The fracture toughness of four advanced high strength steel (AHSS) thin sheets is evaluated
through different characterization methodologies, with the aim of identifying the most …

Automotive industry players have devoted large efforts to identify the material parameters
governing the crash resistance of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS). Such knowledge …

The automotive industry's desire for weight reduction while maintaining crashworthiness
demands development of materials and material properties within the economic framework …

The automotive industry is striving for light body-in-white structures while maintaining or
improving passenger safety. The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of the …

Fracture toughness has become a key property to predict the fracture performance of high
strength metal sheets (edge cracking resistance, crash failure behaviour, local formability …

Crashworthiness is a relevant engineering property for car parts. However it is not easy to
measure at laboratory scale and complex impact tests have to be carried out to determine it …

Fracture toughness has shown to be a useful material property to predict formability and
impact performance of metal sheets. For this reason, it has become a relevant property for …

La deformación plástica puede inducir a la transformación de la austenita a martensita en
los aceros inoxidables austeníticos metaestables. Para analizar este hecho, el inoxidable …