摘要 |
There is provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 540 MPa or more, only small variations in strength, and excellent uniformity in strength using a general-purpose Ti-containing steel sheet, which is inexpensive. The steel sheet contains, on a mass percent basis, 0.03%-0.12% C, 0.5% or less Si, 0.8%-1.8% Mn, 0.030% or less P, 0.01% or less S, 0.005%-0.1% Al, 0.01% or less N, 0.035%-0.100% Ti, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has microstructures with a fraction of polygonal ferrite of 80% or more, the polygonal ferrite having an average grain size of 5 to 10 µm. The amount of Ti present in a precipitate having a size of less than 20 nm is 70% or more of the value of Ti* calculated using expression (1): Ti * = Ti - 48 × N / 14 where [Ti] and [N] represent a Ti content (percent by mass) and a N content (percent by mass), respectively, of the steel sheet. |