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20-21J 20 21June 2013 une 2013 BITE BITEC, B , Bangk angkok ok -Thailand hailand AHS Steels for Automotive Parts Asst. Prof. Vitoon Uthaisangsuk, Dr.-Ing. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering King Mongkuts


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AHS Steels for Automotive Parts

  • Asst. Prof. Vitoon Uthaisangsuk, Dr.-Ing.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

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20 20-21J 21June 2013 une 2013 BITE BITEC, B , Bangk angkok

  • k -Thailand

hailand

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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Materials used for car components - 1975

Source: Ducker Worldwide

Average 1975 vehicle weight

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Source: Ducker Worldwide

Materials used for car components - 2007

Average 2007 vehicle weight

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Source: Ducker Worldwide

Trend of materials usage

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Source: WorldAutoSteel

Aim of automotive industries (mass reduction)

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Aim of automotive industries (mass reduction)

Source: WorldAutoSteel 8

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Source: WorldAutoSteel

Aim of automotive industries (mass reduction)

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Role of HSS and AHSS for vehicle mass reduction

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Growth of AHSS

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Increasing of safety regulations

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Evolution of North America crash tests

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Safety concept

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Safety concept

Source : http://www.autosteel.org

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Safety concept

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Safety concept

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Strength comparison AHSS vs conventional HSS

Component material strength

DP 350/600 HSLA 350/450

Yield strength (MPa)

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Conflict between mass reduction & safety regulations Fuel economy / CO2 emissions

  • Lower weight / lighter gauges

Safety

  • Higher strength / heavier gauges

Conflict between safety & fuel economy / CO2 emissions Seeking of new challenging materials and manufacturing concept

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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Steel sheet concept for automotive parts

Source : http://autospeed.com/cms/title_Steel-Identification-Using-Hardness-Testing/A_109717/article.html

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Source : http://mercedes-benz-blog.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-mercedes-benz-e-class-cabriolet_2785.html

2010 The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class

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Steel sheet concept for automotive parts

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Source : http://boronextrication.com/tag/list-of-vehicles-with-boron-and-uhss

2011 Volvo V70 Body Structure

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Steel sheet concept for automotive parts

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Source: http://carskeleton.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html

Steel sheet concept for automotive parts

2012 Audi A3 body Structure

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Source : http://www.autosteel.org

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Steel sheet concept for automotive parts

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Source : http://www.autosteel.org

Steel sheet concept for automotive parts

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Cold rolled steels

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Overview of cold rolled steel sheets

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Strength evolutions of automotive steels

Source: http://www.metalformingfacts.com/industry-news/developments-gigapascal-strength-steels.html

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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Mild steels

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Best formability High and Ultra high strength steels

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Mild steels

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Mild steels for cold forming

32 max. C P S Mn Ti Al Si N DC04 0,08 0,030 0,030 0,40

  • 0,040

0,010 0,005 max. C P S Mn Ti Al Si N DC04 0,08 0,030 0,030 0,40

  • 0,040

0,010 0,005 >0,18 n90 value >1,6 r90 value YS MPa UTS MPa A 80% Ag % 140-210 270-350 >38% ~22 >0,18 n90 value >1,6 r90 value YS MPa UTS MPa A 80% Ag % 140-210 270-350 >38% ~22 Microstructure:

  • ferritic matrix
  • Carbides (few) and AlN

Mechanical properties:

  • Low yield strength and tensile strength
  • Low hardness
  • Very high total elongation
  • Great ductility and draw-ability

Specified value Typical value Specified value Typical value

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Mild steels for cold forming

33 Microstructure:

  • Ferritic matrix
  • Precipitates (few) of micro-alloyed

elements Mechanical properties:

  • Low yield strength and tensile strength
  • High n-value
  • High r-value
  • High uniform elongation
  • Great ductility and draw-ability

max. C P S Mn Ti Al Si N DC06 0,02 0,020 0,020 0,25 0,3 0,040 0,010 0,002 max. C P S Mn Ti Al Si N DC06 0,02 0,020 0,020 0,25 0,3 0,040 0,010 0,002 >0,22 n90 value >2,1 r90 value YS MPa UTS MPa A 80% Ag % 140-170 270-330 >41% ~25 >0,22 n90 value >2,1 r90 value YS MPa UTS MPa A 80% Ag % 140-170 270-330 >41% ~25 Specified value Typical value Specified value Typical value

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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High strength steels

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Increasing strength of steel sheets

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High strength steel by solid solution strengthening

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Solid solution strengthening (mixed crystal strengthening)

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Influence of alloying elements on the yield point

substitutionally dissolved: P, Si, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Al, Cr and interstitially dissolved: C, N

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High strength steels by precipitation strengthening

Formation

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Increasing the yield point of a-iron through different types of precipitations

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HS steels by work hardening (dislocation strengthening)

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Dislocation density as a function of amount of deformation in pure iron

Degree of deformation

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Evolution of dislocation structure in deformed tensile samples

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The area next to the Lüders band is nearly without dislocation Dislocation in the area

  • f uniform elongation

Cell structure nearby fracture

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Conventional high strength steels: Micro alloyed steels

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Micro alloyed steels: alloying concept

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Metallurgical process during hot rolling

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Micro alloyed steels: properties, typical applications

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HSLA steels

49 Microstructure:

  • Ferritic microstructure with a little pearlite
  • Precipitates of micro-alloyed elements

Mechanical properties:

  • High yield strength
  • High tensile strength
  • Limited draw-ability and stretch-ability

max. C P S Mn Ti Al (min) Si Nb HX340LAD 0,11 0,030 0,025 1,00 0,15 0,015 0,50 0,09 max. C P S Mn Ti Al (min) Si Nb HX340LAD 0,11 0,030 0,025 1,00 0,15 0,015 0,50 0,09 ~0,14 n90 value ~1,0 r90 value YS MPa UTS MPa A 80% Ag % 340-420 410-510 >21% ~14 ~0,14 n90 value ~1,0 r90 value YS MPa UTS MPa A 80% Ag % 340-420 410-510 >21% ~14 Specified value Typical value Specified value Typical value

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Conventional high strength steel: High strength IF steels

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High strength IF steels: alloying concept

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High strength IF steels: properties, typical applications

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Conventional high strength steels: Bake hardening (BH) steels

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Schematic diagram of the bake hardening effect, by example of the production of a car door

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Increasing strength by bake-hardening

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Bake-hardening behavior of different steel grades

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Bake-hardening steels: properties, typical application

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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Metastable iron - carbon (Fe-C) phase diagram

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 L Q P S O G K F D C E N B A I 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 M

L + Fe C

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L H

Fe 3C (Cementite)

L + 

L +  + Fe C

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 + Fe C

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a

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a   

Cementite content in mass % Carbon content in mass % Temperature in °C

Source: Pitsch, W.; Sauthoff, G.; Hougardy, H.P. in: Werkstoffkunde Stahl, Band 1: Grundlagen, Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute, Springer-Verlag 1985

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Transformation-Temperature-Time (TTT) diagram

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Austenite

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Bainite – Ferrite - Martensite

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Polymorphism of iron

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Mechanical properties of different phases in steels

Phase Re , MPa Rm, MPa A, % Hardening, HV Interstitial free condition (Ferrite) 100-150  280  50

  • Ferrite (unalloyed)

Ferrite (0,7% Ni, 0,6% Cr) Ferrite (13% Cr) 220 330 300 300 550 500 45 35  18

  • about 180
  • Pearlite

 900  1000  10

  • Cementite

 3000

  • Bainite ( 0,1% C)

400-800 550-1200  25 about 320 Martensite ( 0,1% C) Martensite ( 0,4% C) 800 2400 1200

  • 5
  • about 380
  • Austenite (18% Cr, 8% Ni)

 300  600  40

  • Phase

Re , MPa Rm, MPa A, % Hardening, HV Interstitial free condition (Ferrite) 100-150  280  50

  • Ferrite (unalloyed)

Ferrite (0,7% Ni, 0,6% Cr) Ferrite (13% Cr) 220 330 300 300 550 500 45 35  18

  • about 180
  • Pearlite

 900  1000  10

  • Cementite

 3000

  • Bainite ( 0,1% C)

400-800 550-1200  25 about 320 Martensite ( 0,1% C) Martensite ( 0,4% C) 800 2400 1200

  • 5
  • about 380
  • Austenite (18% Cr, 8% Ni)

 300  600  40

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Homogeneity of grain structure - properties

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Characteristics of AHSS

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Microstructures of modern multiphase steels

Higher strength

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Microstructures vs mechanical properties of modern multi-phase steels

Tensile strength in MPa 200 400 600 800 1200 1400 1600 10 20 30 40 50 strain in %

perlite retained austenite bainite martensite

TRIP TRIP MS MS 1000 CP CP DP DP F+P

ferrite

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Adjustment of multiphase structures of hot-rolled strip

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Multiphase steels

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Characteristics of Dual Phase (DP) steels

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Dual Phase steels: materials concept

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Multiphase steels

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Characteristics of TRIP steels

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TRIP steels: TRansformation Induced Plasticity

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TRIP steels: The TRIP-effect

Strain

Stress

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Multiphase steels

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Characteristics of complex phase steels

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Complex phase steels: materials concept

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Stress-strain behavior of automotive steels

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Outline

  • Automotive evolution
  • Car body structures
  • Automotive steels
  • Mild steels
  • High strength steels
  • Multiphase steels
  • Press hardened steels

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Direct - indirect press hardening

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Properties of press-hardened steel sheet

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Temperature gradient during press hardening

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Protection of blank surface

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Demands on the surface coating

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Changing of surface and microstructure

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Trend of hot forming of steel

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Hot stamping

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Hot stamped of tailored blanks

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Innovation Tailored Tempering

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Press-hardened B-pillar

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Body of Audi A4

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Press-hardened parts in VW Passat

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Example of a press-hardening plant

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Heating of the blank

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Blank B-Pillar after heating just before hot stamping

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Hot stamping

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Application of advanced high strength steels

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Trend of advanced high strength steels

Japan World

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References

  • Jody N. Hall, Evolution of advanced high strength steels in automotive

applications, General Motors Company, Chair, Joint Policy Council, Auto/Steel Partnership, 2011.

  • Wagner S., Schmid P., Forming of high strength steel sheet, IFU,

Stuttgart, 2012.

  • Smith, W.F. and Hashemi, J., Foundation of metarials science and

engineering, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-007-131114-4.

  • Bleck, W., Material Science of Steel, RWTH Aachen University, 2007,

ISBN: 3-86130-923-8.

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Thank You

Thank You

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