DEVELOPMENT OF SHEET STEEL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY. Report 2. STEELS DP, CP, TRIP, TWIP

Authors

  • R. R. ADIGAMOV AO Severstal Management, Russia, Cherepovets Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32339/0135-5910-2026-1-27-40

Keywords:

automotive sheet, steel, flat rolled products, microalloying, galvanized rolled products

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the development of sheet steel production technology and in particular automotive sheet metal products. DP, CP, TRIP, TWIP steels and their features are considered. The currently commercially available and widely used AHSS steels are the result of significant early work on two-phase steels in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Two-phase steels are one of the most widely used advanced high-strength steels in the modern automotive industry. DP steels have high specific strength, good initial strain hardening rate, continuous flowability and superior ductility compared to conventional steels. Complex phase (CP) steels belong to the group of steels with usually very high tensile strength (UTS ≈ 800 MPa and higher). CP steels generally have a chemical composition and microstructure similar to TRIP steels, but contain some amounts of other elements (Nb, Ti, and V). These additional elements enhance the precipitation hardening effect. CP steels generally do not contain residual austenite, but contain harder phases such as martensite and bainite in a ferrite-bainite matrix. Alloy design strategies based on low packing defect energy (SFE), such as transformation-induced ductility (TRIP) steels and twin-induced ductility (TWIP) steels, have been developed for the automotive industry due to their superior combination of tensile strength and ductility, but have not been widely adopted.

Author Biography

  • R. R. ADIGAMOV, AO Severstal Management, Russia, Cherepovets

    PhD (Tech.), Director 

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Published

2026-06-02

Issue

Section

Прокатное производство

How to Cite

DEVELOPMENT OF SHEET STEEL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY. Report 2. STEELS DP, CP, TRIP, TWIP. (2026). Ferrous Metallurgy. Bulletin of Scientific , Technical and Economic Information, 82(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.32339/0135-5910-2026-1-27-40