A commercial API 5L X70 steel plate was subjected to different thermomechanical processes to propose a novel thermomechanical rolling path to achieve improved mechanical properties. Scanning electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, and x-ray texture analysis were employed for microstructural characterization. The results showed that strain-free recrystallized {001} ferrite grains that developed at...
It is believed that texture, as the preferred crystallographic orientation of microstructural features, causes plastic anisotropy, leading to a decrease in formability. Thus, promoting recrystallization and randomizing crystallographic texture have been the main methods of increasing formability. The aim of the current study was to improve the tensile properties and formability by means of controlling the micro...