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 while at the same time keeping the same crash absorption and hence safety, is austenitic steel. Austenitic stainless steels are used in crash relevant 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 panels or tailgates. In this paper, stainless steels for automotive use are presented in detail. First, their chemical composition and tensile properties are explained. Then, a model for forming and crash behaviour is described. Using this model, stainless steels can be engineered into automotive parts and thus stainless steel can be considered as a workable and predictable material for the automotive industry.


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    Title :

    Behaviour model of austenitic stainless steels for automative structural parts


    Additional title:

    Verhaltensmodell für die austenitischen nichtrostenden Stähle für den Einsatz im Kraftfahrzeugbau



    Published in:

    Steel Research International ; 77 , 9/10 ; 686-691


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 6 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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