Liang, Ce, Wang, Chang Jiang, English, Martin and Mynors, Diane (2017) Optimization of the UltraSTEEL dimpling forming process for energy absorption. 12th International Conference on the Technology of Plasticity, ICTP 2017,, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 17-22 September 2017. Published in: Procedia Engineering. 207 1284-1289. Elsevier ISSN 1877-7058

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Abstract

absorption performance. The energy absorption performance of dimpled products can be further improved through optimizing the forming depth in the UltraSTEEL process. In this paper, forming depths have been optimized through numerical simulations. Explicit dynamics finite element simulations were carried out to analyze the effect of forming depth on material properties as well as the effect of geometry on energy absorption separately. It has been found that yield strengths are maximized when the forming depth is approximately 1mm, and the energy absorption performance is optimized when the forming depth is approximately 0.9 times of the gauge thickness.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Schools and Departments:	School of Engineering and Informatics > Engineering and Design
Research Centres and Groups:	Dynamics, Control and Vehicle Research Group
Depositing User:	Chang Wang
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2017 15:41
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2018 16:01
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/71911

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