Prediction of the abrasion resistance of construction steels on the basis of the subsurface deformation layer in a multi-pass dual-indenter scratch test

Multi-pass dual-indenter (MPDI) scratch tests were carried out on a wide range of steels with different microstructures to investigate the relation between the formation of subsurface deformation layers under repetitive local sliding contact and their abrasion resistance. Five steel grades with different work hardening capability, i.e. Interstitial-Free steel, Fully Martensitic steel, Dual Phase steel, Quench Partitioning steel and TWining...