Materials design for components in automobile industry (T03*)

• Subject Area: Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials and their Microstructural Origins
• Term: from 2015 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 29898171

Primary goal of the work carried out within PP T3 is to make the outstanding mechanical potential of HMn TWIP steels accessible for applications in automotive seat frames. Different combinations of strength and ductility due the variation of production and process parameters are correlated with the microstructure to define the perfect microstructural state. Based on this knowledge constructive optimizations of the parts are carried out and the technological feasibility of the microstructural states is investigated. To evaluate the projects approach a demonstrator part is produced and tested under real circumstances.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres (Transfer Project)
• Subproject of: SFB 761: Steel - Ab Initio. Quantum Mechanics Guided Design of New Fe-based Materials
• Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Business and Industry: Faurecia Autositze GmbH; Hoesch Hohenlimburg GmbH; ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Bleck