Austenitic Stainless Steels For Automotive Structural Parts 2006-01-1215
One of the most important preoccupation of car manufacturers is to reduce emissions and hence to reduce weight of cars. One of the outstanding materials able to reduce weight of cars and at the same time keeping the same crash absorption and hence safety, is austenitic steel. Austenitic stainless steels are used in crash relevants parts of cars. Moreover, designers can use their very good corrosion resistance and their well known surface aspect for structural visible parts like wheels, cross members, roof panel or tailgates. In this paper, stainless steels for automotive use are presented in detail. First, their chemical composition and tensile properties are explained. Then, the U&A model for forming and crash is described. Using this model, stainless steels can be engineered into parts and thus stainless can be considered as a workable and predictable material for the automotive industry.
Citation: Santacreu, P., Glez, J., Roulet, N., Fröhlich, T. et al., "Austenitic Stainless Steels For Automotive Structural Parts," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-1215, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-1215. Download Citation
Author(s):
P.-O. Santacreu, J. C. Glez, N. Roulet, T. Fröhlich, Y. Grosbety
Affiliated:
UGINE&ALZ Research Center, UGINE&ALZ Automotive Division
Pages: 8
Event:
SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Innovations in Steel Sheet Products & Processing & Steel Bar Products-SP-2035, SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Materials and Manufacturing-V115-5
Related Topics:
Steel
Chemicals
Corrosion
Parts
Forming
Drag
Tensile strength
Suppliers
Vehicle roofs
Crashes
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