Double-Sided Surface Structures with Undercuts on Cold-Rolled Steel Sheets for Interlocking in Hybrid Components
Machines, vol. 12, pp. 562
Abstract
Weight reduction strategies are essential for the transportation sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or extend the range of electric vehicles. In the field of lightweight assembly strategies, multi-material design offers great potential. Joining materials typically used in the automotive sector, such as aluminum and steel, brings challenges as conventional processes such as fusion welding are unsuitable. Therefore, new technologies can extend the design options. In previous studies, a mechanical interlocking between cold-rolled surface structures with undercuts on a steel sheet and die-cast aluminum was presented. This method has now been extended to double-sided structures for more complex applications with a joint on both sheet surfaces. Numerical simulations and validation experiments were performed to investigate the manufacturing of the double-sided structures. Furthermore, the influence of the alignment of the upper and lower structures in relation to each other on the resulting structural geometry and the rolling forces were analyzed. More advantageous geometric parameters, e.g., 24% larger undercuts, and approx. 24.1% lower forming forces at 20% height reduction were observed for a shifted alignment. However, significantly higher wear of the structured rollers occurred in the corresponding experiments.
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Institute of Metal Forming (IBF), RWTH Aachen University, Intzestraße 10, 52072 Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Metal Forming (IBF), RWTH Aachen University, Intzestraße 10, 52072 Aachen, Germany
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Institute of Metal Forming (IBF), RWTH Aachen University, Intzestraße 10, 52072 Aachen, Germany
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