Experimental studies of necking and fracture limits of boron steel sheet under hot stamping conditions
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Author(s)
Zhang, Ruiqiang
Shi, Zhusheng
Yardley, Victoria A
Lin, Jianguo
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Boron steel is the most widely used material in hot stamping applications for forming automotive body panels with complex shapes and ultra-high strength. Due to the high austenitic transformation temperatures and the complex thermal cycle required for hot stamping, however, it is difficult to evaluate the formability of the material using standard punch test methods developed for room-temperature testing. In this study, a high-temperature modification of a recently developed biaxial test method has been used to determine, in a single test procedure and for the first time, forming limit curves (FLCs) and fracture forming limit curves (FFLCs) for 22MnB5 boron steel sheet with a thickness of 1.5 mm under thermal conditions that are representative of industrial hot stamping processes. A direct resistance heating strategy has been developed, and a recently proposed cruciform specimen design has been modified for high-temperature use. For tests with target temperatures in the range of 750 to 925 °C, the resulting test specimens had the highest temperature at the specimen centre and a temperature difference of less than 45 °C in the gauge area and fracture occurred close to the centre of this area under all test conditions investigated. Limit strains at the onset of necking and at fracture for the material have been determined by applying digital image correlation (DIC) to obtain full-field strain measurements, providing an experimental foundation for constructing both FLCs and FFLCs for industrial applications.
Date Issued
2022-04-01
Date Acceptance
2021-12-26
Citation
Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2022, 302
ISSN
0924-0136
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Materials Processing Technology
Volume
302
Copyright Statement
© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
EP/R001715/1 / PO 2105860
Subjects
Materials
0910 Manufacturing Engineering
0912 Materials Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 117481
Date Publish Online
2021-12-28