Phase-Field Modeling of Austenite Formation from a Ferrite plus Pearlite Microstructure during Annealing of Cold-Rolled Dual-Phase Steel

The prediction of microstructure and, consequently, of mechanical properties, as a function of chemical composition and heat treatment parameters, is currently a major topic of scientific investigations. There has been considerable effort to investigate the phase transformation during cooling and its modeling. In comparison, the metallurgical processes of the ferrite-austenite transformation during heating and annealing have not been intensively...