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Abraham Mathews, J. (author), Farahani, H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Mecozzi, M.G. (author), Santofimia, Maria Jesus (author)The influence of carbon concentration variations on pearlite formation (20 h at 600 °C) in a case-carburized steel is investigated. The resultant microstructure shows three distinct regions: carburized case, a transition region, and the original core. The microstructural transition from the case to the core regions is observed to be...journal article 2023
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Abraham Mathews, J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Santofimia, Maria Jesus (author)In many commercial steel processing routes, steel microstructures are reverted to an austenitic condition prior to the final processing steps. Understanding the microstructure development during austenitization is crucial for improving the performance and reliability of the microstructure that forms from austenite. In this work, austenite...journal article 2023
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Mattos Ferreira, V. (author), Mecozzi, M.G. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)The austenitization of an initial pearlitic microstructure is simulated using the phase field model to achieve insight into White Etching Layer (WEL) formation in pearlitic railway steels. The simulations take into account the resolution of the cementite lamellae within a pearlite colony as well as the presence of pro-eutectoid ferrite. The...journal article 2023
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Hajizad, O. (author), Kumar, A. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Li, Z. (author)Microscopic stress and strain partitioning control the mechanical and damage behavior of multiphase steels. Using a combined numerical and experimental approach, local strain distributions and deformation localization are characterized in a carbide free bainitic steel produced by continuous cooling. The microstructure of the steel consists of...journal article 2022
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Morete Barbosa Bertolo, V. (author), Jiang, Quanxin (author), Scholl, Sebastian (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Hangen, Ude (author), Walters, C.L. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Popovich, V. (author)The through-thickness heterogeneous microstructure of thick-section high strength steels is responsible for the significant scatter of properties along the thickness. In this study, in order to identify the critical microstructural features in the fracture behaviour and allow for design optimisation and prediction of structural failure, the...journal article 2022
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Mattos Ferreira, V. (author), Mecozzi, M.G. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)The influence of soaking and cooling rates on the final microstructure of a R260Mn pearlitic railway steel subjected to fast heating is investigated. Fast-heating experiments followed or not by soaking and cooling at different rates were performed using quenching dilatometry on railway steel specimens obtained from the rail head. Additional...journal article 2022
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Abraham Mathews, J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Santofimia, Maria Jesus (author)Bainite to austenite reversal is one of the grain refinement techniques employed in carburized steels. However, chemical segregation influences the homogeneity of the bainitic structure, which is seminal to exploit the advantages associated with austenite reversal. It is therefore important to understand the influence of chemical segregation...journal article 2022
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Hidalgo Garcia, J. (author), Vittorietti, M. (author), Farahani, H. (author), Vercruysse, F. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)Understanding the local strain enhancement and lattice distortion resulting from different microstructure features in metal alloys is crucial in many engineering processes. The development of heterogeneous strain not only plays an important role in the work hardening of the material but also in other processes such as recrystallization and...journal article 2020
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Hajizad, O. (author), Kumar, A. (author), Li, Z. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author)Wheel–rail contact creates high stresses in both rails and wheels, which can lead to different damage, such as plastic deformation, wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF). It is important to use high-quality steels that are resistant to these damages. Mechanical properties and failure of steels are determined by various microstructural...journal article 2019
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Kumar, A. (author), Agarwal, G. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Goto, S. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Herbig, M. (author)The formation of White (WEL) and Brown Etching Layers (BEL) on rail raceways during service causes the initiation of microcracks which finally leads to failure. Detailed characterization of the WEL and the BEL in a pearlitic rail steel is carried out from micrometer to atomic scale to understand their microstructural evolution. A...journal article 2019
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Goulas, C. (author), Kumar, A. (author), Mecozzi, M.G. (author), Castro-Cerda, Felipe Manuel (author), Herbig, Michael (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)Atomic-scale investigation was performed on 51CrV4 steel, isothermally held at different temperatures within the bainitic temperature range. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis revealed three different morphologies: lower, upper, and inverse bainite. Atom Probe Tomography (APT) analysis of lower bainite revealed cementite...journal article 2019
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Kumar, A. (author), Saxena, A. K. (author), Kirchlechner, C. (author), Herbig, M. (author), Brinkmann, S. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)Failure in engineering materials like steels is strongly affected by in-service deleterious alterations in their microstructure. White Etching Layers (WELs) are an example of such in-service alterations in the pearlitic microstructure at the rail surface. Cracks initiate in the rails due to delamination and fracture of these layers and...journal article 2019
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Naeimi, M. (author), Li, S. (author), Li, Z. (author), Wu, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author)This research presents a coupled thermomechanical modelling procedure for the wheel-rail contact problem and computes the flash-temperature and stress-strain responses when thermal effects are present. A three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element model was built considering the wheel-track interaction. When the wheel is running on rail,...journal article 2018
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Alizadeh Otorabad, H. (author), Tehrani, Parisa Hosseini (author), Younesian, Davood (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author)Studying the temperature evolution of the thermally affected zone (TAZ) of sliding surfaces is crucial because of its influence on microstructural evolution, wear, and fatigue. Due to the complexity of thermal analysis of sliding bodies, relationships that predict their surface temperature evolution are very helpful because they can be used as...journal article 2018
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Wu, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Kölling, S. (author), Godet, Stephane (author), Sietsma, J. (author)Micro- to nano-scale characterization of the microstructures in the white etching layer (WEL), observed in a Dutch R260 Mn grade rail steel, was performed via various techniques. Retained austenite in the WEL was identified via electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), automatic crystallographic orientation mapping in transmission electron...journal article 2018
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Puype, A. (author), Malerba, L. (author), De Wispelaere, N. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)The microstructure of a 9Cr-1W-0.22V-0.09Ta-0.11C reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steel has been investigated after thermo-mechanical rolling with subsequent annealing for 30 min at temperatures of 880 °C, 920 °C, 980 °C and 1050 °C, followed by water quenching. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy investigations and...journal article 2017
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Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author)A new downscale test rig is developed for investigating the contact between the wheel and rail under impact-like loading conditions. This paper presents the development process of the setup, including review and synthesis of the potential experimental techniques, followed by scalability, mechanical and operational analysis of the new setup. The...journal article 2017
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Wu, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)White etching layer (WEL) is a frequently observed microstructural phenomenon in rail surface, formed during dynamic wheel/rail contact. It is considered as one of the main initiators for rolling contact fatigue cracks. There are several hypotheses for the formation mechanism of WEL. However, due to the complicated wheel/rail contact...journal article 2016
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Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Wu, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)The coupled mechanical–thermal behaviour of wheel and rail materials under rolling contact is studied to determine the temperature rise due to the frictional heat. The wheel–rail frictional rolling contact problem is solved using the three–dimensional finite element (FE) method. The FE model considers the wheel tread–rail top contact with...conference paper 2015
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Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Wu, J. (author)The substantial similarity of fatigue mechanism in a new test rig for rolling contact fatigue (RCF) has been investigated. A new reduced-scale test rig is designed to perform controlled RCF tests in wheel-rail materials. The fatigue mechanism of the rig is evaluated in this study using a combined finite element-fatigue prediction approach. The...conference paper 2014
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