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http://dx.doi.org/10.5228/KSTP.2010.19.6.337

A Study of Automobile Product Design using Hole Expansion Testing of High Strength Steels  

Park, B.C. (화신기술연구소)
Bae, K.U. (화신기술연구소)
Gu, S.M. (경북대학교 기계공학과)
Jang, S.H. (경북대학교 기계공학과)
Hong, S.H. (경북대학교 기계공학과)
Kim, Y.S. (경북대학교 기계공학부)
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Transactions of Materials Processing / v.19, no.6, 2010 , pp. 337-343 More about this Journal
Abstract
Current need of weight reduction in automotive part increases the application for high strength steel (HSS). The various types of high strength steels have been used to produce chassis part, control arms and trailing arms for weight reduction and increasing of fatigue durability such as dual phase steel (DP) and ferrite bainite steel (FB). But, DP and FB steels have proven to show inferiority in durability as well as press formability. Edge cracking occurred often in flange forming and hole expansion processes is the major failure encountered. This paper discussed the behavior of edge stretchability of high strength steel of DP and FB steels. Experimental works have been conducted to study the effect of punch clearance and burr direction on hole expansion ratio (HER). Also finite element simulation (FEM) has been preformed to clarify the mechanism of flange crack and support the experimental results on HER of DP and FB steels. It was simulated the whole process of blanking process following by hole expansion process and ductile fracture criterion named the modified Cockcroft-Latham model which was used to capture the fracture initiation. From the hole expansion tests and FEM simulation studies it was concluded that ferrite bainite steel showed better stretch-flangeability than dual phase steel. It was attributed to the lower work hardening rate of ferrite bainite steel than dual phase steel at the sheared edge.
Keywords
High Strength Steel; Hole Expansion Ratio; Punching Clearance; Formability; Automotive Chassis Parts;
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