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New Methodologies for Fracture Detection of Automotive Steels in Tight Radius Bending: Application to the VDA 238-100 V-Bend Test

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EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS
卷 61, 期 2, 页码 367-394

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-020-00627-z

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V-bend test; Plane strain failure; Folding over; False positive; VDA load drop; Bending moment; Stress metric

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  1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  2. American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
  3. Honda Research Americas (HRA)

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The study evaluated four detection methods in the V-bend test for seven automotive steels with different strength levels, identifying the appropriate failure threshold through visual inspection.
Background The VDA 238-100 tight radius V-bend test can be used to efficiently characterize the bendability and fracture limits of sheet metals in severe plane strain bending. Material performance in plane strain bending is critical for the selection of advanced high strength steels for energy absorbing structural components. Objective The detection of failure based upon a reduction in the punch force can lead to erroneous predictions of failure for ductile or thin gage alloys in the VDA 238-100 test. New failure criteria were proposed and evaluated across a range of automotive steels. Methods Four detection methods in the V-bend test were evaluated based upon the load drop, bending moment, novel stress metric and the strain rate for seven steels with strength levels from 270 to 1500 MPa. The appropriate failure threshold was identified from visual inspection of the surface during bending. Results The vertical punch force will decrease as a consequence of the mechanics in the V-bend test at intermediate bend angles even without fracture. The novel stress-based metric accounts for sheet thinning and could successfully identify false positives and punch lift-off when considering the strain-rate evolution. Conclusions Failure detection using the VDA load threshold method may significantly under-report the bend performance of alloys with intermediate-to-high bendability or thin gauges. The proposed stress-based metric can reliably detect fracture for bend angles in excess of 160 degrees and be readily calculated using the existing data. The VDA load threshold for failure can work well for materials that exhibit significant cracking.

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