EP2799585A1 - Plaque d'acier épaisse de haute résistance mécanique pour structure dotée d'excellentes propriétés d'arrêt de propagation de fissures cassantes, et procédé de fabrication de celle-ci - Google Patents

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EP2799585A1
EP2799585A1 EP12863931.7A EP12863931A EP2799585A1 EP 2799585 A1 EP2799585 A1 EP 2799585A1 EP 12863931 A EP12863931 A EP 12863931A EP 2799585 A1 EP2799585 A1 EP 2799585A1
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  • the present invention relates to a high-strength thick steel plate for structural use having excellent brittle crack arrestability and a method for manufacturing the steel plate, and in particular, to a steel plate having a thickness of 50 mm or more which can be preferably used for ships.
  • Patent Literature 1 proposes a steel material having an ultra-fine crystallization structure in the surface portion in order to improve brittle crack arrestability without an increase in alloy cost.
  • the steel material having excellent brittle crack arrestability according to Patent Literature 1 is characterized in that, focusing on the fact that shear lips (plastic deformation areas), which are formed in the surface portion of a steel material when a brittle crack propagates, are effective for improving brittle crack arrestability, the crystal grain size in the portion of shear-lips is decreased in order to absorb the propagation energy of a propagating brittle crack.
  • an ultra fine ferrite structure or bainite structure is formed in the surface portion of the steel material by repeating once or more a process, in which the surface portion of a hot-rolled steel plate is cooled down to a temperature equal to or lower than the Ar 3 transformation point by performing controlled cooling and then the controlled cooling is stopped in order to allow the surface portion to recuperate to have a temperature equal to or higher than the transformation point, while the steel material is rolled in order for transformation or recrystallization due to deformation to repeatedly occur.
  • Patent Literature 2 it is disclosed that, in order to improve the brittle crack arrestability of a steel material having a microstructure mainly including a ferrite-pearlite phase, it is important to form a layer, in either of the surface portions of the steel material, including 50% or more of a ferrite structure having ferrite grains with a circle-equivalent average grain size of 5 ⁇ m or less and an aspect ratio of the grains of 2 or more, and to prevent the variation of a ferrite grain size, and that, as a method for preventing the variation, the maximum rolling reduction per pass of finishing rolling is controlled to be 12% or less in order to prevent local recrystallization.
  • Patent Literature 3 discloses a technique which is a modification of TMCP and in which, focusing on not only a decrease in ferrite crystal grain size but also a subgrain formed in a ferrite crystal grain, brittle crack arrestability is improved.
  • brittle crack arrestability is improved by controlling (a) rolling conditions such that fine ferrite crystal grains are achieved, (b) rolling conditions such that a fine ferrite structure is formed in a portion constituting 5% or more of the thickness of the steel material, (c) rolling conditions such that subgrains are formed by growing a texture in the fine ferrite and by rearranging dislocations introduced by applying deformation (rolling) using thermal energy and (d) cooling conditions such that an increase in the grain size of the formed fine ferrite crystal grains and in the grain size of the formed fine subgrains is prevented.
  • brittle crack arrestability is improved by applying reduction force of rolling to a transformed ferrite phase in order to grow a texture.
  • Resistance to brittle fractures is increased by forming a separation parallel to the plate surface on the fracture surface of a steel material in order to reduce stress at the brittle crack tip.
  • Patent Literature 4 discloses that brittle fracture resistance is improved by performing controlled rolling in order to form a microstructure having an X-ray intensity ratio in the (110) plane showing a texture developing degree of 2 or more and including large-size grains having a diameter equivalent to a circle in the crystal grains of 20 ⁇ m or more in an amount of 10% or less.
  • Patent Literature 5 discloses, as a steel for welded structural use having excellent brittle crack arrestability in the joint part, a steel plate having an X-ray plane intensity ratio in the (100) plane showing a texture developing degree on a plane inside the plate parallel to the rolling surface of the plate of 1.5 or more. It is disclosed that the steel plate has excellent brittle crack arrestability owing to the difference in angle between the direction of applied stress and the direction of crack propagation as a result of the growth of the texture mentioned above.
  • the steel plates having excellent brittle crack arrestability according to Patent Literatures 1 through 5 described above are mainly intended for a steel plate having a thickness of about 50 mm or less as indicated by the manufacturing conditions and the disclosed experimental data. It is not clear whether specified properties can be obtained in the case where the disclosed techniques are applied to thick material having a thickness of more than 50 mm, and the properties regarding crack propagation in the thickness direction which are required for ship's hull structures have never been tested at all.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a high-strength thick steel plate having excellent brittle crack arrestability which can be stably manufactured using a very simple industrial process in which rolling conditions are optimized to control a texture in the thickness direction and a method for manufacturing the steel plate.
  • the present inventors diligently conducted investigations in order to solve the problems described above and found the following knowledge regarding a high-strength thick steel plate having excellent crack arrestability despite the steel plate having a heavy thickness.
  • the present invention is as follows.
  • a high-strength thick steel plate having a thickness of 50 mm or more having excellent brittle crack arrestability, in which a texture in the thickness direction is appropriately controlled, and a method for manufacturing the steel plate can be provided, and it is effective to apply the present invention to a steel plate having a thickness of preferably more than 50 mm, more preferably 55 mm or more.
  • the present invention contributes to the improvement of the safety of ships by being applied to hutch side coamings and deck part materials in high-strength deck structures of large container carriers and bulk carriers, which results in a large advantage in industry.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the fracture surface shape of an ESSO test compliant with WES 3003 of a thick steel plate having a thickness of more than 50 mm, where (a) is a diagram illustrating a plane view of a test piece and (b) is a diagram illustrating the fracture surface of the test piece.
  • the toughness and a texture in the surface portion and the central portion in the thickness direction and 2. a metallographic structure are specified.
  • a fracture surface shape illustrated in Fig. 1 with which crack arrestability can be increased against a crack propagating in the horizontal direction (planar direction) such as the rolling direction or a direction at a right angle to the rolling direction toughness and the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion and the central portion in the thickness direction are appropriately specified.
  • a Charpy fracture appearance transition temperature vTrs in the surface portion be -60°C or lower and that a Charpy fracture appearance transition temperature vTrs in the central portion in the thickness direction be -50°C or lower. It is preferable that the Charpy fracture appearance transition temperature vTrs in the central portion in the thickness direction be -60°C or lower.
  • cleavage planes are integrated diagonally to the main direction of a crack in order to form fine branched cracks, which results in an increase in brittle crack arrestability owing to a stress relaxation effect at a brittle crack tip.
  • the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion be 1.3 or more, preferably 1.6 or more, and that the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the central portion in the thickness direction be 1.8 or more, preferably 2.0 or more.
  • the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion or the central portion in the thickness direction is defined in the following way. Firstly, by performing mechanical polishing and electrolytic polishing on a surface, being parallel to the steel plate surface, of a sample having a thickness of 1 mm cut out of the surface portion or the central portion in the thickness direction, a test piece for X-ray diffractometry is prepared. Incidentally, in the case of the surface portion, the surface of the sample nearer to the outermost surface is polished. By performing X-ray diffraction measurement using a Mo X-ray source on this test piece, the pole figures of (200), (110) and (211) planes are obtained.
  • the Charpy fracture appearance transition temperature and the integration degrees I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion and the central portion in the thickness direction satisfy the relational expression (1) below: vTrs surface + 1.9 ⁇ vTrs 1 / 2 ⁇ t - 6 ⁇ I RD / / 110 ⁇ surface - 84 ⁇ I R ⁇ D / / 110 ⁇ 1 / 2 ⁇ t ⁇ - 350
  • a metallographic structure mainly includes a ferrite phase.
  • a metallographic structure mainly includes a ferrite phase means that the area fraction of a ferrite phase is 60% or more with respect to the whole metallographic structure.
  • the area fraction of the remainder consisting of, for example, a bainite phase, a martensite phase (including martensite islands) and a pearlite phase is 40% or less.
  • a metallographic structure mainly including a ferrite phase is obtained by performing rolling under ordinary rolling conditions for an austenite phase
  • target toughness can be obtained in a structure mainly including a ferrite phase
  • the obtained texture becomes a random structure, which results in the target value of the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion, that is, 1.3 or more, preferably 1.6 or more, not being achieved, and which results in the target value of the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the central portion in the thickness direction, that is, 1.8 or more, preferably 2.0 or more, not being achieved.
  • C is a chemical element which increases the strength of steel and it is necessary that the C content be 0.03% or more in order to achieve the desired strength in the present invention
  • the C content in the case where the C content is more than 0.20%, there is not only a decrease in weldability but also a negative influence on toughness. Therefore, it is preferable that the C content be 0.03% to 0.20%, more preferably 0.05% to 0.15%.
  • Si is effective as a deoxidizing chemical element and as a chemical element for increasing the strength of steel, the effect cannot be realized in the case where the Si content is less than 0.03%.
  • the Si content is more than 0.5%, there is not only the deterioration of the surface quality of steel but also a significant decrease in toughness. Therefore, it is preferable that the Si content be 0.03% or more and 0.5% or less.
  • Mn is added as a chemical element for increasing strength. Since the effect is insufficient in the case where the Mn content is less than 0.5%, and since there is a decrease in weldability and an increase in steel material cost in the case where the Mn content is more than 2.2%, it is preferable that the Mn content be 0.5% or more and 2.2% or less.
  • Al is effective as a deoxidizing agent, and it is necessary that the Al content be 0.005% or more in order to realize this effect, but, in the case where the Al content is more than 0.08%, there is not only a decrease in toughness but also a decrease in the toughness of a weld metal when welding is performed. Therefore, it is preferable that the Al content be 0.005% to 0.08%, more preferably 0.02% to 0.04%.
  • N increases the strength of steel by controlling a crystal grain size as a result of combining with Al in steel to form AlN when rolling is performed, but, since there is a decrease in toughness in the case where the N content is more than 0.0050%, it is preferable that the N content be 0.0050% or less.
  • the content of P and S be respectively 0.03% or less and 0.01% or less, more preferably 0.02% or less and 0.005% or less respectively.
  • a small content of Ti is effective for increasing the toughness of a base metal by decreasing a crystal grain size as a result of forming a nitride, carbide or carbonitride. This effect is realized in the case where the Ti content is 0.005% or more, but, since there is a decrease in the toughness of a base metal and a welded heat affected zone in the case where the Ti content is more than 0.03%, the Ti content is set to be 0.005% to 0.03%.
  • Nb, Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, B, Ca and REM may be added in order to further improve the properties.
  • Nb contributes to an increase in strength as a result of precipitating in the form of NbC when ferrite transformation occurs or reheating is performed.
  • Nb since Nb is effective for expanding a temperature range in which recrystallization does not occur when rolling is performed under conditions for forming an austenite phase, which results in a decrease in ferrite grain size, Nb contributes to an increase in toughness. This effect is realized in the case where the Nb content is 0.005% or more, but, since there is conversely a decrease in toughness as a result of the precipitation of large-size NbC in the case the Nb content is more than 0.05%, it is preferable that the upper limit of the Nb content be 0.05%.
  • Cu, Ni, Cr and Mo are all chemical elements which increase the hardenability of steel. Since these chemical elements directly contribute to an increase in strength after rolling has been performed and may be added in order to improve functional properties such as toughness, high temperature strength or weather resistance, and since these effects are realized in the case where the contents of these chemical elements are respectively 0.01% or more, it is preferable that the contents of these chemical elements be respectively 0.01% or more in the case where these chemical elements are added. However, since there is a decrease in toughness and weldability in the case where the contents of these chemical elements are excessively large, it is preferable that the upper limits of the contents of Cu, Ni, Cr and Mo be respectively 0.5%, 1.0%, 0.5% and 0.5% in the case where these chemical elements are added.
  • V 0.001% to 0.10%
  • V is a chemical element which increases the strength of steel by precipitation strengthening as a result of precipitating in the form of V(C,N).
  • the V may be contained in the amount of 0.001% or more in order to realize this effect, but there is a decrease in toughness in the case where the V content is more than 0.10%. Therefore, in the case where V is added, it is preferable that the V content be in the range of 0.001% to 0.10%.
  • a small amount of B may be added as a chemical element which increases the hardenability of steel.
  • the B content is more than 0.0030%, since there is a decrease in the toughness of a weld zone, it is preferable that the B content be 0.0030% or less in the case where B is added.
  • Ca and REM increase toughness as a result of decreasing a grain size in a structure in a welded heat affected zone and there is no decrease in the effect of the present invention even in the case where these chemical elements are added, these chemical elements may be added as needed.
  • the upper limit of the contents of Ca and REM be respectively 0.0050% and 0.010% in the case where these are added.
  • manufacturing conditions such as the heating temperature of a slab as a steel material, hot rolling conditions and cooling conditions be specified.
  • hot rolling it is preferable to specify, in addition to total cumulative rolling reduction, cumulative rolling reduction and average rolling reduction per pass for each of the cases where the central portion in the thickness direction has a temperature in the austenite recrystallization temperature range and where the central portion in the thickness direction has a temperature in the austenite non-recrystallization temperature range.
  • molten steel having the chemical composition described above is produced using, for example, a converter furnace and made into a slab using, for example, a continuous casting method. Subsequently, the slab is heated at a temperature of 900°C to 1150°C and then hot-rolled.
  • the heating temperature is low in order to decrease a crystal grain size before rolling is performed, it is impossible to secure sufficient time for performing rolling in the austenite recrystallization temperature range in the case where the heating temperature is lower than 900°C.
  • the heating temperature is higher than 1150°C, since there is not only a decrease in toughness due to an increase in austenite grain size but also a decrease in yield due to a significant loss caused by oxidation, it is preferable that the heating temperature be 900°C to 1150°C, more preferably, the heating temperature be in the range of 1000°C to 1100°C from the viewpoint of toughness.
  • the target values in the present invention of the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion that is, 1.3 or more, preferably 1.6 or more, and of the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the central portion in the thickness direction, that is, 1.8 or more, preferably 2.0 or more, cannot be achieved. Therefore, in the present invention, it is preferable to specify hot rolling conditions as described below.
  • hot rolling be performed, firstly, while the central portion in the thickness direction has a temperature in the austenite recrystallization temperature range, under the conditions that the cumulative rolling reduction is 20% or more and the average rolling reduction per pass is 5.0% or less.
  • the cumulative rolling reduction is 20% or more, since an austenite grain size becomes small, a grain size in a metallographic structure which is finally obtained becomes small, which results in an increase in toughness.
  • the average rolling reduction per pass in this temperature range is 5.0% or less, since it is possible to introduce strain into a steel material, in particular in the portion in the vicinity of the surface portion of the steel material, it is possible to control the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion to be 1.3 or more, preferably 1.6 or more, and to further decrease the grain size in the surface portion, which results in an increase in the toughness of the surface portion.
  • the central portion in the thickness direction has a temperature in the austenite non-recrystallization temperature range, under the conditions that the cumulative rolling reduction is 40% or more and the average rolling reduction per pass is 7.0% or more.
  • the cumulative rolling reduction in this temperature range to be 40% or more, a texture in the central portion in the thickness direction can be sufficiently grown.
  • the average rolling reduction per pass it is possible to control the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the central portion in the thickness direction to be 1.8 or more, preferably 2.0 or more.
  • the total cumulative rolling reduction in the austenite recrystallization temperature range and in the austenite non-recrystallization temperature range is preferable to control the total cumulative rolling reduction in the austenite recrystallization temperature range and in the austenite non-recrystallization temperature range to be 65% or more. This is because, by controlling the total cumulative rolling reduction to be 65% or more, it is possible to apply sufficient reduction to a structure, which results in the values of target toughness and strength being achieved.
  • the austenite recrystallization temperature range and the austenite non-crystallization temperature range are determined by performing preliminary experiments using steel having the chemical composition described above in which the steel is subjected to heating and processing history under various conditions.
  • finishing temperature of hot rolling from the view point of rolling efficiency, it is preferable that the finishing temperature be in the austenite non-recrystallization temperature range.
  • the rolled steel plate be cooled down to a temperature of 600°C or lower at a cooling rate of 4.0°C/s or more.
  • the cooling rate By controlling the cooling rate to be 4.0°C/s or more, since there is not an increase in grain size in a structure, the structure having a small grain size can be obtained, which results in the target excellent toughness being achieved.
  • the cooling rate is less than 4.0°C/s, since there is an increase in grain size in a structure, the target toughness cannot be achieved.
  • the cooling stop temperature to be 600°C or lower, since the progression of recrystallization is prevented, it is possible to maintain the desired texture which has been achieved through the hot rolling and the subsequent cooling.
  • the cooling rate and cooling stop temperature described above are determined by using the temperature of the central portion in the thickness direction of the steel plate.
  • the temperature of the central portion in the thickness direction can be derived from, for example, the thickness, the surface temperature, the cooling conditions and the like using, for example, simulation calculation. For example, by calculating the temperature distribution in the thickness direction using a difference method, the temperature of the central portion in the thickness direction of the steel plate can be derived.
  • a temper treatment may be performed on the cooled steel plate. By performing a tempering treatment, it is possible to further increase the toughness of steel plate. By controlling a tempering temperature to be equal to or lower than the A C1 point in terms of the average temperature of the steel plate, it is possible to prevent the desired structure obtained through rolling and cooling from being lost.
  • the A C1 point (°C) is derived using the equation below.
  • a C ⁇ 1 point 751 - 26.6 ⁇ C + 17.6 ⁇ Si - 11.6 ⁇ Mn - 169 ⁇ Al - 23 ⁇ Cu - 23 ⁇ Ni + 24.1 ⁇ Cr + 22.5 ⁇ Mo + 233 ⁇ Nb - 39.7 ⁇ V - 5.7 ⁇ Ti - 895 ⁇ B , where an atomic symbol in the equation above represents the content (mass%) of the chemical element in the steel and where the symbol is assigned a value of 0 in the case where the chemical element is not contained.
  • the average temperature of the steel plate can be derived from, for example, the thickness, the surface temperature and the cooling conditions using, for example, simulation calculation, as is the case with the temperature of the central portion in the thickness direction.
  • molten steels (steel codes A through O) having the chemical compositions given in Table 1 using a converter furnace
  • molten steels steel codes A through O
  • slabs having a thickness of 250 mm
  • hot-rolling the slabs into hot-rolled steel plates having a thickness of 50 to 80 mm
  • sample steels No. 1 through No. 29 were obtained.
  • Some of the sample steels were subjected to a tempering treatment after having been cooled.
  • the hot rolling conditions, the cooling conditions and the tempering conditions are given in Table 2.
  • a fracture appearance transition temperature (vTrs) was determined.
  • vTrs fracture appearance transition temperature
  • Kca value at a temperature of -10°C was determined by performing an ESSO test compliant with WES 3003.
  • the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the central portion in the thickness direction was derived in the following way. Firstly, by performing mechanical polishing and electrolytic polishing on the surface parallel to the steel plate surface of a sample having a thickness of 1 mm cut out of the central portion in the thickness direction, a test piece for X-ray diffractometry was prepared. By performing X-ray diffraction measurement using a Mo X-ray source on this test piece, the pole figures of (200), (110) and (211) planes were obtained. Three dimensional orientation distribution function was calculated from the obtained pole figures by using a Bunge method.
  • Sample steel plates (serial Nos. 1 through 13 and 27 through 29), which had the toughness indexes in the surface portion and the central portion in the thickness direction and textures which were within the range according to the present invention, had a Kca(-10°C) of 6000 N/mm 3/2 or more, which means these sample steel plates had excellent brittle crack arrestability.
  • sample steel plates (serial Nos. 1 through 13), each of which had the Charpy fracture appearance transition temperature and the integration degree I of the RD//(110) plane in the surface portion and the central portion in the thickness direction satisfying the relational expression (1), had higher Kca(-10°C) than sample steel plates (serial Nos. 27 through 29) that do not satisfy the relational expression (1).
  • sample steel plates (serial Nos. 21 through 26), which were prepared under manufacturing conditions outside the range according to the present invention and had toughness or textures not satisfying the specifications according to the present invention, had a Kca(-10°C) of less than 6000 N/mm 3/2 .
  • Sample steel plates (serial Nos. 14 through 20), which had chemical compositions outside the preferable ranges according to the present invention, had toughness not satisfying the specifications according to the present invention and a Kca(-10°C) of less than 6000 N/mm 3/2 .

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