Analysis of the Crack Initiation at Non-Metallic Inclusions in High-Strength Steels

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 468-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Grad ◽  
B. Reuscher ◽  
A. Brodyanski ◽  
M. Kopnarski ◽  
E. Kerscher
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Metallic Inclusions

Numerical Prediction of Failure within Small Curvature Bending of Advanced High Strength Steels

2015 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
pp. 419-426
Author(s):  
Ioannis Tsoupis ◽  
Marion Merklein
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Continuum Damage Mechanics ◽  
Calibration Method ◽  
Damage Parameter ◽  
Small Curvature

Within this paper a numerical study of the Continuum Damage Mechanics based damage model Lemaitre in commercial software LS-DYNA is performed in order to correctly predict failure in terms of crack occurrence within small curvature bending of AHSS steels. A strain based calibration method is used for the effective adaption of the Lemaitre model to the bending operation, which is based on the comparison and adaption of the numerically calculated and the experimentally measured deformation field on the outer surface of the bent specimen. Within this method the material dependent damage parameter S is systematically varied in the simulation in order to represent maximum major strain. The new method is proved by numerical simulation of experiments provoking crack initiation using smaller bending radii. It can be shown that failure in terms of crack initiation can be correctly predicted by the model with the damage parameters, which were determined by the method of strain based calibration and an additional optimisation of the parameter Dc. Thus, within this study a user friendly and effective way for the application of Lemaitre damage model to small curvature bending processes of AHSS steels is developed.

Study on Micro-Mechanism of Crack Initiation and Propagation Induced by Inclusion in Ultra-High Strength Steel

2007 ◽  
Vol 353-358 ◽  
pp. 1185-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Ping Zeng ◽  
Hong Mei Fan ◽  
Xi Shu Wang ◽  
Xi Shan Xie
Keyword(s):  
Crack Initiation ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
High Strength Steels ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Fatigue Tests ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Crack Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Initiation And Propagation ◽  
Ultra High Strength Steel

Specially designed SEM in-situ tensile and fatigue tests have been conducted to trace the entire process of crack initiation and propagation till fracture in an ultra-high strength steel MA250. TiN is a typical inclusion and its average size is in the range of 8~10μm in MA250 steel. The micro-mechanism of the effect of TiN inclusion on crack initiation and propagation at tensile and fatigue tests both have been studied in detail. Experimental results show the harmful effect of TiN on tensile and fatigue properties both. This work is helpful to establish the practical life prediction model for the characteristic inclusion parameters in ultra-high strength steel components. It also enlightens us to eliminate TiN in the further development of ultra-high strength steels.

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