Hot stamping(press hardening) is widely used to fabricate safety components such as door beams and B pillars with increased strength via quenching. However, parts that are hot-stamped from ultra-high-strength steel(UH...Hot stamping(press hardening) is widely used to fabricate safety components such as door beams and B pillars with increased strength via quenching. However, parts that are hot-stamped from ultra-high-strength steel(UHSS) have very limited elongation,i.e., low ductility. In the present study, a novel variant of hot stamping technology called quenching-and-partitioning(Q&P) hot stamping was developed. This approach was tested on several UHSS sheet metals, and it was confirmed that this method can be used to overcome the drawbacks associated with conventional hot stamping. The applicability of Q&P hot stamping to each of these steels was also assessed. The part properties and performances of three widely used ultra-high-strength sheet metals, B1500 HS,27 SiMn, and TRIP780, were evaluated through tensile testing and microstructural observations. The results demonstrated that the ductility of Q&P hot-stamped sheet metals was notably higher than that of the conventionally hot-stamped parts because Q&P hot stamping gives rise to a dual-phase structure of both martensite and austenite. Further, material tests demonstrated that the Q&P treatment had positive effects on all three selected materials, of which TRIP780 had the best ductility and the highest value of the product of strength and plasticity. Scanning electron microscopy images indicated that the silicon in the steels could limit the formation of cementite and would, therefore, improve the mechanical properties of Q&P hot-stamped products.展开更多
Mode tracking is required in the structural optimization when the frequencies of certain specified modes must be maintained within a suitable range.A simple tracking method employing the mode number is invalid or misl...Mode tracking is required in the structural optimization when the frequencies of certain specified modes must be maintained within a suitable range.A simple tracking method employing the mode number is invalid or misleading when local modes appear or disappear during mesh updating.In this work,a mode tracking scheme combining the nearest neighbor method(NNM)with the modal assurance criterion(MAC)is proposed.Several NNM algorithms are compared,and the k-dimensional tree(kd-tree)NNM is used to transform eigenvectors(mode shapes)from different scales to identical one.A threshold determination method is implemented for the MAC to assess the similarities in all the calculated modes.On the basis of the mode tracking scheme,specified modes can be tracked between different finite element method(FEM)models which have different meshes and optimized shapes.The effectiveness is verified through an example of shape optimization using an electric motor structure.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51105247&U1564203)
文摘Hot stamping(press hardening) is widely used to fabricate safety components such as door beams and B pillars with increased strength via quenching. However, parts that are hot-stamped from ultra-high-strength steel(UHSS) have very limited elongation,i.e., low ductility. In the present study, a novel variant of hot stamping technology called quenching-and-partitioning(Q&P) hot stamping was developed. This approach was tested on several UHSS sheet metals, and it was confirmed that this method can be used to overcome the drawbacks associated with conventional hot stamping. The applicability of Q&P hot stamping to each of these steels was also assessed. The part properties and performances of three widely used ultra-high-strength sheet metals, B1500 HS,27 SiMn, and TRIP780, were evaluated through tensile testing and microstructural observations. The results demonstrated that the ductility of Q&P hot-stamped sheet metals was notably higher than that of the conventionally hot-stamped parts because Q&P hot stamping gives rise to a dual-phase structure of both martensite and austenite. Further, material tests demonstrated that the Q&P treatment had positive effects on all three selected materials, of which TRIP780 had the best ductility and the highest value of the product of strength and plasticity. Scanning electron microscopy images indicated that the silicon in the steels could limit the formation of cementite and would, therefore, improve the mechanical properties of Q&P hot-stamped products.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51775336)the Shanghai Pujiang Program(No.17PJD019)
文摘Mode tracking is required in the structural optimization when the frequencies of certain specified modes must be maintained within a suitable range.A simple tracking method employing the mode number is invalid or misleading when local modes appear or disappear during mesh updating.In this work,a mode tracking scheme combining the nearest neighbor method(NNM)with the modal assurance criterion(MAC)is proposed.Several NNM algorithms are compared,and the k-dimensional tree(kd-tree)NNM is used to transform eigenvectors(mode shapes)from different scales to identical one.A threshold determination method is implemented for the MAC to assess the similarities in all the calculated modes.On the basis of the mode tracking scheme,specified modes can be tracked between different finite element method(FEM)models which have different meshes and optimized shapes.The effectiveness is verified through an example of shape optimization using an electric motor structure.
