Handbook of Steel for Strategic Applications

This volume presents a state-of-the-art synthesis of recent advances in steels for strategic applications. It spans carbon and heat-treatable grades; high-strength low-alloy, advanced high-strength steels, ultra-high-strength as well as stainless, electrical and tool steels. Application-focused chapters link phase transformations, deformation mechanisms and engineered microstructures to performance and detail emerging strategies to mitigate degradation, including corrosion, wear, fatigue and hydrogen damage. Emphasizing the design–processing–property nexus, it offers actionable guidance for researchers and engineers across transportation, energy, defence and manufacturing. Key features: Describes advances in phase transformation, microstructural features, processing and properties of various steels used for strategic applications. Enhances understanding of the development of advanced steels. Includes applications of advanced steels in high-performance components for next-generation strategic hardware. Reviews strategic hardware in defence, space and nuclear applications. Discusses selective case studies to analyse failures in each chapter. This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in the fields of steel, metallurgy and construction engineering.