Temperature Effect on Deformation and Fracture Mechanisms under Impact Loading of 17Mn1Si Steel with Explicit Accounting Structural Heterogeneity.

The effect of the microstructure parameters as well as the testing temperature on the impact toughness of 17Mn1Si steel has been studied. The interrelation between the testing temperature during impact bending and deformation and fracture energy consumption has been studied. The relation between fracture energy characteristics at high-rate impact bending and the microstructure of the steel has been established. It is shown that the decrease of the testing temperature leads to almost linear reduction of the impact toughness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]