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Laser Welded Steel Sheets Formability Analysis

1. The document discusses several finite element analysis studies on the forming behavior of laser welded steel sheets of dissimilar grades. 2. Key findings include that formability decreases as thickness ratio increases, and minimum major strain provides a good comparison of formability between sheets of different thickness ratios. 3. Weld orientation also affects mechanical properties, with strengths highest at 45 degrees to the rolling direction and ductility lowest. Failures typically occur in base metal regions outside of weld joints. 4. Additional factors studied include the effects of coatings, welding parameters, weld line position and geometry, strength ratio, and weld line movement on formability.

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Laser Welded Steel Sheets Formability Analysis

1. The document discusses several finite element analysis studies on the forming behavior of laser welded steel sheets of dissimilar grades. 2. Key findings include that formability decreases as thickness ratio increases, and minimum major strain provides a good comparison of formability between sheets of different thickness ratios. 3. Weld orientation also affects mechanical properties, with strengths highest at 45 degrees to the rolling direction and ductility lowest. Failures typically occur in base metal regions outside of weld joints. 4. Additional factors studied include the effects of coatings, welding parameters, weld line position and geometry, strength ratio, and weld line movement on formability.

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Finite Element Analysis of Forming Behavior of Laser Welded Steel Sheets of Dissimilar Grade

Work Done Till Now-

1. Comparison of LDH of welded vs parent sheets.

2. Comparison b/w fracture location from weld line and thickness ratio.

3. Effect of thickness ratio on LDH and minimum major strain.

Result-

 The experimental findings in this study showed that the higher the thickness ratio
of the TWBs, the lower the forming limits curve level and the lower formability.
 Minimum major strain was a good measure for the comparison of the formability

of TWBs of different thickness ratios. There was an inversely proportional


relationship between thickness ratio and minimum major strain.
 TWBs of similar thickness ratios usually yield the highest forming limit curve

(FLC) level.
4. Effect of weld orientation (0°, 45°, 90°) on mechanical properties of TWB.

Result –
 Strength properties of welded joint are higher as compared with that of base
metal. Ductility of welded samples for similar sheet thick-nesses is reduced by

about 18.5 % compared with the base metal ductility.


 The strengths in diagonal (45°) to the rolling direction are the largest while the
ductility is the lowest one.

 In transverse (90°) to rolling direction, the welded samples had the lowest

strength and the highest ductility as compared to the other two directions
 The failures occur on base metal region, and outside the weld joints or in the

HAZs.
5. Effect of coating on LDH.
6. Study of Change Mechanical and metallurgical properties of TWB Sheets as welding

parameters and type of welding changes.


7. Effects of weld line position and geometry on the formability of laser welded high

strength low alloy and dual-phase steel blanks.

Result- The formability was found to be dependent on the weld line position and
increased when the weld was located farther from the blank center due to more uniform

strain developed during LDH tests.


8. Effect of Strength Ratio on formability of TWB.

Result- The LDH, maximum weld line movement, and fracture location during stretch
forming of a TWB depend on a non-dimensional parameter (SR). Increased SR,
decreased formability.

9. Effect of weld line movement on Formability of TWB.

Result- Increased weld line movement resulted in non-uniform strain distributions, hence

decreases LDH.
10. Influence of inhomogeneous constitutive properties of weld materials on formability of

tailor welded blanks.


Result- The influence of weld property inhomogeneity on the TWB formability is related

to the combination types of the TWBs. That is to say, the inhomogeneous properties of
weld materials more distinctly affect the formability of TWBs made from identical base
materials than those made from dissimilar ones.

11. The Influence of Sheet Metal Anisotropy on Laser Forming Process.

12. The formability performances of Tailor welded blanks were also evaluated under

different deformation modes as Erichsen cupping, deep drawing and double-stage

forming tests, Laser forming process. And different welding techniques also used i.e.
GTAW, Mesh seam welding, EBM etc.
Work done of IF-DP Combination

1. LDH Decreases as thickness ratio increase.


2. LDH Decreases as Average thickness decreases. {Avg. thickness = (Thickness of
thicker + thinner side)/2}
3. So a new factor (Avg. thickness/Thickness Ratio) has been taken to correlate well with
limiting dome height. As this factor increases LDH Increases.
4. As thickness ratio increases fracture location moves closer to weld.
5. Peak load required to deform the TWB specimens is less compared to the
corresponding parent sheets. (thickness ratio increases, the peak load reduces due to
decreasing punch-blank contact area.)

6. Fracture takes place perpendicular to the weld line and propagates towards the stronger
side.
7. Limiting dome height of the TWBs with coated–uncoated combination is marginally lower
than that of both the coated and uncoated sheets and fracture takes place on the

uncoated side but away from the weld line.

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