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Jilt Sietsma is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions across multiple subfields including mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, metals and alloys, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their scholarly work extensively addresses topics such as:

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics

Jilt Sietsma has published research in a variety of venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ironmaking & Steelmaking Processes Products and Applications
  • Computational Materials Science
  • Journal of Materials Science

Key recent papers include:

  • "An efficient and robust approach to determine material parameters of crystal plasticity constitutive laws from macro-scale stress-strain curves," 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
  • "Impact of austenite grain boundaries and ferrite nucleation on bainite formation in steels," 2020, Acta Materialia
  • "Determination and analysis of the constitutive parameters of temperature-dependent dislocation-density-based crystal plasticity models," 2021, Mechanics of Materials
  • "The combined influence of grain size distribution and dislocation density on hardness of interstitial free steel," 2020, Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • "Influence of martensite/austenite interfaces on bainite formation in low-alloy steels below M," 2020, Acta Materialia

Their frequent collaborators include María J. Santofimia, Roumen Petrov, Konstantina Traka, S.E. Offerman, and Yongxiang Yang, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Thermal stability of retained austenite in TRIP steels studied by synchrotron X-ray diffraction during cooling

    N.H. van Dijk;A.M. Butt;L. Zhao;J. Sietsma

  • The glass transition as a free volume related kinetic phenomenon

    A. van den Beukel;J. Sietsma

  • Grain nucleation and growth during phase transformations.

    S. E. Offerman;N. H. van Dijk;J. Sietsma;S. Grigull

  • Microstructural development during the quenching and partitioning process in a newly designed low-carbon steel

    MJ Santofimia;L Zhao;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;C Kwakernaak

  • Chemical gradients across phase boundaries between martensite and austenite in steel studied by atom probe tomography and simulation

    O. Dmitrieva;D. Ponge;G Inden;J. Millán

  • An improved X-ray diffraction analysis method to characterize dislocation density in lath martensitic structures

    Farideh HajyAkbary;Jilt Sietsma;Amarante J. Böttger;Maria J. Santofimia

  • Martensitic transformation of individual grains in low-alloyed TRIP steels

    E. Jimenez-Melero;N.H. van Dijk;L. Zhao;J. Sietsma

  • Magnetic and X-ray diffraction measurements for the determination of retained austenite in TRIP steels

    L. Zhao;N.H. van Dijk;E.H. Brück;J.H. Sietsma

  • Structural disordering in amorphous Pd40Ni40P20 induced by high temperature deformation

    P. de Hey;J. Sietsma;A. van den Beukel

  • Characterization of individual retained austenite grains and their stability in low-alloyed TRIP steels

    E. Jimenez-Melero;N.H. van Dijk;L. Zhao;J. Sietsma

  • The role of the austenite grain size in the martensitic transformation in low carbon steels

    Carola Celada-Casero;Jilt Sietsma;Maria Jesus Santofimia

  • Toward Sustainability for Recovery of Critical Metals from Electronic Waste: The Hydrochemistry Processes

    Z. Sun;Z. Sun;H. Cao;Y. Xiao;J. Sietsma

  • Microstructural Evolution of a Low-Carbon Steel during Application of Quenching and Partitioning Heat Treatments after Partial Austenitization

    M.J. Santofimia;L. Zhao;J. Sietsma

  • Dilatometric analysis of phase transformations in hypo-eutectoid steels

    T. A. Kop;J. Sietsma;S. Van Der Zwaag

  • New low carbon Q&P steels containing film-like intercritical ferrite

    M.J. Santofimia;T. Nguyen-Minh;L. Zhao;R. Petrov;R. Petrov

  • Interaction of carbon partitioning, carbide precipitation and bainite formation during the Q&P process in a low C steel

    Farideh HajyAkbary;Jilt Sietsma;Goro Miyamoto;Tadashi Furuhara

  • Nucleation and variant selection of secondary α plates in a β Ti alloy

    S.M.C. van Bohemen;A. Kamp;R.H. Petrov;R.H. Petrov;L.A.I. Kestens

  • Characterization of the microstructure obtained by the quenching and partitioning process in a low-carbon steel

    MJ Santofimia;L Zhao;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;J Sietsma

  • Microstructure, tensile and toughness properties after quenching and partitioning treatments of a medium-carbon steel

    E. Paravicini Bagliani;M.J. Santofimia;L. Zhao;J. Sietsma

  • Ferrite formation in Fe-C alloys during austenite decomposition under non-equilibrium interface conditions

    G.P. Krielaart;J. Sietsma;S. Van der Zwaag

  • A concise model for mixed-mode phase transformations in the solid state

    Jilt Sietsma;Sybrand van der Zwaag

Frequent Co-Authors

Roumen Petrov
Roumen Petrov Ghent University
S. van der Zwaag
S. van der Zwaag Delft University of Technology
Zhi Sun
Zhi Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zili Li
Zili Li Delft University of Technology
Henning Friis Poulsen
Henning Friis Poulsen Technical University of Denmark
Leo Kestens
Leo Kestens Ghent University
Rolf Dollevoet
Rolf Dollevoet Delft University of Technology
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Wolfgang Bleck
Wolfgang Bleck RWTH Aachen University
Herman Terryn
Herman Terryn Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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