Structure–Property Correlation and Constitutive Description of Structural Steels during Hot Working and Strain Rate Deformation

The behaviour of plain carbon as well as structural steels is qualitatively different at different regimes of strain rates and temperature when they are subjected to hot-working and impact-loading conditions. Ambient temperature and carbon content are the leading factors governing the deformation behaviour and substructural evolution of these steels. This review aims at investigating the mechanical behaviour of structural (or constructional)...