| Scope |
This symposium covers all scientific and technical aspects of high, medium, and other Mn containing steels suitable for the application in the automotive industry and transportation, oil and gas and offshore applications and many others. After the success of the previous six conferences dedicated to high manganese steels in Seoul (2011), Aachen (2014 and 2019), Chengdu (2016), Linz (2022) and most recently in Hong Kong (2024), this topical symposium will be held for the first time in the USA. Manganese (Mn) belongs to the most important alloying elements, being applied in almost all steels for manifold reasons, e.g. for controlling austenite decomposition during cooling stage and for solid solution hardening. More recently, due to its significant influence on austenite stabilization and stacking-fault energy, Mn controls the exploitation of introducing substantial amounts of austenite and enables utilization of advanced strengthening mechanisms, such as transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) and twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) in modern advanced high strength steels (AHSS). Manganese has shown a critical alloying element enabling second as well as third generation advanced high strength steels concepts. Furthermore, the lower cost of manganese compared to nickel makes for an alloying element of interest to a wide variety of products beyond automotive.
The organizing committee welcomes presentations on the following topics:
• alloy design, processing and properties
• physical metallurgy fundamentals of medium and high manganese steels
• mechanical behavior such as strain aging, hydrogen embrittlement, and cryogenic properties
• application and implementation studies such as welding, forming, and stamping
• use of manganese as an alternative alloying addition to nickel
• coatings
• modelling, simulation, and artificial intelligence applications |