On the hot embrittlement of continuously-cast and transfer-bar structures in DP600 advanced high-strength steel

This study reports on ultra-high temperature tensile tests (1300–1480 °C) performed on dual-phase (DP) advanced high-strength steels utilizing a Gleeble 3500 thermo-mechanical simulator. The thermomechanical results of both as-cast (AC) and transfer-bar (TB) material is presented, as well as three different sample geometries, to better comprehend the effect of temperature distribution and stress localization on the reproducibility of data. The …