Scope
Physical metallurgy:
strengthening and toughening mechanisms (grain refinement, solution and precipitation, texture, dislocation, etc.), transformation and recrystalization, alloying and microalloying, microstructure formation and control (multi-phase, meta-stable, multi-scale), deformation and fracture (crack initiation and propagation), steel design theory and technology, etc.
Steel and alloy products:
including the development on all kinds of steel products, high performance plain carbon steels, low alloy steels, structural alloy steels (engineering steels), ultra high strength steels, bearing steels, tool and mould steels, stainless steels and corrosion resistance alloys; heat resistant steels and alloys, etc.
Steel processing and fabrication:
steel product processing concerning with ultra cleanliness, ultra homogeneity and ultrafine grain, which include steelmaking (melting, refining and casting), hot rolling and cold rolling, forging, welding and joining, heat treatment, cold forming and machining, surface technology, etc.
Steel design and modeling
thermodynamics and dynamics, ab-initio alloy design, microstructure evolution, deformation and fracture simulation, steel process modeling and simulation, heat treating simulation, cold forming and hot forming simulation, etc.
Performance of steels:
the performance of steels subject to loads, temperature, stain rate, and environments, including deformation and fracture behaviors, high temperature and cryogenic deformation behaviors, corrosion resistance and wear resistance behaviors, and the mechanical properties, such as strength, ductility, toughness, etc.
Applications of steel products:
the widely used steel products and relative technologies in building, infrastructure, railway, automobile, pressure vessel, machinery, oil well and transportation, petroleum and chemistry, fossil power station, nuclear power station, new energy power production, shipbuilding, airplane, off-road equipment, utensil ware, etc.
