"The present book delineates the state of art of recent development of steel used in strategic applications. It focusses on carbon steel, heat treatable, high strength and low-alloy steel including ultra-high strength steel or advanced high strength steels. Further, it elaborates development of austenitic stainless, electrical and tool steel. Each chapter describes application which illustrates phase transformation and deformation behavior, microstructural features, and advent of new propositions for mitigation and prevention of degradation in steels. Features: Describes advances in phase transformation, microstructural features, processing, and properties of various steels used for strategic applications. Enhances understanding in development of advanced steels. Includes application of advanced steel to high performance components for next generation strategic hardware. Reviews strategic hardware covering defense, space, and nuclear applications.

Discusses selective case studies to analyze failures in each of the chapter. This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in steel, metallurgy, and construction engineering"--.