An intelligent V-bending process developed by the authors is briefly described and the importance of change in Young's modulus due to plastic deformation, which influences the amount of springback and therefore the accuracy, is emphasized. The change in Young's modulus in simple tension of a cold rolled steel sheet is experimentally investigated by affixing strain gauges on the specimen. It is ...

The Swift test was originally proposed as a formability test to reproduce the conditions observed in deep drawing operations. This test consists on forming a cylindrical cup from a circular blank, using a flat bottom cylindrical punch and has been extensively studied using both analytical and numerical methods. This test can also be combined with the Demeri test, which consists in cutting a rin...

Sheet metal forming is a major industrial process, mainly due to its cost efficiency after the establishment of the process design. However, the process design from tools geometry to load conditions is not straightforward, as a consequence of the side effects associated with sheet metal forming. The emphasis in this area goes to the springback effect or elastic recovery, which is one of the mai...

When a sheet metal forming operation, such as deep drawing, is followed by a trimming operation the numerical springback is influenced by various physical parameters and numerical factors. Two techniques of taking into the account the stress state change due to cutting in the FE plate model are discussed in the present paper. The first technique concentrates on the effect of the element mesh cu...

Abstract The use of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) is associated with increased springback and represents a great challenge for today’s press shops regard to the dimensional accuracy cold-formed sheet metal parts. Springback, its appearance characteristics are mainly dependent on stress state introduced by forming process part geometry before opening tools. With aim determining influence ...

A result of the increased usage of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) for stamped automotive body structures is an increase in press forces and tool wear, as well as component geometrical issues, such as springback and curl. This study investigates a methodology of forming a dual-phase steel component in a ‘softened’, or annealed, condition, then subsequently heat-treating and quenching the c...