Computer Simulation of Hot Stamping Process of DP Steel Car Bumper Chain Based on Dynaform

Abstract:

Owing to the advantages of weight loss and security, duplex steel plate has been the priority for the saloon car body instead of ordinary one among a majority of engine factories. While there are undesirable phenomena because of its high strength at normal temperature, such as its formability is worsened dramatically, and failure and fracture always occur in the stamping. So hot stamping process must be adopted to make the formability available. Based on the Bumper chain of Beijing Hyundai Reina and taken DP600 high strength steel as research object, this paper analyzes the distributions of stress, strain and thickness changes during the process of sheet metal forming by using eta/DYNAFORM software, simulates the spring-back quantity after hot stamping forming, and the numerical simulation of the temperature field distribution with time during stamping process was done. The result shows that duplex steel plate can meet the performance requirements of automotive chain forming, which offers theory basis for the production of such parts.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 178-181)
• Pages: 2877-2880
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.178-181.2877
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Han Wu Liu, Zhao Hui Liu, Hui Xiao Li, Shao Bo Ping
• Keywords: Bumper Chain, DP High Strength Steel, Hot Stamping, Numerical Simulation, Springback

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