Abstract
The substitution of conventional high strength steels (HSS) with advanced high strength steels (AHSS), e.g., low-alloy multiphase transformation-induced plasticity steel (TRIP steel) or dual-phase steel (DP steel), for body lightweight brings about increased stress of notched components. Thus the fatigue properties of TRIP and DP steels and the fatigue life of notched lightweight design are important considerations for reasonable material selection during the design stage of auto-body. For the mentioned issue, cyclic strain-controlled fatigue properties of TRIP and DP steels with equivalent grade and lightweight result were investigated experimentally. Different cyclic behaviors of TRIP and DP steels were observed due to different interior microstructures. The cyclic stress behavior of TRIP steel is characterized by cyclic hardening followed by stable at lower strain amplitudes, and softening at higher strain amplitudes; however cyclic softening followed by stable occurs consistently for DP steel throughout entire strain amplitude range of test. TRIP steel possesses enhanced fatigue life and cyclic stress at the same strain amplitude than DP steel. Furthermore, local strain-life models of two steels were developed by linear regression of experimental data, to predict and compare the fatigue life of notched body structures made of them by finite element method. The simulation result illustrates that TRIP steel can provide more beneficial potential than DP steel for the lightweight design of notched body structures from the viewpoint of fatigue resistance.
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