, (Canada)
J.M. Cabrera, Technical University Catalonia, Dept. Materials Sci. & Metallurgical Eng, (Spain)
M. Militzer University of British Columbia, Dept. Materials Eng, (Canada)

Sponsored by: The Iron and Steel Section of MetSoc