Inrecentyears,despitetheglobaleconomicrecessionandsteeloversupply,thedemandforhighstrengthsteel(HSS)andadvancedhighstrengthsteel(AHSS)sheetshasrobustlyincreased.Tosupplythematerialsneededforautomotivemanufacturing,variousAHSSproductsandapplicationtechnologieshavebeendevelopedbyBaosteel,includingthelst,2nd,and3rdGen.AHSS,whichmakesBaosteeltheworld'sfirststeelmakertocommerciallyprovideallthreegenerationsofAHSS.Recently,thenewGen.(the2ndand3rdGen.combined)AHSSproducts,whichfeatureultra-highstrengthandenhancedductility,havedrawngreatattentionfrombothsteelmakersandtheautomotiveindustryastheseproductscanbeusedtoproduceautopartswithcomplicatedshapesbycoldformingandhavegreatpotentialformanufacturingcarbodiesthatarelighterinweightandhavehighercrashresistance.Inthisarticle,theconcepts,properties,andapplicationsofBaosteel'snewGen.AHSSproducts,includingquenchingandpartitioning(QP)steels,twinning-induced-plasticity(TWIP)steels,andMedium-Mn(Mn-TRIP)steels,aredescribedandreviewed.Moreover,theprogressoftheBaosteellight-weightsteelcarbody(BCB)wasreported.
