Abstract:High-strength steels are used in the automotive industry for weight reduction and improved vehicle crashworthiness. In this work, an instrumented trimming die equipped with D2 steel inserts with sharp edges was used to trim DP980 sheets with clearances of 10%, 20% and 30% of the sheet thickness.Trimming trials were conducted either without a support pad under the scrap piece (conventional trimming) or with it (robust trimming). The deformation and fracture mechanisms in the shear affected zone (SAZ) at the she… Show more
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