• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.383-391
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• 2011

최근 차체 경량화를 위한 여러 가지 방법 가운데 고온에서 가공하여 성형성을 확보하고, 이후 열처리를 통하여 고강도를 가질 수 있는 프레스 열간 성형 및 핫스탬핑 기술이 각광을 받고 있으며, 이에 따라 핫스탬핑용 재료인 보론 첨가 강판의 수요도 늘어나고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 핫스탬핑용보론 첨가 강판의 우수한 경화능을 보이는 임계 최적 열처리 조건을 파악하고자, Al+Si 코팅이 된 보론강판을 각기 다른 온도로 열처리하여 수냉 조건에 따른 기계적 특성 및 조직을 관찰하였다. 또한, 이 결과를 토대로 선별된 기계적 특성이 우수한 보론강 시험편과 일반 냉연 강판인 SPRC 340과 SPRC 590 2종류의 상대재를 활용하여 특정 점용접 조건에서 용접을 실시하고, 보론강 및 상대재의 기계적 특성 변화에 따른 용접 후의 기계적 특성 및 조직, 그리고 코팅층 유무에 따른 특성 변화를 연구하였다.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2009년 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.64-64
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• 2009

The use of ultra high strength steels (UTSS) is a natural result with increasing the demands for the lightweight materials and developing an innovative steel technology. Recently it has been used a 1500MPa grade hot stamping steel as automobile bodies, reinforcement parts, and seat frame parts in the automotive industry. It is a quenchenable steel manufactured by hot stamping process. It is well known that UTSS welding has softening in the heat affected zone(HAZ). Because welding is a sort of process applying heat, it should change the heat treated features and degrade the strength. This study was performed to investigate the influence of the heat input on the softening of the HAZ in the GMAW process. Each experiment was compared with that in the conditions having a different current and voltage at a same heat input. In order to analysis characteristics of the HAZ, optical microscope was used to observe microstructure and vickers hardness tests were carried out across the welds. Applying low heat input means a fast cooling rate. It leads to high hardness in the HAZ. It is found that characteristics of the HAZ are determined by microstructure obtained by different cooling rate.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2017

The hot stamping process is an innovative forming method that could prevent the cracking of high strength steel sheets. The formability test of boron steel sheet using forming limit diagrams at elevated temperature is very complicated and time consuming job. In this paper, an alternative test method to evaluate the formability of boron steel in hot stamping has proposed. It measured the FLD0 instead of whole strain combinations of FLD with the tensile test machine and specially designed test rig. Test results shows that the proposed test method can simulate the plain strain condition fracture and can make the FLD of boron steel sheet at elevated temperature with less effort.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2014

The current study aims to predict the forming limits considering the deformation characteristics of tailor rolled blank(TRB) during hot stamping. The formability of TRB is affected by the TRB line orientation because elongations change due to the intrinsic geometry within the sheet. To evaluate the forming limits, Nakazima tests were conducted at elevated temperatures with different TRB line orientations. Forming limit diagrams(FLD) of TRB can be predicted by an interpolating equation based on the Nakazima test. Predicted FLDs were used in FE-simulations of a rectangular drawing. The predicted limit drawing height was compared with experimental results. The simulation results show good agreement with the experimental ones with an error range of 3%.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2018

In this study, the cooling characteristics of dies were investigated in the hot stamping process of front pillars for automobile. Two identical dies were manufactured out of tool steels with different thermal conductivities. The dies were designed with curved channels for uniform cooling of the blank. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were also carried out, which can consider the heat transfer among the coolant, die, and blank. Measured and simulated thermal histories of dies were compared, and it was shown that high conductivity tool steel has an excellent cooling capacity compared to conventional tool steel.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.693-700
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• 2020

Direct water quenching technique can be used in hot stamping process to obtain higher cooling rate compared to that of the normal die cooling method. In the direct water quenching process, setting proper water flow rate in consideration of material thickness and the size of the area directly cooled in the component is important to ensure uniform microstructure and mechanical properties. In this study, to derive proper water flow rate conditions that can achieve uniform microstructure and mechanical properties, microstructure and hardness distribution in various water flow rate conditions are measured for 3.2 mm thick boron steel sheet. Hardness distribution is uniform under the flow condition of 1.5 L/min or higher. However, due to the lower cooling rate in that area, the lower flow conditions result in a drastic decrease in hardness in some areas in the hot-stamped part, resulting in low martensite fraction. From these results, it is found that the selection of proper water flow rate is an important factor in hot stamping with direct water quenching process to ensure uniform mechanical properties.

• 한국레이저가공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2012

Recently ultra high strength steels(UHSS) has been widely applied to the structural or safety components in the automotive industry. Specially, hot stamping boron steel 22MnB5 has shown the crash-resistant characteristics when applying to bumpers and pillars. Lap joint Laser welding of the hot stamped and die quenched sheets of Boron steel was carried out using 3kW Nd/YAG laser. The appropriate Lap joint laser welding conditions were founded separately for four lap joint combinations. The lower sheest is a hot stamped sheet in common and the upper sheet is selected among the hot stamped steel and high strength steels such as SPCC, 370MPa, and 590MPa grade high strength steels. Cross bead sections and local hardening and softening were observed as well as tensile-shear test results.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.354-360
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• 2015

AHSS (Advanced High Strength Steels) has been increasingly employed by global automotive OEMs in order to satisfy strengthened regulations and reduce weight for fuel efficiency. Hot stamping using boron steels in AHSS increases not only formability but also strength. The typical hot-stamped automotive part is the center pillar that is critical for vehicle side impact. However, the hot-stamped part can be risky for the passenger safety caused by brittle fracture under a vehicle collision. The high power diode laser is suitable for the heat treatment giving AHSS increased elongation that prevents brittle fracture in car crash. Therefore, local softening by laser heat treatment for energy absorption area on the hot-stamped part improves crash-worthiness.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.1419-1425
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• 2010

열간성형된 보론강판은 고강도특성이 필요한 자동차 부품에 널리 적용되고 있으며, 최근에는 샤시 부품에도 점차로 적용되고 있다. 샤시 부품으로 적용되기 위해서 고강도 특성뿐만 아니라 내피로특성이 동시에 요구되고 있어, 본 연구에서 열간성형된 보론강판의 저주기 피로특성을 연구하였다. 저주기 피로시험결과, 총변형률 진폭이 낮은 영역에서는 열간성형된 보론강의 피로수명이 현저히 높았지만, 높은 총변형률 진폭에서는 열간성형된 보론강의 마르텐사이트 조직특성인 낮은 연성과 파괴인성으로 인해서 보론강 원소재의 피로수명이 더 높음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.797-803
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• 2010

자동차의 측면 충돌시 승객을 보호하고자 박판재를 이용하여 자동차의 도어 임팩트빔을 핫스탬핑공법을 이용하여 개발하였다. 핫스탬핑 기술은 차량의 차체 강성을 증가시킬 뿐만 아니라 차체 중량 및 부품 수 축소로 인한 공정의 감소도 가능하게 한다. 핫스탬핑 시편을 제작하고, 기계적 물성시험을 수행하여 물성 데이터를 확보하였다. 핫스탬핑 임팩트빔의 성형해석및 구조해석을 이용한 최적 설계를 수행하여 기존 파이프형태의 임팩트빔보다 강도는 102% 향상되고, 중량은 34% 감소된 핫스탬핑 임팩트빔을 개발하였다.