High strength hot rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same
There is provided a high strength hot rolled steel sheet having a composition comprising C: 0.040% to 0.100%, by mass %, Si: 0.50% or less, by mass %, Mn: 1.00% to 2.00%, by mass %, P: 0.03% or less, by mass %, S: 0.006% or less, by mass %, Al: 0.08% or less, by mass %, N: 0.0080% or less, by mass %, Ti: 0.14% to 0.22%, by mass %, and Fe and incidental impurities, and a method for making the same. The high strength hot rolled steel sheet includes a microstructure in which a primary phase is a ferrite phase and fine carbides containing Ti are dispersion-precipitated.
1. A hot rolled steel sheet having a composition comprising:
C: 0.040% to 0.100%, by mass %;
Si: 0.50% or less, by mass %;
Mn: 1.00% to 2.00%, by mass %;
P: 0.03% or less, by mass %;
S: 0.006% or less, by mass %;
Al: 0.08% or less, by mass %;
N: 0.0080% or less, by mass %;
Ti: 0.14% to 0.22%, by mass %; and
Fe and incidental impurities,
wherein the hot rolled steel sheet includes a microstructure in which a primary phase is a ferrite phase and carbides containing Ti are dispersion-precipitated,
in each of an end portion and a central portion of the steel sheet in the sheet width direction, the area ratio of the ferrite phase is in the range of 95% or more, the average grain size of the ferrite phase is in the range of 5.0 μm or less, the average particle diameter of the carbides is in the range of 6 nm or less, and the amount of solid solution Ti is in the range of 0.03% or less, by mass %, and
the steel sheet has a yield strength in the range of 740 MPa or more and a difference between the yield strength of the end portion in the sheet width direction and the yield strength of the central portion in the sheet width direction is in the range of 50 MPa or less.
2. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises V: 0.001% to less than 0.07%, by mass %.
3. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises 0.001% or more, by mass %, in total of at least one of Sn and Pb.
4. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a coating layer is disposed on the steel sheet surface.
5. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein the coating layer is a galvanizing layer.
6. The high strength hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 4 , wherein the coating layer is a hot-dip galvanizing layer or a hot-dip galvannealing layer.
7. A method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet having a composition comprising C; 0.040% to 0.100%, by mass %, Si: 0.50% or less, by mass %, Mn; 1.00% to 2.00%, by mass %, P; 0.03% or less, by mass %, S; 0.006% or less, by mass %, Al: 0.08% or less, by mass %, N: 0.0080% or less, by mass %, Ti: 0.14% to 0.22%, by mass %, and Fe and incidental impurities, the method comprising:
heating a steel precursor;
performing hot rolling and water cooling on the steel precursor; stopping the water cooling at a predetermined temperature; and performing coiling to produce a hot rolled steel sheet,
wherein the heating temperature of the heating is in the range of 1180° C. to 1350° C.,
a finish rolling completing temperature of the hot roiling is in the range of 870° C. or higher and a temperature difference between a temperature at a position in a central portion of the steel sheet in the sheet width direction and a temperature at a position in the end portion of the steel sheet in the sheet width direction at the time of completion of the finish roving is in the range of 50° C. or less,
the water cooling is started within 3 s of completion of the finish rolling, the flow rate of cooling water is in the range of 1.05 m 3 /m 2 min or more, and an average cooling rate from the finish rolling completing temperature of the hot rolling to the water cooling stop temperature is in the range of 20° C./s or more, and
the water cooling stop temperature and a coiling temperature of the coiling are in the range of 600° C. to 700° C., thereby producing the hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 .
8. The method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein the composition further comprises V: 0.001% to less than 0.07%, by mass %.
9. The method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein the composition further comprises 0.001% or more, by mass %, in total of at least one of Sn and Pb.
10. The method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 7 , wherein a coating layer is formed on the hot rolled steel sheet surface.
11. The method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 10 , wherein the coating layer is a galvanizing layer.
12. The method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 10 , wherein the coating layer is a hot-dip galvanizing layer or a hot-dip galvannealing layer.
13. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the composition further comprises 0.001% or more, by mass %, in total of at least one of Sn and Pb.
14. The method for manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet, according to claim 8 , wherein the composition further comprises 0.001% or more, by mass %, in total of at least one of Sn and Pb.
15. The hot rolled steel sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the yield strength of the end portion in the sheet width direction and the yield strength of the central portion in the sheet width direction is in a range of 1 MPa or more and 50 MPa or less.