The softening behavior changes that occur during hot deformation of steel is directly related to processing parameters such as strain, strain rate, temperature, interpass time and cooling rate. A structural steel was analyzed by hot rolling simulation using hot torsion tests. The specimens were machined from work piece after roughing mill. Isothermal torsion and multiple strains in continuous cooling torsion tests were performed in hot deformation laboratory of CETEC, in Belo Horizonte-MG. Peak stress and strain for temperatures ranging from 1150ºC to 650ºC were determined through flow curves generated by isothermal torsion tests and metallographic analysis were performed to verify the behavior of grain size of the material. The critical temperatures (Tnr and Ar3) were calculated by equations available in literature and compared to values obtained from the test flow curves (the variation did not exceed 1.8%).
Torsion test; structural steel; flow curves
