Fracture Mode of Martensite-Austenite Constituents Containing Multiphase Steel Controlled by Microstructural and Micromechanical Aspects.

The fracture mode in different M-A constituents containing multiphase steels under impact load was examined considering their microstructural and micromechanical aspects. The results showed that a ductile fracture develops in the fine-grained bainitic ferrite/M-A multiphase by microvoids initiation and coalescence, while cleavage develops in the coarse-grained polygonal ferrite/M-A multiphase by microcracks initiation and propagation, due to their diversities in morphologies of microstructural components and microhardness difference between phases.