Steel research is currently experiencing a strong revival and there is a sustained industry-based effort in innovation and research, which has led to the development of many advanced steel grades for special applications in the automotive industry, the pipeline industry and the power generation industry, to name but a few fields of application. In addition, the steel industry, in particular in the area of the flat carbon steel, has undergone many dramatic changes of an economic nature in the recent past, with the merging of traditional national industries into global multinational companies. These changes have given new impulse to steel research, as the new global leaders have realised that economic leadership required constant attention to quality improvements, technological process innovations and breakthrough materials research. In the same period there has been a marked lessening of interest in steel research at academic institutions, and this evolution has had serious consequences for young professionals starting careers in the steel industry. Their general knowledge about steels is less extensive than in the past. This is unfortunate at a time when considerable progress has been made to improve the understanding of basic materials science phenomena which are essential to sustain the design of advanced ferrous materials. The book project "Materials Design - The Key to Modern Steel Products" was, therefore, started as a response to the clear need of professionals in the steel industry for a modern introductory handbook on current steel products. The book is intended as an introduction to steel products, first and foremost for industry professionals. The text, which is a fresh attempt to merge advanced steel physical metallurgy concepts and principles of state-of-the-art technologies, is written in a readily accessible style. Its focus is on information that can be used in current practice, with many new and original overviews to give the reader the chance to grasp the essentials easily. The book focuses on important scientific topics that play an essential role in current steel research and product development. These topics are presented in a manner that makes sometimes difficult concepts understandable to the non-expert. For the first time ever, this comprehensive collection of up-to-date information is compiled customer specific. No matter, whether you make steel or use it, for mechanical engineering, building & construction purposes, for automotive application, household appliances etc., this book contains the answers to your questions!
Dr. Bruno Charles De Cooman is director of the Materials Design Laboratory (MDL) at the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. He is extensively involved with the development of advanced automotive, electrical, engineering and constructional steels. His many years´ experience in the solid state physics of ferrous alloys, materials micro-analysis and ferrous products development provides a benefit for this book. Further, he combines processing research expertise in the areas of casting, hot rolling, cold rolling, and continuous annealing and galvanizing with an in-depth analysis of materials performance to develop new steel concepts for industrial applications. John Gordon Speer is professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Advanced Steel Products and Processing Research Center, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (CSM), USA. Based on 14 years of experience gained in the steel industry, he teaches introductory materials, phase stability, and physical metallurgy of ferrous/non-ferrous alloys and ferrous physical metallurgy. His background is in physical metallurgy and solid-state phase transformations, as well as product development including alloy design/processing response/application and performance. His research interest involves ferrous physical metallurgy in general, and links the fundamentals of physical metallurgy with industrial applications. Thus, he conducts leading programs in sheet, plate, bar, and stainless steels to develop a better understanding of alloying, microstructure, processing, and performance of steels for a variety of industrial applications. Igor Yu. Pyshmintsev, Ph.D., is General Director of the Russian Research Institute of Tube and Pipe Industries. He holds two doctoral degrees in Metallography and Heat Treatment of Metals from the Heat Treatment and Metal Physics Department of the Ural State Technical University in Ekaterinburg, Russia. As professor at this institution, he teaches mechanical properties of metals, and the physics and mechanics of materials. Moreover, he is the expert in the areas of low-carbon formable steels, ultra-fine grained structures in Fe-based materials, high strength automotive sheet steel, and multiphase microstructures obtained by thermo-mechanical processing. Dr. Naoki Yoshinaga is Chief Researcher with Sheet & Coil Group, Kimitsu R&D Laboratory of Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan. He is the specialist in the development of sheet steels for automotive applications. His research interest spans physical metallurgy with special emphasis on phase transformations, plastic deformation, recrystallization, precipitation and diffusion in steels. He is a recognized expert in the correlation of crystallographic texture formation with the processing of sheet steel. -> View table of contentes 
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