Heavy Gauge Line Pipe Development with The Thermomechanical Processing Model Implementation

The project objective is to understand and apply the metallurgical fundamentals for the heavy gauge steel product development. The major tasks can be divided into two groups: (A) the precipitate investigation through conventional and advanced characterization techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and (B) the implementation of thermomechanical processing models for the rolling schedule design, which demands rigorous validations against the rolling mill and/or product data. Our robust thermomechanical processing models will be integrated with the Integ model. A successful study of these fundamental issues will help our industrial partner (EVRAZ) understand the precipitation behavior and improve hot rolling schedule designs, facilitating the heavy gauge product development and then reducing the economic cost for oil and gas transportation, especially for regions in Northern Canada. It will also increase the international competence of EVRAZ for heavy gauge products.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hatem Zurob

Student:

Shenglong Liang

Partner:

Evraz

Discipline:

Engineering

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University:

McMaster University

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