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High-strength steel having high yield ratio and excellent durability, and method for manufacturing same

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Assignee: POSCOPriority: Nov 4, 2019Filed: Jun 18, 2024Published: Oct 10, 2024
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Abstract

Thick high-strength steel having a high yield ratio and excellent durability, and a method for manufacturing same are provided. The thick high-strength steel having a high yield ratio and excellent durability of the present invention comprises, in percentage by weight, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.3%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, Cr: 0.005 to 1.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.001 to 0.01%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.07%, Ti 0.005 to 0.11%, Fe and unavoidable impurities.

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1 . A method for producing a thick high-strength steel having a high yield ratio and excellent durability, comprising:
 reheating a steel slab comprising, in percentage by weight, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.3%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, Cr: 0.005 to 1.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, S: 0.001 to 0.01%, N: 0.001 to 0.01%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.07%, Ti 0.005 to 0.11%, Fe and unavoidable impurities at a temperature of 1200 to 1350° C.; and   producing a hot-rolled steel sheet by performing finish hot rolling on the reheated steel slab at a finish hot rolling temperature (FDT) satisfying the following [Relational Expression 1]; and   cooling the hot-rolled steel sheet at a cooling rate (CR) that satisfies the following [Relational Expression 2] to a cooling termination temperature in a range of 450 to 650° C., and then coiling the hot-rolled steel sheet,   wherein, when a length of the hot-rolled steel sheet constituting a coiled coil is L,   an average cooling termination temperature range for a corresponding portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet to a 0 to L/5 region of a head portion of the coiled coil is controlled to A1 (550 to 650° C.),   the average cooling termination temperature range for the corresponding portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet to a L/5 to 2L/3 region of the coiled coil is controlled to A2 (450 to 550° C.),   the average cooling termination temperature range for the corresponding portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet to a 2L/3 to L region of the coiled coil is controlled to A3 (550 to 650° C.), and   the A1-A2 and A3-A2 values are controlled at 100° C. or higher, respectively.   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Tn 
                       - 
                       50 
                     
                     ≤ 
                     FDT 
                     ≤ 
                     Tn 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       Relational 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       Expression 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       1 
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         
           
             
               Tn 
               = 
               
                 730 
                 + 
                 
                   92 
                   × 
                   
                     [ 
                     C 
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 + 
                 
                   70 
                   × 
                   
                     [ 
                     Mn 
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 + 
                 
                   45 
                   × 
                   
                     [ 
                     Cr 
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 + 
                 
                   780 
                   × 
                   
                     [ 
                     Nb 
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 + 
                 
                   520 
                   × 
                   
                     [ 
                     Ti 
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 - 
                 
                   80 
                   × 
                   
                     [ 
                     Si 
                     ] 
                   
                 
                 - 
                 
                   1.4 
                   × 
                   
                     ( 
                     
                       t 
                       - 
                       5 
                     
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         C, Mn, Cr, Nb, Ti, and Si in the above Relational Expression 1 are % by weight of the corresponding alloy element, 
         the FDT of the above Relational Expression 1 is a temperature (° C.) of a hot-rolled sheet at a termination time point of hot rolling, 
         t of the Relational Expression 1 is a thickness of a final rolled sheet material (mm), 
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     CR 
                     ≥ 
                     
                       196 
                       - 
                       
                         300 
                         × 
                         
                           [ 
                           C 
                           ] 
                         
                       
                       + 
                       
                         4.5 
                         × 
                         
                           [ 
                           Si 
                           ] 
                         
                       
                       - 
                       
                         71.8 
                         × 
                         
                           [ 
                           Mn 
                           ] 
                         
                       
                       - 
                       
                         59.6 
                         × 
                         
                           [ 
                           Cr 
                           ] 
                         
                       
                       + 
                       
                         187 
                         × 
                         
                           [ 
                           Ti 
                           ] 
                         
                       
                       + 
                       
                         852 
                         × 
                         
                           [ 
                           Nb 
                           ] 
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     [ 
                     
                       Relational 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       Expression 
                       ⁢ 
                           
                       2 
                     
                     ] 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         in the above Relational Expression 2, the CR is a cooling rate (° C./sec) during cooling to an A2 average cooling termination temperature after the FDT, and 
         C, Si, Mn, Cr, Ti, and Nb in the above Relational Expression 2 are % by weight of the corresponding alloy element. 
       
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the high-strength steel has a microstructure comprising, in percentage by area, less than 5% of a pearlite phase including nitrides and coarse carbides having a diameter of 1 μm or more, less than 10% of a bainite phase, and less than 5% of a martensite and austenite (MA) phase, and the remaining of a ferrite phase, and has a ratio of fatigue limit and yield strength of 0.15 or more and a yield ratio of 0.8 or more. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the coiled steel sheet is air-cooled to a temperature ranging from room temperature to 200° C. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: pickling and oiling the coiled steel sheet after the cooling. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising: heating the pickled and oiled steel sheet to a temperature in a range of 450 to 740° C., followed by hot-dip galvanizing. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the hot-dip galvanizing is formed using a plating bath comprising 0.01 to 30% by weight of magnesium (Mg), 0.01 to 50% by weight of aluminum (Al), the remaining of Zn, and unavoidable impurities.

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