Specifying Steel Properties and Incorporating Forming Effects in Full Vehicle Impact Simulation

Digital Image Correlation Study of Plastic Deformation and Fracture in Fully Martensitic Steels

“…Accurate tensile properties of steel alloys are critical for finite element analyses of vehicle components subject to low and high rate deformation conditions [18][19][20][21]. While tensile property measurements of several grades of martensitic steels may be found in http://www.mittalsteel.com/ Products/Automotive+Applications/Martensitic+Steels/, [22,23], these papers do not address plastic strain evolution beyond diffuse necking nor do they investigate the role of microstructure in tensile failure.…”

Metal forming beyond shaping: Predicting and setting product properties

“…Generally, the manufacturing process is not considered in specifying the material ability in the design process although it can substantially alter this ability. Back in 2002, Zeng et al [234] demonstrated the described importance of including information about manufacturinginduced properties in a crash simulation. The simulation result in Fig.…”

Damage in metal forming

“…The conventional properties impacted by forming are the work-hardening (strength and hardness) and the residual stresses of the product. Both of these mechanical properties influence the static strength [110], the fatigue strength [214], the impact strength [220], the corrosion behavior [204] etc. of the product.…”