Springback simulation of advanced high strength steels considering nonlinear elastic unloading–reloading behavior

The stress–strain response of some materials, such as advanced high strength steels, during unloading is nonlinear after the material has been loaded into the plastic deformation region. Upon reloading, the response shows a nonlinear elastic response that is different from that in unloading. Therefore, unloading–reloading of these materials forms a hysteresis loop in the elastic region. The Quasi-plastic–elastic model (Sun and Wagoner, 2011) was modified and combined with both isotropic-nonlinear kinematic hardening and two-surface plasticity models to simultaneously describe the nonlinear unloading response and complex cyclic response of sheet metals in the plastic region. The model was implemented as user-defined material subroutines, i.e. UMAT and VUMAT, for ABAQUS/Standard and ABAQUS/Explicit finite element codes, respectively. Uniaxial loading-unloading tests were performed on three common grades of automotive sheet steel: DP600, DP980 and TRIP780 steel. The model was verified by comparing the predicted material response with the corresponding experimental response. Finally, the model was used to predict the springback of a U-shape channel section formed in a plane-strain channel draw process. The results showed that the model was able to considerably improve springback predictions compared to the usual assumption of linear elastic unloading.     

Fatigue properties of transformation-induced plasticity and dual-phase steels for auto-body lightweight: Experiment,modeling and application

The substitution of conventional high strength steels (HSS) with advanced high strength steels (AHSS), e.g., low-alloy multiphase transformation-induced plasticity steel (TRIP steel) or dual-phase steel (DP steel), for body lightweight brings about increased stress of notched components. Thus the fatigue properties of TRIP and DP steels and the fatigue life of notched lightweight design are important considerations for reasonable material selection during the design stage of auto-body. For the mentioned issue, cyclic strain-controlled fatigue properties of TRIP and DP steels with equivalent grade and lightweight result were investigated experimentally. Different cyclic behaviors of TRIP and DP steels were observed due to different interior microstructures. The cyclic stress behavior of TRIP steel is characterized by cyclic hardening followed by stable at lower strain amplitudes, and softening at higher strain amplitudes; however cyclic softening followed by stable occurs consistently for DP steel throughout entire strain amplitude range of test. TRIP steel possesses enhanced fatigue life and cyclic stress at the same strain amplitude than DP steel. Furthermore, local strain-life models of two steels were developed by linear regression of experimental data, to predict and compare the fatigue life of notched body structures made of them by finite element method. The simulation result illustrates that TRIP steel can provide more beneficial potential than DP steel for the lightweight design of notched body structures from the viewpoint of fatigue resistance.     

屈服准则和硬化模型对5052铝板回弹仿真的影响

为选择适合于5052铝合金回弹仿真的材料模型,对LS-Dyna软件中4个材料模型MAT_36、MAT_122、MAT_125和MAT_226所采用的屈服准则和硬化模型进行了分析,采用这4个模型对5052铝板U形件的回弹进行了仿真,对回弹过程中圆角区的应力释放进行了讨论.同时,进行了U形件的回弹试验,并与仿真结果进行了比较.结果表明,4个材料模型中,基于Yoshida-Uemori随动硬化模型和Barlat’89屈服准则的材料模型MAT_226具有最好的回弹预测精度,由各向同性硬化模型和Hill’48屈服准则组合的材料模型MAT_122的回弹预测结果与试验结果的偏差最大.硬化模型对回弹预测精度的影响大于屈服准则的影响.     

超高强QP980钢冲压成形性能

目的研究宝钢新一代先进高强钢QP980与第一代先进高强钢DP980的冲压成形性能。方法采用单向拉伸、光学应变分析和帽型拉弯成形等试验方法,分析两种超高强钢在加工硬化、成形极限、拉弯成形侧壁减薄和回弹等性能特性。结果 QP980的伸长率达到21.6%,与DP980钢相比有更高的强塑积,在变形过程中能够维持较高的瞬时n值,进而提高了材料的成形极限。帽型拉弯试验中,在不同的流入距离条件下,QP980钢的侧壁减薄率均低于DP980钢。在不同压边力条件下,QP980(厚度1.0 mm)材料的回弹量大于DP980(厚度1.2 mm)材料。结论 QP980在梁型件成形过程中具有优良的抗减薄特性,采用QP980钢进行冲压成形时应考虑比同级别DP980钢更大的回弹补偿量,或者采用更大变形量的工艺设计。     

先进高强度双相钢弯扭复合回弹评价与试验研究

目的 针对先进高强度双相钢冲压成形后回弹量大且多种回弹形式相互作用的问题,提出弯曲–扭曲复合回弹试验评价指标与测试方法,研究双相钢强度级别和试验条件对弯扭回弹的影响规律。方法 建立板料回弹前后的几何关系,提出弯扭复合回弹评价指标,通过改变三点弯曲试验上压杆的偏转角度,开展弯扭复合回弹试验。结果 基于合理的几何关系假设提出的评价指标适用于弯扭复合回弹试验结果分析。当上压杆偏转角度为0°时,强度越高,板料弯曲回弹越明显,回弹后横截面顶点距离和2条对角线长度变化越小;随着上压杆偏转角度的增加,当上压杆偏转0°～15°时,不同强度的3种试件（DP600、DP780、DP980）的横截面顶点距离和2条对角线长度增大,其中DP600试件的横截面顶点距离变化最小;当上压杆偏转15°～45°时,3种试件共同表现出横截面顶点距离减小、一条对角线长度减小、另一条对角线长度增加,其中DP980试件的对角线长度之差最小。结论 试验数据与分析结果表明,调整三点弯曲试验中上压杆的偏转角度可以诱发不同的扭曲回弹量,进而有效控制弯曲回弹与扭曲回弹的复合程度。分别利用板料横截面顶点距离变化及2条对角线长度变化评价弯曲回...     

Springback prediction and reduction in deep drawing under influence of unloading modulus degradation

Springback is considered as one of the major problems in deep drawing of high-strength steels (HSS) and advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) which occurs during the unloading of part from the tools. With an ever increasing demand on the automotive manufactures for the production of lightweight automobile structures and increased crash performance, the use of HSS and AHSS is becoming extensive. For the accurate prediction of springback, unloading behavior of dual phase steels DP600, DP1000 and cold rolled steel DC04 for the deep drawing process is investigated and a strategy for the reduction of springback based on variable blankholder force is also presented. Cyclic tension compression tests and LS-Opt software are used for the identification of material parameters for Yoshida-Uemori (YU) model. Degradation of the Young’s modulus is found to be 28 and 26 and 14 % from the initial Young’s modulus for DP600, DP1000 and for the DC04 respectively for the saturated value. A finite element model is generated in LS-DYNA based on the kinematic hardening material model, namely Yoshida-Uemori (YU) model. The validation of numerical simulations is also carried out by the real deep drawing experiments. The springback could be predicted with the maximum deviation of 1.1 mm for these materials. For DP1000, the maximum springback is reduced by 24.5 %, for DP600 33.3 and 48.7 % for DC04 by the application of monotonic blankholder force instead of a constant blankholder force of 80 kN. It is concluded that despite the reduction of Young’s modulus, the springback can be reduced for these materials by increasing the blankholder force only in last 13 % of the punch travel.     

基于Yoshida-Uemori材料模型的汽车结构件冲压回弹分析

Yoshida-Uemori随动硬化材料模型能够准确描述应变路径发生变化时材料性能的改变,从而较好地反映复杂加载情况下材料的各向异性.本文基于JSTAMP件分别采用Yoshida-Uemori随动硬化材料模型和各向同性硬化材料模型对汽车高强钢结构件的冲压成形进行了仿真分析与回弹预测,研究了不同材料硬化模型对回弹预测精度...     

450~780 MPa系列双相钢扩孔性能实验

目的避免双相钢在成形过程中经常出现的翻边或扩孔开裂的问题,提高生产效率。方法以几种强度级别为450~780 MPa的双相钢为实验对象,测试材料的单向拉伸和扩孔性能,并从微观组织上分析影响双相钢强度和扩孔性能的因素。结果 450~780 MPa强度级别双相钢的屈服强度随铁素体晶粒尺寸的减小而增加,抗拉强度随马氏体体积分数的增加呈近似线性增加。双相钢的扩孔性能随着材料强度的提高呈下降的趋势。DP500与DP450和DP600相比,抗拉强度(579 MPa)居中,伸长率最高,但由于其马氏体形态和分布的差异,其扩孔性能反而最低。结论双相钢的扩孔性能会受到马氏体的含量、尺寸、形态和分布的影响,与材料强度和伸长率没有必然的关系,当马氏体呈颗粒状均匀分布时,具有更好的扩孔性能。     

Evolution of elastic modulus in roll forming

Roll forming is a continuous process in which a flat strip is incrementally bent to a desired profile. This process is increasingly used in automotive industry to form High Strength Steel (HSS) and Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) for structural components. Because of the large variety of applications of roll forming in the industry, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is increasingly employed for roll forming process design. Formability and springback are two major concerns in the roll forming AHSS materials. Previous studies have shown that the elastic modulus (Young’s modulus) of AHSS materials can change when the material undergoes plastic deformation and the main goal of this study is to investigate the effect of a change in elastic modulus during forming on springback in roll forming. FEA has been applied for the roll forming simulation of a V-section using material data determined by experimental loading-unloading tests performed on mild, XF400, and DP780 steel. The results show that the reduction of the elastic modulus with pre-strain significantly influences springback in the roll forming of high strength steel while its effect is less when a softer steel is formed.     

QP和DP钢面内成形性能与边部成形性能对比研究

目的 以宝钢生产的QP980、QP1180、DP980、DP1180 4种典型超高强钢材料为研究对象,进行QP、DP钢种材料面内与边部成形特性对比分析。方法 采用单向拉伸设备以及成形试验机,并结合DIC分析技术,对4种材料的力学性能、面内成形性及边部成形性进行试验研究。结果 与DP钢相比,同等强度级别QP钢的均匀延伸率及加工硬化系数均明显更高。在面内成形应变状态下,同等强度级别QP钢极限成形深度均明显大于DP钢的,但主、次应变大小差异不大。在边部成形应变状态下,同等强度级别QP、DP钢极限成形深度以及主、次应变大小均差异不大。QP、DP钢面内成形最大主应变均明显大于边部成形最大主应变。结论 与同强度级别DP钢相比,QP钢具有更高的均匀延伸率及加工硬化系数。QP钢材料的加工硬化系数高,材料内部协同变形能力强,面内成形性能明显优于DP钢材料的,但两者的边部成形性能差异不大;QP、DP钢材料能承受更大的面内主应变,受边部加工硬化及毛刺的影响,冲裁后,边部应变明显降低,在QP、DP超高强钢零件设计制造过程中,应尽可能避免边部发生较大的变形。     

Einfluss elastischer Kennwerte auf die Eigenschaften von Blechformteilen

Influence of elastic material characteristics on the properties of forming parts Trends in the automotive industry tend towards safety, fuel saving and reduction of exhaust gas result in an increased application of high strength steels in the car body production. The sheet thickness can be reduced when using high strength steels but without reducing the load capacity. The forming of these steels is more difficult due to the special springback behaviour. Furthermore the dent resistance shows an important role especially for outer panel parts. One influencing factor on the material behaviour is the Young's modulus, which will be discussed in this paper.     

基于厚度和应变映射方法的成形和抗凹性能联合仿真

为提升汽车板抗凹性能仿真精度,开展了成形和抗凹性能仿真研究。首先,利用模具将HC180BD+Z板料冲压成两种应变量的试样,然后利用半球形钢制压头以10 mm/min速度对试样进行加载,获得试样初始刚度和失稳凹陷载荷;其次,利用Ls-dyna进行成形和抗凹性能仿真,不考虑成形因素的影响下,初始刚度和失稳凹陷载荷仿真误差<10%,通过采用厚度和应变映射方法后,初始刚度和失稳凹陷载荷仿真误差<5%;最后,对比分析了厚度和应变映射对初始刚度和失稳凹陷载荷仿真结果的影响。研究表明：初始刚度与材料厚度相关,而失稳凹陷载荷与材料厚度和屈服强度相关;通过采用厚度和应变映射方法,能有效提升抗凹性能仿真分析精度;各向同性硬化模型高估了失稳凹陷载荷,采用各向同性和随动混合硬化模型能获得更好的仿真结果。     

Analysis of stamping performances of dual phase steels: A multi-objective approach to reduce springback and thinning failure

The industrial interest on light weight components has contributed in the last years to a significant research effort on new materials able to guarantee high mechanical properties, good formability and reasonable costs together with reduced weights when compared to traditional mild steels. Among such materials advanced high strength steels (AHSS) such as transformations induced plasticity (TRIP) and dual phase (DP), and light weight alloys proved their usefulness in stamping of automotive components. As AHSS are concerned, one of the main drawbacks is related to springback occurrence. Many aspects have to be taken into account when springback reduction is investigated: material behavior issues, process conditions, numerical simulations parameters calibration, geometrical aspects and so on. Moreover, springback minimization problems are typically multi-objective ones because springback reduction may conflict with other goals in stamping design such as thinning reduction. In this paper, such problem was investigated through integration between numerical simulations, Response Surface Methodology and Pareto optimal solutions search techniques. The design of a U-channel stamping operation was investigated utilizing two different dual phase steel grades: DP 1000 and DP 600. An explicit/forming-implicit/springback approach was utilized for the numerical simulations. Friction conditions and blank holder force were optimized as design variables in order to accomplish two different objectives: reduce excessive thinning and avoid excessive geometrical distortions due to springback occurrence.     

高精度超高强钢长滑轨辊压制造技术

目的解决超高强钢辊压成形过程中回弹大、尺寸精度差、材料利用率低、生产效率低等问题,生产出高精度的超高强钢长滑轨产品,以满足市场需求。方法从截面形状、尺寸精度及冲孔要求三方面,对以DP980超高强钢材料成形的典型的滑轨产品进行了技术分析,针对该产品特性重点设计了冲孔方案,采用三步质量控制法对产品的成形过程及辊压模具设计进行了优化,最后采取多种方法对产品质量进行了全面检测。结果实际制造完成后的产品检测表明,通过优化模具设计及调整现场工艺,最终生产出的长滑轨各项指标均满足图纸要求,解决了超高强钢材料的成形难题。结论在超高强钢材料及尺寸较长产品的成形制造中,辊压成形技术相比其他成形工艺更加具有优势。     

高强轨道钢双轴压-扭棘轮行为的实验和模拟

在室温下对高强轨道钢进行了单轴和非比例双轴压-扭循环变形行为的实验,讨论了不同加载路径对轨道钢棘轮变形行为的影响。结果显示:该轨道钢呈现出明显的循环软化效应和压缩方向的棘轮行为,且棘轮行为的演化表现出强烈的加载路径相关性;在椭圆路径下,棘轮应变较其他四种路径更小。进而建立了基于Abdel Karim-Ohno非线性随动硬化律的非比例多轴循环棘轮本构模型,并通过在随动硬化和各向同性软化律中引入非比例因子来考虑非比例路径对双轴压-扭棘轮行为的影响。实验结果和模拟结果的对比表明:该本构模型能够较好地模拟高强度轨道钢的非比例双轴压-扭棘轮行为。     

先进高强度钢板弯曲类回弹特性的试验研究

随着先进高强钢板在汽车及航天航空领域的广泛应用,回弹导致的成形精度问题日益突出.为了获取先进高强钢的弯曲回弹特性,通过采用U形件回弹模型,针对600MPa级别的3种典型高强钢(DP钢、TRIP钢、HSLA钢)进行了回弹试验研究.实验结果表明:在相同变形条件下,TRIP钢弯曲回弹最大,DP钢次之,HSLA的弯曲回弹最小;不同工艺条件、不同材料性能参数对弯曲回弹呈单调的影响规律,而润滑条件对弯曲回弹的影响趋势并未出现一致性规律.     

Semi-hot Stamping as an Improved Process of Hot Stamping

Reducing the forming load,deletion of springback,increasing the formability of sheets as well as producing high strength parts are the main reasons to apply hot stamping process.Hot stamping process and 22MnB5 steels are the state of the art process and grades,respectively;however novel processes and steel grades are under considerations.In the current research,behavior of the steel grade MSW1200 blanks under semi and fully hot stamping processes was characterized.During semi-hot stamping process,the blank was firstly heated to a temperature of about 650℃ and then formed and quenched in the die assembly,simultaneously.Microstructure and mechanical properties of semi and fully hot stamped blanks were studied and the results were compared with those of normally water/air quenched blanks.The hot stamped blanks attained the strength values as high as water quenched blanks.The highest ductility and consequently,the best formability were achieved for the blank which had been semi-hot stamped.It was concluded that for the mentioned steel,semi-hot stamping process could be considered as an improved thermo-mechanical process which not only guaranteed a high formability,but also led to ultra high strength values.     

Effect of slide motion on springback in 2-D draw bending for AHSS

The springback behavior of two advanced high strength steel (AHSS) grades, DP 780 and DP 980, after different forming conditions, was investigated. 2-D draw bending experiments were performed using a direct-drive digital servo-press in three operation modes, conventional (V-mode), relaxation mode (Stepwise and U-mode) and the attach-detach (A-D mode). Numerical simulations were conducted to in an attempt to reproduce the results and to perform parametric studies. The material behavior was captured using the homogeneous anisotropic hardening (HAH) distortional plasticity approach together with the chord elastic modulus model. In addition, the stress relaxation effects were implemented in the code by using a creep law in order to study the influence of a stepwise slide motion mode as well as holding at the bottom dead center. Both experimental and finite element (FE) simulation results demonstrate that detachment of tools from the work-piece was effective to reduce the springback while the effect of stress relaxation was insignificant. The numerical analysis was validated and successfully explained the importance of a forming path change on the final stress state. Based on the result of this study, a new method to reduce springback was introduced.     

Press hardening of alternative materials: conventional high- strength steels

The increase in strength of new high strength steels (HHS) and advanced high strength steels (AHHS) has led to forming issues, such as high springback, low formability, increase of forming forces and tool wear. These problems increase thecosts of manufacturing and maintaining stamping tools in the automotive industry. The aim of this research was to analyse the advantages of applying the press- hardening process toconventional HSS and AHSS steel to increase their formability and therefore reduce the number of forming steps and productioncosts. With this aim in mind, the press-hardening process was used to manufacture an industrialcomponent using four different automotive steel grades: dual phase (DP),complex phase (CP), transformation- induced plasticity (TRIP) and martensitic (MS) grade. Springback measurements werecarried out, together with an analysis of the obtained final mechanical properties and microstructures. The results showed that the formability of all the materials increased. The mechanical properties of theCP800 and TRIP700 materials were maintained or even improved, whereas those of the MS1200 and HCT980X materials were significantly reduced. Weconclude that press hardening is a suitable manufacturing process forCP800 and TRIP700components.     

Einfluß von Verfahrensparametern beim Fließpressen auf das Ermüdungsverhalten

Effect of Process Parameters in Extrusion on Fatigue Behaviour Fatigue test specimens were produced by forward extrusion and subsequent heading from conventional steels, P/M steels and AlMg4.5Mn. The strain, die-opening angle, temperature and in some cases the lubricant were varied. For purpose of comparation in some cases also specimens were prepared by machining. S/N curves or cyclic deformation curves were determined mainly by stress-controlled tests. For all materials the time strength was increased by cold forming whereby the effect of strain was stronger than that of the die-opening angle. The time strength of steel is less increased by warm (semihot) forming than by cold forming. The fatigue strength, however, is not necessarily increased by cold or warm forming. After cold forming the P/M steels contrary to conventional steels revealed mainly quasielastic deformation until fracture. After warm forming, however, P/M steels, due to the decrease of porosity, behaved almost like conventional steels. For AlMg4.5Mn specimens prepared by forming – probably due to worse surface quality – revealed a lower fatigue strength than those prepared by machining. Here also a feasible effect of the choice of the lubricant was stated.