Coating Layer Behavior Analysis of Al-Si Coated Boron Steel in Hot Bending Process

  • Yang, Li (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kang, Chung-Gil (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan Nat national University)
  • Published : 2009.10.08

Abstract

Nowadays, the usage of high strength steel has been growing in automobile industry mainly as structural parts since for its lightweight and high strength properties the oil crisis happened. Owing to poor formability, complex-shaped high-strength steel components are invariably produced through hot press forming. The high-strength steel sheets are in so me instances used with an Al-Si-coating with a view to prevent scaling of components during hot press forming. How ever, friction and fracture characteristics of Al-Si-coated high-strength steel during hot press forming process have not yet been investigated. In this paper, the formed parts which were formed in hot bending process were investigated by using EDS. SEM and nano indenter in order to analysis the coating layer behavior.

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