Trends of High Strength Steel Sheets and Autobody Forming Techniques
Kiyota YOSHIDA
pp. 1129-1135
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Kiyota YOSHIDA
pp. 1129-1135
Masaaki OHASHI
pp. 1136-1146
Yo TOMOTA, Imao TAMURA
pp. 1147-1158
Kazuhide NAKAOKA
pp. 1159-1168
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pp. 1169-1176
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Effect of metallurgical factors on the bake hardenability (BH) of low carbon Al-killed steel is studied. The yield stress change due to baking (ΔYS) is determined by grain size and dissolved (C+N) content. On the other hand, the ultimate tensile stress change due to baking (ΔTS) depends mostly on the dissolved (C+N) content. The locking mechanism of dislocation is discussed in relation to grain size dependence of these properties. The influence of alloying elements (Mn, Si, and P) on BH through their metallurgical factors is also studied. Mn decreases ΔYS through the reduction of dissolved C content. Si gives rise to the increase of dissolved C content and grain refining up to 0.5% Si content. Over 0.5% Si content, the grain becomes coarser in turn. Consequently, ΔYS increases up to 0.5% Si content and levels off after that. Though the addition of 0.06% P does not affect the dissolved (C+N) content, it gives rise to a little increase of ΔYS through grain refining. Larger grain size dependence of ΔYS is observed at5 ppm of dissolved (C+N) content for 0.06% P containing steel.
Kazutoshi KUNISHIGE, Noriaki NAGAO, Masashi TAKAHASHI
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Abstract
Dual phase steel sheets offer potential for weight reduction in automotive components, because of combination of excellent formability and high strength.
In this paper, a study is made on the effect of heating temperature on the properties of hot rolled dual phase steel, which is obtained by continuous annealing of a steel containing 0.06%C-2.6%Mn.
The result can be summarized as follows.
1) The steel heated up-to about Ac3 has very fine ferrite/martensite structure and also excellent strength-ductility combination. This superior ductility is caused by the improvement of local elongation related to its unique microstructure.
2) Retained austenite is observed in dual phase steels and its volume fraction is 3-5%. However the retained austenite can be easily transformed to martensite by tensile strain and completely disappears after small strain of 0.05.
3) Work hardening of dual phase steel consists of three stages up-to necking. The first stage of work hardening is related to volume fraction and mean diameter of second phase. The next one is related to volume fraction of retained austenite and the last one is only related to volume fraction of second phase.
Masatoshi SUDO, Takafusa TWAI
pp. 1185-1194
Abstract
The effect of microstructure on the mechanical properties of multi-phase steels has been studied. The amount and nature of low temperature transformation products of the steels are changed through heat treatment and controlled cooling after hot rolling. Ferrite plus bainite steel has a superior stretch-flangeability and fatigue strength, and has an inferior strength-uniform elongation relationship when compared to ferrite plus martensite ("dual phase") steel.
Introducing a small amount of martensite to ferrite plus bainite steel gives rise to a decrease in yield ratio and increase in work hardening rate. The microscopic examination shows that pearlite and martensite particles nucleate cracks easily and that the replacement of pearlite and martensite particles by more ductile bainite particles results in improved ductility and fatigue strength. The stretchflangeability of the triphase steel is also improved by decreasing martensite particle size. It is concluded that ferrite-bainite-martensite (triphase) steel may be preferred to ferrite-martensite steel in automobile applications.
Kiwami KURIHARA, Yoshihiro HOSOYA, Kazuhide NAKAOKA
pp. 1195-1202
Abstract
Study has been made with regard to second phase parameters: hardness ratio (c) of second phase martensite to ferrite phase, second phase volume fraction (f), and second phase spacing (d). The parameters were varied by means of combination of heat treatments; d was controlled by box-annealing, f, by quenching, and c, by tempering.
The r-value was affected strongly by the character of the second phase; it decreased with increasing c and/or f. The effect of c on the r-value was relatively small for small f and marked for large f.
The decrease in d enhanced the effect of c and f on the r-value.
The above effect of the second phase can be interpreted in terms of the internal stress caused by the difference in the deformability of both constituent phases.
Finally, condition is presented for the production of dual phase steel with high r-value; furthermore, this steel has high bake hardenability and shows no yield point elongation after room temperature aging.
Masatoshi SUDO, Shunichi HASHIMOTO, Shoji KAMBE
pp. 1211-1220
Abstract
Dual phase steels are known not to have superior characteristics in such properties as hole expanding property, Charpy impact property and especially in flash butt welding property which has a great influence on wheel rim fabrication. Through the investigation of the quality and volume fraction of second phase and alloying elemets, it has been clarified that Nb-added steels composed of ferrite and 10 to 20% bainite eliminate these problems in dual phase steels and exhibit excellent characteristics.
In this paper, the effects of the quality of second phase such as martensite, bainite, and pearlite which are produced by changing the coiling temperature from room temperature to 650°C and the volume fraction of bainite on the mechanical properties and so on are investigated.
As far as flash butt welding property is concerned, Nb-added steel composed of ferrite plus bainite dose not show a remarkable softening and localized necking in the heat affected zone which usually occur in dual phase steel because of the tempering of martensite. The superiority of the hole expanding property of Nb added ferrite plus bainite steel is due to the superior ductility of bainite compared to that of martensite or pearlite.
Hajime NITTO, Taiichi SATOH, Tohru SAITOH, Masaya MIZUI, Kazuhide YOSHIHIRO, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI
pp. 1221-1227
Abstract
Overall applicability of various types of high strength sheet steels to automotive wheels was investigated by means of conventional production tooling as well as laboratory forming and welding tests. Dual phase sheet steels, especially those of as hot rolled type, showed most hopeful potential in wheel discs forming because of their high workhardenability, good elongation and uniform dispersion of second phase. Special improvements in flash butt welding and roll forming conditions were necessary to make high strength sheet steels usable for the production of wheel rims and HSLA steels which contained Nb revealed comparatively stable quality in joints and HAZ of flash butt welds. Centrifugal cornering fatigue tests suggested that high strength sheet steel of 60 kgf/mm2 tensile strength could be substituted for mild sheet steel in wheels with weight saving as high as 25%. Influences of alloying elements on various properties and performances of sheet steels for wheel were summarized and utility of dual phase sheet steels was also discussed.
Takayoshi SHIMOMURA, Satoshi ONO, Koichi OSAWA, Kazuo MATSUDO
pp. 1228-1235
Abstract
The deep drawability and the recrystallization texture of rephosphorized Al-killed high strength steels (P:0.07%) were studied as compared with those of a conventional Al-killed steel (P:0.016%). The rephosphorized Al-killed steel shows a peak r-value at a certain heating rate of annealing as well as the conventional Al-killed steel. However, phosphorus weakens the retardation effect of AlN particles on the recrystallization, which results in a lower r-value and a lower grain elongation ratio. The preferred orientation of the rephosphorized Al-killed steels is {111} <112>, whereas that of the conventional Al-killed steel is {111} <110>. These results are discussed by taking into account the interaction between phosphorus and AlN precipitation.
Yutaka HAYASHI, Michio TAKAGI
pp. 1236-1243
Abstract
Geometrical defects observed in applying high strength steel sheet to auto-body structural members with hat-shaped cross-section were studied using a simple experimental draw-bend die. One of the typical troubles in forming of these parts is the side wall curl which appears along side walls from a bottom to a top (or a flange) and deflects walls outward.
It was found that the side wall curl was eliminated by choosing the die profile radius about twice as large as sheet thickness under the optimum die clearance.
A rather small die profile radius was advantageous for producing the reverse bending against bending at the die profile.
This reverse bending contributed to reducing the side wall curl by cancelling the residual bending moment in side walls which had been subjected to bending at the die profile. Such behaviour of material between a die and a punch was an important fact pointed out in this investigation.
The other interesting observation was that the dual phase steel had a larger tendency to the outward side wall curl than the precipitation hardening steel with the similar tensile strength. This difference was also discussed in this paper.
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pp. 1244-1255
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A new technique to manufacture cold rolled ultra high strength steel sheets through the continuous annealing line with a water quenching device has been developed.
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Dual phase (DP) steels with low yield to tensile strength ratio of 45% and extra deep drawing high strength (EDDH) steels with high r value above 2.0 have been successfully produced in a multipurpose continuous annealing line with cooling rate of 40°C/s by gas jet.
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For the purpose of developing the as-hot-rolled dual phase sheet steel, hot rolling conditions and subsequent cooling pattern were investigated by using 1%Si-1.5%Mn-1.0%Cr steels with carbon contents of 0.05%C and 0.08% and 0.05%C-1.0%Si-1.5%Mn steel.
In order to study the exact transformation behavior immediately after finish-rolling, hot-rolled strips of these steels were stopped on the runout table and water-cooled and/or air-cooled to room temperature.
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The Si-Mn steels have been hot-rolled and coiled at the very low temperature after rapid cooling in runout table of hot strip mills to produce as-hot-rolled dual phase (AHR DP) steel sheets which prove to be both economical and excellent in quality. The results obtained are as follows:
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(6) Performances of Si-Mn AHR DP steel sheets are good especially in hole expansion property and stretchabilty.
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The effects of processing variables and chemistry on the microstructure and the mechanical properties of as-hot rolled dual phase steel were investigated in relation to transformation behavior in order to optimize the processing condition. As-hot rolled dual phase structures with good strength-ductility balance and low yield ratio below 0.60 were obtained, when C-Si-Mn steels with such plain compositions as 0.040.10%C-0.51.5%Si-1.21.7%Mn were rolled at finishing temperature above and near Ar3 point and coiled at temperatures below 200°C. Si was so effective for strengthening without sacrifice of ductility, and for broadening the suitable range of the finishing rolling temperature.
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As-hot-rolled, ferrite-martensite dual-phese steels of rather simple chemistry can be produced by "DPR Process" which uses a low finish rolling temperature and a very low coiling temperature. Laboratory DPR experiments have been carried out using C-Mn steels and these with Cr or Si additions, to examine the effects of alloying and processing factors on the structure and mechanical properties of the processed steels. Major results obtained are as follows:
(1) To attain a sufficiently low yield-to-tensile strength ratio, the final finish pass temperature should be at about Ar3 point which varies depending on the chemistry, so as to bring about early phase separation of alpha from gamma before cooling starts. The coiling after a rapid cooling should be done at a temperature lower than about 200°C, almost regardless of the steel composition, to suppress auto-tempering of the transformed martensite and aging of the ferrite.
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A high strength cold-rolled phosphorus-containing steel has been developed by continuous annealing process. The study is focussed on the improvement of Lankford value and aging characteristics of phosphorus-containing steel.
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Effects of carbon and niobium contents, and continuous annealing conditions on mechanical properties, structures and embrittlement of cold rolled steel sheets containing extra low carbon, low niobium and phosphorus have been investigated. The following results are obtained:
(1) The steel sheets with Nb/C (atomic ratio) ≤0.5 show high bake hardenability but poor drawability. The steel sheets with 0.7≤Nb/C≤1.2 exhibit excellent deep drawability and high bake hardenability originated in solution of niobium carbides by annealing at over 850°C. (2) For maintaining high bake hardenability, rapid cooling is effective especially at near 750°C and at near 300°C. (3) Cold-work embrittlement due to adding phosphorus can be prevented by means of leaving a small amount of solute carbon in steel sheets through the rapid cooling at the above temperature ranges. Critical content of phosphorus (Per) causing cold-work embrittlement can be expressed in terms of the ageing index as follows.
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(AI: Ageing index (kgf/mm2), Cooling rate:≥1°C/s)
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Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Kenji MATSUZUKA, Yoshikuni FURUNO, Syoji NOSAKA, Masaaki FUKUNAGA, Kuniaki MARUOKA
pp. 1378-1387
Abstract
Effects of alloying elements (C, Si, Mn, and P) and continuous annealing conditions (soaking temperature, cooling rate, and over-aging temperature) on strengthening of steels, have been investigated so as to develop a desirable process to produce commercial quality high strength cold rolled sheets for automobiles by continuous annealing.
In subcritical annealing, cooling rate after soaking has no influence on strengthening effects of alloying elements. Degree of strengthening effects is in the order cf P>C>Si>Mn. In case of intercritical annealing, strengthening effect of C is largely influenced by cooling rate after soaking.
Continuous annealing just above recrystallization temperature, which accompanies ferrite grain refining due to subcritical annealing is the most desirable strengthening procedure on the viewpoint of economy. In this case, moreover, the similar strength-ductility balance and the superior bake hardenability to those by other processes can be obtained even after subcritical annealing without over-aging.
Osamu AKISUE, Teruaki YAMADA, Shigeru UEDA, Kikuo TAKASHINA
pp. 1388-1396
Abstract
Effects of continuous annealing conditions on mechanical properties of drawing quality high strength steel sheet were studied using the continuous annealing heat cycle simulator which had been developed by the authors.
Continuous annealing conditions which were studied are as follows:
(1) Cooling rate before over aging. (2) Starting temperature of cooling in the cases of AcC (accelerated cooling) method and W. Q (water quenching) method. (3) End temperature of cooling in the case of AcC method. At the same time, changes of the amount of carbon in solution and carbide precipitation during heat treatments were studied.
As a result of this study, it was made clear that the most desirable heat cycle for drawing quality and non aging high strength steel sheet consisted of slow cooling of about 7°C/s from soaking temperature to 675°C, accelerated cooling of about 100°C/s from 675°C to 400°C and over aging at 400°C. In this annealing condition, most of the fine carbides precipitated on grain boundaries and the amount of carbon in solution decreased in short over aging time.
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Hisashi TAKADA, Masatoshi SUDO, Ichiro TSUKATANI, Denei TAKAI, Akira HASE, Kunio TSUJI
pp. 1397-1403
Abstract
The effects of silicon, manganese and phosphorus addition on the mechanical properties of extra low carbon titanium-stabilized steel sheets have been examined in order to develop high-strength galvannealed steel sheets with extra deep drawability. Titanium-stabilized steels containing silicon, manganese and phosphorus have excellent r-value, good strength/elongation balance and low yield ratio (yield stress/tensile strength) as in base steel without these substitutional alloying elements. In particular, the r-value of silicon and phosphorus-containing steel sheets are higher than that of base steel at a given grain size after annealing.
The effects of phosphorus addition in steels on phosphate coating, galvannealing behavior after galvanizing, and the properties of galvannealing coating have been investigated. Titanium-stabilized sheet steels with phosphorus show excellent coating properties after phosphating or galvannealing.
The spot weldability of galvannealed sheet steels manufactured in accordance with these experimental results are sufficient to meet the requirements of automobile manufacturers.
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Akihiko NISHIMOTO, Jun-ichi INAGAKI, Kazuhide NAKAOKA
pp. 1404-1410
Abstract
The influences of 11 elements in sheet steel, temperature and Al content in zinc bath on the adhesion were investigated by use of continuous galvanizing line and laboratory galvanizing simulator. The adhesion was remarkably affected by Si in the steels, the temperature and Al content.
The influences of Ti, Si and P in the steels on Fe-Zn alloying rate were also investigated. Ti accelerated the alloying rate, while Si and P slowed down it in the zinc bath containing Al. In the case of pure zinc bath, addition of these elements accelerated the rate. Based on the SEM observation of interface between alloyed layer and steel substrate, a model illustrating the adhesion and alloying rate has been proposed.
Masatoshi SUDO, Shingo NOMURA, Takao MIZOGUCHI, Yoshiki TANAKA
pp. 1411-1420
Nobuyuki YAMAUCHI, Kazutoshi KUNISHIGE, Takao TAKA, Noriaki NAGAO
pp. 1421-1429
Abstract
As for the steels for wheel rim, CC killed steel will be more prevalent instead of rimmed steel in accordance with the increase of CC ratio in steel production. In addition, from the point of weight reduction of cars, high strength steels are tried to put into practice. As far as wheel rim is concerned, flash weldability is very important as well as formability of steels.
In this report, flash weldability of CC killed steel, HSLA (High Strength Low Alloy) and DP (Dual Phase) steels are investigated. In flash welding of CC killed steel, control of Al content, in addition to Si and Mn contents, is found to be required in order to avoid the formation of Si-Mn-Al oxide. On the other hand, coiling temperature is important in high strength steels, especially DP steels, in order to prevent softening of weld heat affected zone.
Moriyasu NAGAE, Akihiko KATOH, Hiroyuki KAGAWA, Masayoshi KURIHARA, Toshio IWASAKI, Hirosuke INAGAKI
pp. 1430-1436
Abstract
Fatigue properties of high strength steel sheets were studied in connection with the effects of tensile strength, sheet thickness, yield ratio and tensile prestrain.
Materials examined in the present study were cold rolled and hot rolled steel sheets of conventional and low yield ratio types. Fatigue tests were carried out under the conditions of pulsative axial tension and alternative out-of-plane bending.
Principal results are as follows:
(1) Fatigue strength increased in proportion to the increase in tensile strength up to 70kgf/mm2, then it gradually leveled off above 70kgf/mm2 up to 140kgf/mm2.
(2) The thinner steel sheets had the higher fatigue strength. This tendency was more significant under out-of-plane bending condition than under axial tension condition.
(3) Low yield ratio type steel sheets in virgin state had lower fatigue strength compared with conventionl steels of the same tensile strength. However, this difference in fatigue strength almost disappered after prestraining of sheets.
(4) Empirical formulas to estimate fatigue endurance limit were proposed on the basis of a multiple regression analysis in connection with tensile strength, sheet thickness, yield ratio and elongation of steel sheet.
Yoshiki TANAKA, Shingo NOMURA, Ichiro KOKUBO
pp. 1437-1443
Abstract
The acceptable welding current range for nugget formation and mechanical strength of welded joint have been studied in relation to tensile strength and electrical resistivity of steel sheet, and electrode force in welding.
The lower limit, Ilow(kA), of welding current for nugget formation and the upper limit, Iupp(kA), for avoiding expulsion decrease with the increase in tensile strength of steel sheet, in which the upper limit decreases more remarkably than the lower one. The decreasing tendency is well explained in terms of tensile strength, TS(kgf/mm2), and electrical resistivity, ρ(μ-Ωcm), of steel sheet as in the following:
Ilow=9.50-0.030TS-0.060ρ
Iupp=11.27-0.032TS-0.081ρ
Tensile shear strength and cross tension strength of welded joint increase with the increase in tensile strength of steel sheet. The increment of cross tension strength is smaller than that in tensile shear strength. Cross tension strength appears to be largely affected by hardness distribution across the heat affected zone, which is influenced by chemical composition of steel sheet.
Masatoshi SHINOZAKI, Toshiyuki KATO, Toshio IRIE, Isao TAKAHASHI
pp. 1444-1451
Abstract
Fatigue strength of spot welded hot rolled high-strength sheet steel joints in long-life testing does not vary with tensile strength of the sheets. By extensive experiments using solid solution hardened steel, precipitation hardened steel and dual phase steel, two effective methods for improving the fatigue strength have been found.
One method is to generate moderate expulsion by welding with a current just above the upper lobe curve; endurance limits at 107 cycles increase by about twice as compared with those of the normal welding method. In this case, the decrease in tensile shear strength is less than 15%. This improvement in fatigue strength is due to the increase in effective area of corona bond, and due to the increase in residual compressive stress of nugget.
The other is the controlled tempering treatmet during the welding schedule; endurance limits at 107 cycles increase by about twice as compared with those of the normal welding method. This improvement is due to the residual compressive stress at the weld generated by the tempering treatment.
Hajime NITTO, Taketomo YAMAZAKI, Toru SAITO, Katsuhiko YABE, Arinobu YAMADA, Yoshikuni TOKUNAGA, Norio TANAKA, Yukihisa KURIYAMA
pp. 1452-1459
Abstract
A serious problem in the spot welding of hot dip galvannealed high strength steel sheets is the occurence of violent spattering of molten metal in the nugget and formation of explosion.
A study was carried out to develop hot dip galvannealed high strength steel sheets having excellent resistance to explosion and also to develop welding methods for supressing the formation of cavities by explosion of the nugget.
Results proved that the occurence of explosion depends upon the sort of iron-zinc compounds in the coating, and that when the coating has Γ phase of thickness more than 0.3 micrometers, explosion occurs, often exceeding a rate of 10%. As the Γ phase increases the electric resistance of the coating, it accelerates the formation of nugget in the initial period of welding and melts rapidly into the nugget. Melting of the Γ phase increases the zinc concentration in the nugget and causes the formation of cavities, because the vapour pressure of zinc in the molten nugget is extremely high.
Based upon the results of study, countermeasures were taken with regard to galvannealing and welding conditions.
Christopher L. MAGEE, Salvatore CORSO
pp. 1460-1474
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