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Origin and mechanism of torsion fracture in cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires

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The structural and mechanical factors that control the torsion fracture behavior of cold-drawn eutectoid steel wires are examined. Two types of the fracture are identified; namely, flat- and cleavage-type. Torsion cracks are found to initiate in ferrite and propagate along the ferrite/cementite interface. The shear stress distribution within the wires is affected not only by the applied torque, but also by the residual stress. The maximum shear stress occurs halfway from center to the surface, where the cracks initiated. The growth of torsion cracks is sensitive to the orientation of cementite lamellas in pearlite grains. The influence of thermal history on the occurrence of cleavage fracture is ascertained, with the assistance of atom probe. It shows that the cleavage fracture results from a decrease in dislocation mobility, caused by thermally activated diffusion of carbon atoms into ferrite.

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This work was supported jointly by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant no. BK2011616) and Southeast University, and was partially funded by the Prospective Study of Industry-University Strategic Research Project of Jiangsu Province (Grant no. BY2011144). The samples were prepared at the Institute of Iron and Steel Research, Jiangsu Province, China, which is partially funded by Science and Technology Support Plan of Zhangjiagang City (Grant No. ZKJ1013).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, People’s Republic of China

    Xianjun Hu, Feng Fang, Zhongquan Ma & Jianqing Jiang

  2. Jiangsu Sha-Steel Group, Zhangjiagang, 215625, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Xianjun Hu & Lei Wang

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Zong-han Xie

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Hu, X., Wang, L., Fang, F. et al. Origin and mechanism of torsion fracture in cold-drawn pearlitic steel wires. J Mater Sci 48, 5528–5535 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7347-0

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