The object of this invention is to provide a high-strength hot-rolled flat steel product and a method for producing such a flat steel product, thus achieving a combination of high strength with high local cold
formability and high economy in terms of steel. This is achieved through a high-strength hot-rolled flat steel product with high local cold
formability, having a tensile strength Rm of at least 760 MPa, a yield strength ratio of at least 0.8, and a
porosity of at least 30%, advantageously at least 40%, particularly advantageously at least 50%, at least 10%, preferably at least 16%, an elongation at break of at least 0.12, advantageously at least 0.17, and a ratio of local cold
formability to overall cold formability of at least 5 and at most 13, and a
microstructure consisting of more than 50% (by volume)
bainite, no more than 10% (by volume), advantageously no more than 5% (by volume) carbon-rich
microstructure such as
martensite, retained
austenite,
pearlite, etc. The steel has a ferrite-based
microstructure and the following
chemical composition (wt%): C: 0.04–0.08; Si: 0.1–0.6; Mn: 1.0–2.0; P: maximum 0.06; S: maximum 0.01; N: maximum 0.012; Al: not more than 0.06; Ti: not more than 0.18 and / or Nb: not more than 0.08; Mo: not more than 0.35; Ti+Nb greater than 0.06, wherein carbon and
nitrogen exist in excess of
stoichiometry according to the following formula: 1.0 < (C / 12 + N / 14) / (Ti / 48 + Nb / 93 + Mo / 96), the remainder being iron, including unavoidable steel-related elements.