Evaluation of limit strain and temperature history in hot stamping of advanced high strength steels (AHSS)

2017 ◽  
Vol 128-129 ◽  
pp. 607-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.L. Ma ◽  
M. Wan ◽  
X.J. Li ◽  
X.D. Wu ◽  
S.K. Diao
2014 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 265-272
Author(s):  
Andreas Sabathil ◽  
Ingo Heinle ◽  
A. Lipp ◽  
J. Meinhardt ◽  
M. Merklein

In the manufacturing process of body in white components made from sheet metal it is state of the art to accompany the process by means of finite element analysis. A main criterion for determining a feasible tool design and production process parameters is the prediction of material failure, which can be categorized in instability and ductile fracture. The ductile fracture failure mode is more likely to occur, as more advanced high strength steels and aluminum alloys are used for body in white components. Therefore different approaches have been presented to model ductile fracture over the past years. This task is more challenging when the material is exposed to arbitrary loading paths that can occur in deep drawing processes. However there is no guideline for sheet metal forming applications to determine which models for predicting ductile fracture are suitable, which experiments are necessary and how calibration of model parameters and validation of model prediction can be performed. Additionally there is no standard established that prescribes the evaluation of limit strain states from experiments. Suitable limit strain states are a basic requirement for prediction of ductile fracture as they are used for calibration of fracture models. In this paper, two methods for evaluation of limit strains are discussed and applied to tensile specimens with circular hole and circular cut outs made from aluminum alloy AlSi0.6Mg0.5. One validation experiment is used to investigate failure prediction that is based on limit strain states from different evaluation methods.


2011 ◽  
Vol 189-193 ◽  
pp. 2144-2147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Min Wang ◽  
Tian Rui Zhou ◽  
Li Juan Wang ◽  
Xiao Ling Yang

Hot stamping represents an innovative manufacturing process for forming of advanced high strength steels, implying a sheet at austenite temperature being rapidly cooled down and formed into a die at the same time (quenching). This affords the opportunity to manufacture components with complex geometric shapes, high strength and a minimum of springback which currently find applications as crash relevant components in the automotive industry. With regard to the numerical modeling of the process, the knowledge of thermal and thermo-mechanical properties of the material is required. The material model under hot stamping condition of advanced high strength steel should be set up. The Finite Element Analysis is an essential precondition for a good process design including all process parameters. This paper presents the finite element simulation of a hot stamping process and describes a number of procedures for the simulation of hot stamping. In addition, the development direction is pointed out at the end of this paper.


2021 ◽  
Vol 182 ◽  
pp. 106687
Author(s):  
Yu Xia ◽  
Chu Ding ◽  
Zhanjie Li ◽  
Benjamin W. Schafer ◽  
Hannah B. Blum

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1136
Author(s):  
Marcel Carpio ◽  
Jessica Calvo ◽  
Omar García ◽  
Juan Pablo Pedraza ◽  
José María Cabrera

Designing a new family of advanced high-strength steels (AHSSs) to develop automotive parts that cover early industry needs is the aim of many investigations. One of the candidates in the 3rd family of AHSS are the quenching and partitioning (QP) steels. These steels display an excellent relationship between strength and formability, making them able to fulfill the requirements of safety, while reducing automobile weight to enhance the performance during service. The main attribute of QP steels is the TRIP effect that retained austenite possesses, which allows a significant energy absorption during deformation. The present study is focused on evaluating some process parameters, especially the partitioning temperature, in the microstructures and mechanical properties attained during a QP process. An experimental steel (0.2C-3.5Mn-1.5Si (wt%)) was selected and heated according to the theoretical optimum quenching temperature. For this purpose, heat treatments in a quenching dilatometry and further microstructural and mechanical characterization were carried out by SEM, XRD, EBSD, and hardness and tensile tests, respectively. The samples showed a significant increment in the retained austenite at an increasing partitioning temperature, but with strong penalization on the final ductility due to the large amount of fresh martensite obtained as well.


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