Disclosed is a 500 MPa-grade
wind power steel having high strength,
toughness and high crack arrest
toughness, comprising the following
alloy components in percentage by
mass: 0.06-0.09% of C, 0.20-0.60% of Si, 1.48-1.80% of Mn, 0.15-0.30% of Ni, 0.02-0.04% of Al, 0.02-0.08R of Nb+V+Ti, 0.2-0.4% of Cr, 0.01-0.02% of Cu, 0.01-0.03% of Zr, P≤0.008%,,S≤0.003%, and the balance being Fe and other inevitable
impurity elements. The present invention is based on a low-carbon equivalent composition design. The
microstructure of the resulting steel plate is a heterogeneous structure composed of coarse quasi-polygonal ferrite and fine
acicular ferrite. The steel plate has a thickness of 20-60 mm, a yield strength ≥ 500 MPa, a tensile strength ≥ 660MPa, a percentage elongation after fracture ≥ 20%, an
impact energy at -40ºC ≥ 250 J, a CTOD value at -20ºC ≥ 0.8 mm, a fatigue strength > 640 MPa under the conditions of a
stress ratio of 0.5 and 107 cycles, and a critical crack length > 25 mm when fatigue failure occurs. The present invention can meet the development requirements of
wind power steel.