Crash&Tough Workshop
As a part of the results dissemination plan of the Crash&Tough project, an online Workshop was organized on the 26th of January, 2022. The aim of the workshop was to show some of the main results of Crash&Tough and to highlight the importance of current research activities on the development of 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS).
During the event, some of the most important results of the project were shown. The event was moderated by Dr. David Frómeta, project coordinator, who provided an initial introduction to the Workshop and a general overview of the project. The next presentation was in charge of Dr. Johannes Rehrl from voestalpine. During his presentation, Dr. Rehrl gave a general introduction to 3rd Gen AHSS, including metallurgy and material processing, and described the different steel grades investigated in the project. The next presentation was carried out by Dr. Frómeta, who talked about the importance of measuring fracture toughness in AHSS, explained the essential work of fracture (EWF) methodology and showed EWF results for the steel grades investigated in Crash&Tough. The following presentations, presented by Dr. Matthieu Salib and Dr. Nuria Cuadrado, were focused on different advanced microstructural and micromechanical characterization techniques used in the project. Dr. Salib presented the most relevant findings from Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) investigations. Dr. Cuadrado presented the results of nanoindentation measurements and discussed the influence of hardness distribution on the fracture resistance of 3rd Gen AHSS. With this presentation, the first part of the workshop ended.
After a short break, the second session started with a presentation of Pascal Dietsch, research engineer at ArcelorMittal, who talked about the crash resistance characterization of AHSS and showed the results of bending impact tests performed in WP3. After that, Dr. Jörgen Kajberg (LTU) and Ricardo Hernández (EUT), presented the damage models developed during the project and their application to crash simulations. The final presentation was in charge of Daniele De Caro from CRF. He gave a brief speech about the key role of 3rd Gen AHSS in the automotive industry and presented the results of industrial stamping trials with the automotive components studied in WP6.
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