Tube and Sheet Hydroforming-Advances in Material Modeling, Tooling and Process Simulation

2005 ◽  
Vol 6-8 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylan Altan ◽  
H. Palaniswamy ◽  
G. Ambrogio ◽  
Yingyot Aue-u-Ian
Keyword(s):  
Production Technology ◽  
Process Simulation ◽  
Tube Hydroforming ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Material Modeling ◽  
Multiple Point ◽  
Sheet Hydroforming ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels ◽  
Robust Process

Tube Hydroforming is a well accepted production technology in automotive industry while sheet hydroforming is used in selected cases for prototyping and low volume production. Research in advanced methods (warm sheet and tube hydroforming, double blank sheet hydroforming, combination of hydroforming and mechanical sizing, use of multi-point and elastic blank holders) is expanding the capabilities of hydroforming technologies to produce parts from Al and Mg alloys, as well as Ultra High Strength Steels. In the development of advanced hydroforming methods, experience based knowledge is not readily available. Thus, robust process simulation is required, along with adequate material modeling and identification of friction coefficients as input to process simulation. This paper gives an overview of advanced hydroforming methods, including examples of novel machine and tooling designs. The use of reliable process simulation is illustrated with examples that demonstrate the significance of material and friction date for making accurate predictions. Advanced simulation methods for warm forming and for programming multiple-point blank holder are also discussed. This review illustrates that hydroforming continues to make advances and has the potential to make many contributions to production technology in the near future.

Evolution of Hydroforming Technologies and Its Applications — A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 737-780
Author(s):  
P. Venkateshwar Reddy ◽  
B. Veerabhadra Reddy ◽  
P. Janaki Ramulu
Keyword(s):  
Tube Hydroforming ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Lightweight Materials ◽  
Hydroforming Process ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Forming Methods

Advanced forming technologies have been evolving at a rapid pace with the products applicability in the industrial fields of aerospace and automobile especially for the materials like aluminum and titanium alloys (light weight) and ultra-high strength steels. Innovative forming methods like hydroforming (tube and sheet) have been proposed for industries throughout the world. The ever-increasing needs of the automotive industry have made hydroforming technology an impetus one for the development and innovations. In this paper, the review on various developments towards lightweight materials for different applications is presented. The influencing process parameters considering the different characteristics of the tube and sheet hydroforming process have also been presented. General ideas and mechanical improvements in sheet and tube hydroforming are given late innovative work exercises. This review will help researchers and industrialists about the history, state of the art in hydroforming technologies of the lightweight materials.

Texture analysis and joint performance of laser-welded similar and dissimilar dual-phase and complex-phase ultra-high-strength steels

2021 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 111035
Author(s):  
Ajit Kumar Pramanick ◽  
Hrishikesh Das ◽  
Ji-Woo Lee ◽  
Yeyoung Jung ◽  
Hoon-Hwe Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Texture Analysis ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Complex Phase ◽  
Joint Performance ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels

Characterization of a AISI/SAE 4340 Steel in Different Microstructural Conditions

2014 ◽  
Vol 775-776 ◽  
pp. 136-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Araujo Barros ◽  
Antonio Jorge Abdalla ◽  
Humberto Lopes Rodrigues ◽  
Marcelo dos Santos Pereira
Keyword(s):  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Sodium Metabisulfite ◽  
Aerospace Applications ◽  
Aircraft Landing ◽  
Aircraft Landing Gear ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels ◽  
Pin On Disk

The 4340 are classified as ultra-high strength steels used by the aviation industry and aerospace applications such as aircraft landing gear and several structural applications, usually in quenched and tempered condition. In this situation occurs reduction of toughness, which encourages the study of multiphasic and bainític structures, in order to maintain strength without loss of toughness. In this study, ferritic-pearlitic structure was compared to bainitic and martensitic structure, identified by the reagents Nital, LePera and Sodium Metabisulfite. Sliding wear tests of the type pin-on-disk were realized and the results related to the microstructure of these materials and also to their hardnesses. It is noted that these different microstructures had very similar behavior, concluding that all three tested pairs can be used according to the request level.

scholarly journals Modeling of Forming Limit Bands for Strain-Based Failure-Analysis of Ultra-High-Strength Steels

Metals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Bayat ◽  
Sayantan Sarkar ◽  
Bharath Anantharamaiah ◽  
Francesco Italiano ◽  
Aleksandar Bach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Properties ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Forming Limit ◽  
Boron Steel ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels ◽  
Increased Strength

Increased passenger safety and emission control are two of the main driving forces in the automotive industry for the development of light weight constructions. For increased strength to weight ratio, ultra-high-strength steels (UHSSs) are used in car body structures. Prediction of failure in such sheet metals is of high significance in the simulation of car crashes to avoid additional costs and fatalities. However, a disadvantage of this class of metals is a pronounced scatter in their material properties due to e.g., the manufacturing processes. In this work, a robust numerical model is developed in order to take the scatter into account in the prediction of the failure in manganese boron steel (22MnB5). To this end, the underlying material properties which determine the shapes of forming limit curves (FLCs) are obtained from experiments. A modified Marciniak–Kuczynski model is applied to determine the failure limits. By using a statistical approach, the material scatter is quantified in terms of two limiting hardening relations. Finally, the numerical solution obtained from simulations is verified experimentally. By generation of the so called forming limit bands (FLBs), the dispersion of limit strains is captured within the bounds of forming limits instead of a single FLC. In this way, the FLBs separate the whole region into safe, necking and failed zones.

scholarly journals USE OF MULTI-PHASE TRIP STEEL FOR PRESS-HARDENING TECHNOLOGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Jirková ◽  
Kateřina Opatová ◽  
Štěpán Jeníček ◽  
Jiří Vrtáček ◽  
Ludmila Kučerová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trip Steel ◽  
Physical Simulation ◽  
Isothermal Holding ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Press Hardening ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steels ◽  
New Treatments ◽  
Multi Phase

<p class="AMSmaintext">Development of high strength or even ultra-high strength steels is mainly driven by the automotive industry which strives to reduce the weight of individual parts, fuel consumption, and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Another important factor is to improve passenger safety. In order to achieve the required mechanical properties, it is necessary to use suitable heat treatment in addition to an appropriate alloying strategy. The main problem of these types of treatments is the isothermal holding step. For TRIP steels, the holding temperature lies in the field of bainitic transformation. These isothermal holds are economically demanding to perform in industrial conditions. Therefore new treatments without isothermal holds, which are possible to integrate directly into the production process, are searched. One way to produce high-strength sheet is the press-hardening technology. Physical simulation based on data from a real-world press-hardening process was tested on CMnSi TRIP steel. Mixed martensitic-bainitic structures with ferrite and retained austenite (RA) were obtained, having tensile strengths in excess of 1000 MPa.</p>

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