IP Library Granted Patent US 11,591,677
Granted Patent B2
US 11,591,677 · App. 16/957,332 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

High-strength structural steel material having excellent fatigue crack propagation inhibitory characteristics and manufacturing method therefor

Inventors: Il-Cheol Yi (Gwangyang-si, KR); Jae-Young Cho (Gwangyang-si, KR); Sang-Deok Kang (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/04C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C22C38/001C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/08C22C38/12C22C38/14C22C38/16C22C38/32C21D2211/001C21D2211/002C21D2211/008
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Patent No.
US 11,591,677
App. No.
16/957,332
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-strength structural steel material having excellent fatigue crack propagation inhibitory characteristics according to an aspect of the present invention contains, by weight, 0.02-0.12% of C, 1.7-2.5% of Mn, 0.01-0.8% of Si, 0.005-0.5% of Al, and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein a microstructure of the structural steel sheet material is divided into a surface layer portion outside and a central portion inside along a thickness direction; the surface layer portion comprises tempered bainite as a matrix structure, fresh martensite as a second structure, and austenite as a residual structure; and the central portion comprises lath bainite.

Claims (17)

1. A structural steel material, comprising, by weight %:

0.02% to 0.12% of C, 1.7% to 2.5% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.8% of Si, 0.005% to 0.5% of Al, and a balance Fe and unavoidable impurities,

wherein a microstructure of the structural steel material is divided into a surface layer portion outside and a central portion inside in a thickness direction,

the surface layer portion comprises tempered bainite as a matrix structure, fresh martensite as a second structure, and austenite as a residual structure, and

the central portion comprises lath bainite.

2. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein the surface layer portion is divided into an upper surface layer portion on an upper side and a lower surface layer portion on a lower side, and

the upper surface layer portion and the lower surface layer portion is provided with a thickness of 3% to 10% of the thickness of the structural steel material, respectively.

3. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein the matrix structure and the second structure are included in the surface layer portion in a volume fraction of 95% or more.

4. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein the residual structure is included in the surface layer portion in a volume fraction of 5% or less.

5. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter of the tempered bainite is 3 μm or less, excluding 0 μm.

6. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter of the fresh martensite is 3 μm or less, excluding 0 μm.

7. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein the structural steel material further comprises one type or two or more types of, by weight %:

0.005% to 0.1% of Nb, 0.005% to 0.1% of Ti, 0.02% or less of P, 0.004% or less of B, 0.015% or less of N, 0.01% or less of S, 0.01% to 1.0% of Cu, 0.01% to 2.0% of Ni, 0.01% to 1.0% of Mo, 0.05% to 1.0% of Cr, 0.01% to 0.4% of V, and 0.006% or less of Ca.

8. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein the structural steel material has a yield strength of 690 MPa or more.

9. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein the structural steel material has a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more.

10. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein a high-angle grain boundary fraction of the surface layer portion is 45% or more.

11. The structural steel material of claim 1 , wherein a fatigue crack growth rate of the structural steel material is 2.5×10 −5 mm/cycle or less.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2020
From: YI, IL-CHEOL; CHO, JAE-YOUNG; KANG, SANG-DEOK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 053021/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0179246 · Dec 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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