Experimental Investigation on Forming of Tailor Welded Blanks

Abstract:

One of the main aims of automotive developers is vehicle weight reduction. There are many well known ways related to weight reduction, for example using thinner and higher strength sheet materials, or using of formed tubes as load-bearing elements in car body structures. In the field of modern automotive industry we must not forget that the heavy loaded, and in passenger-safety aspect relevant elements frequently consist of tailor welded blanks (TWBs). The components could have different strength or thickness or coatings too. Therefore, certain segments of the welded elements could behave differently during forming. Generally the higher strength coupled with less formability, but in the case of welded blanks, the interaction of each parts are unknown in many aspects.This paper presents the results of the experimental work, carried out to evaluate the drawability of tailor welded blanks. The welded blanks were prepared by laser beam welding technology. The blanks consisted of a well drawing component, marked DC04, and a high strength steel component. The applied high strength steels are DP600, DP800 and DP1000 types. Our current object was to determine some basic parameters of deep-drawability as a typical sheet metal forming operation. It can be stated that as the strength ratio (SR) is increasing between the segments, the limiting drawing ratio is decreasing.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 885)
• Pages: 147-152
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.885.147
• Online since: February 2017
• Authors: Gábor Béres*, József Danyi
• Keywords: Deep-Drawability, High-Strength Steel, Limited Drawing Ratio, Tailor Welded Blank

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