Investigation on forming limit of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) under hot stamping conditions

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 320-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.L. Ma ◽  
M. Wan ◽  
X.D. Wu ◽  
Z.Y. Cai ◽  
K.S. Diao ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 89-91 ◽  
pp. 214-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gutiérrez ◽  
A. Lara ◽  
Daniel Casellas ◽  
Jose Manuel Prado

The Forming Limit Diagrams (FLD) are widely used in the formability analysis of sheet metal to determine the maximum strain, which gives the Forming Limit Curve (FLC). It is well known that these curves depend on the strain path during forming and hence on the test method used to calculate them. In this paper, different stretching tests such as the Nakajima and the Marciniak tests were performed, with different sample geometries to obtain points in different areas of the FLD. An optical analysis system was used, which allows following the strain path during the test. The increasing use of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) has created an interest in determining the mechanical properties of these materials. In this work, FLCs for a TRIP steel were determined using Nakajima and Marciniak tests, which revealed different strain paths depending on the type of test. Determination of the FLCs was carried out following the mathematical calculations indicated in the ISO 12004 standard and was also compared with an alternative mathematical method, which showed different FLCs. Finally, the tests were verified by comparing the strain paths of the Nakajima and Marciniak tests with a well-known mild steel.


Author(s):  
Ali Bandizaki ◽  
Asghar Zajkani ◽  
Saeed Moulood

In this paper, the influence of functional elastomeric substrate-supported layers for enhancing potential resistance capability against localized plastic failure of advanced high strength steels is considered based on a localized necking model of vertex theory. Application of this structure leads to postponing the plastic instability of the metallic part. By defining diffuse and localized modes of deformation in a general framework, the theoretical models are developed to predict necking limits at several stress states. In addition, the results of the Hookean and neo-Hookean elastomers are compared in terms of strain hardening with the anisotropy parameter of Hill’s yield criteria. Since necking band angle (NBA) is a principal factor for the necking prediction, its effect on bifurcation events is evaluated specifically for different ratios of stress rate, and quadratic and non-quadratic yield criteria. This analysis is performed by proposing a supported and yield-dependent necking bound angle (YD-NBA). All considerations are done by providing equilibrium conditions governed over the NBA. Finally, obtained results indicate good agreements between several theoretical considerations and experimental data.


2013 ◽  
Vol 791-793 ◽  
pp. 558-561
Author(s):  
Zhi Ping Zhang ◽  
Han Wu Liu ◽  
Tian Xiang Chen ◽  
Zhang Yi Yu

Due to its good formability characteristics, such as high strength, high initial work hardening rate, as well as continuous yielding, thin-walled DP steel possesses great advantages of weight loss and security, and has been used to replace ordinary steel for automotive parts manufacturing by a lot of automotive industry. But along with the improvement of the performance of the strength, the high strength steels formability is worsened dramatically, and failure and fracture often occurs in its cold stamping process. So, hot stamping technology must be adopted to make the formability available. In the paper, it took the hot stamping process of DP steel engine hood for example and took DP800 as object of research. The forming limit, variation of major strain, minor strain and thickness, as well as the potential equality defects were analyzed by using eta/DYNAFORM software. The research results show that duplex steel plate can meet the performance requirements of car engine dumping plank forming, which offers theory basis for the production of similar parts.


Author(s):  
Hua-Chu Shih ◽  
Ming F. Shi

Fracturing in a tight radius during stretch bending has become one of the major manufacturing issues in stamping advanced high strength steels (AHSS), particularly for those AHSS with a tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher. Computer simulations often fail to predict this type of fracture, since the predicted strains are usually below the conventional forming limit curve. In this study, a laboratory stretch-forming simulator (SFS) is used to simulate the stretch bending of AHSS in stamping to develop a possible failure criterion for use in computer simulations. The SFS simulates the stamping process when sheet metal is drawn over a die radius with tension applied. Various sizes of die radius are used during the experiment, and the shear fracture phenomenon can be recreated using this test for a given material and gauge. It is found that shear fracture depends not only on the radius-to-thickness ratio but also on the tension/stretch level applied to the sheet. The experimental data show that a critical radius-to-thickness ratio for shear fracture exists for any given material and gauge, but this ratio is not unique and it depends upon the amount of tension imposed during the bending.


2013 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sansot Panich ◽  
Frédéric Barlat ◽  
Vitoon Uthaisangsuk ◽  
Surasak Suranuntchai ◽  
Suwat Jirathearanat

Experimental and numerical investigations using Forming Limit Curve (FLC) and Forming Limit Stress Curve (FLSC) were carried out for two Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) grades DP780 and TRIP780. The forming limit curves were experimentally determined by means of Nakazima stretching test. Then, both FLC and FLSC were analytically calculated on the basis of the Marciniack-Kuczinsky (M-K) model. The yield criteria Barlat2000 (Yld2000-2d) were employed in combination with the Swift and modified Voce strain hardening laws to describe plastic flow behavior of the AHS steels. Hereby, influence of the constitutive models on the numerically determined FLCs and FLSCs were examined. Obviously, the forming limit curves predicted by the M-K model applying the Yld2000-2d yield criterion and Swift hardening law could fairly represent the experimental limit curves. The FLSCs resulted from the experimental data and theoretical model were also compared.


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