This open access book presents a collection of the most up-to-date research results in the
field of steel development with a focus on pioneering alloy concepts that result in previously
unattainable materials properties. Specifically it gives a detailed overview of the marriage
of high-performance steels of the highest strength and form-ability with damage-tolerant
zirconia ceramics by innovative manufacturing technologies thereby yielding a new class of
high-performance composite materials. This book describes how new high-alloy stainless TRIP
TWIP steels (TRIP: TRansformation-Induced Plasticity TWIP: TWinning-induced Plasticity) are
combined with zirconium dioxide ceramics in powder metallurgical routes and via melt
infiltration to form novel TRIP-matrix composites. This work also provides a timely perspective
on new compact and damage-tolerant composite materials filigree light-weight structures as
well as gradient materials and a close understanding of the mechanisms of the phase
transformations. With a detailed application analysis of state-of-the-art methods in spatial
and temporal high-resolution structural analysis in combination with advanced simulation and
modelling this edited volume is ideal for researchers and engineers working in modern steel
development as well as for graduate students of metallurgy and materials science and
engineering.
