Optimisation of steel properties and autobody structural designs for axial, side and off-set impact loading

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-052

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1997

End date 31 December 2000

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 1 458 000,00

EU contribution € 874 800,00

Coordinated by

BRITISH STEEL STRIP PRODUCTS - WELSH TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
United Kingdom

Objective

Steel properties currently used in FE modelling of automotive 'body in white' structures are generally based on information derived from quasi-static tensile tests, thus tending to neglect the strain rate hardening benefits associated with certain types of steels. This project will investigate the effect of both strain rate and temperature in the range -40 C to +80 C on the tensile properties of several mild and high strength steel grades. The data developed will also be used to ascertain the influence of materials properties on the formability, dent resistance and collapse resistance of these steels.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• F4 - Thin sheets

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

BRITISH STEEL STRIP PRODUCTS - WELSH TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 15 Marylebone Rd PORT TALBOT ; SA13 2NG WEST GLAMORGAN ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (4)

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via di Castel Romano 100/102 ; 00128 ROMA EUR
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT FÜR EISENHÜTTENKUNDE DER RWTH AACHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Intzestrasse 1 ; 52072 AACHEN
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPER - UND WERKSTOFFORSCHUNG

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Helmholtzstrasse 20 ; 01069 DRESDEN
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SOLLAC-LEDEPP

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 17, Avenue des Tilleuls ; 57191 FLORANGE CEDEX
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