The study of recrystallisation and crystallographic texture genesis in industrial steels

Abstract Charles Crussard actively participated in the foundation of the IRSID laboratory in 1948. He integrated this institute in 1952 as chief of the Physical Metallurgy Department and among the scientific fields that he initiated were the plasticity and the recrystallisation of steels. Nowadays, these are still active research fields at the ArcelorMittal Research laboratory (formerly called IRSID) and the purpose of this paper is to illustrate the heritage of the research subjects that Crussard initiated and how his vision has influenced our work at IRSID.