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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Fujii, Fukuyama, JP;
Toyohisa Shinmiya, Fukuyama, JP;
Yuji Yamasaki, Fukuyama, JP;
Kazuhiko Higai, Chiba, JP;
JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A prediction equation 'R/t≧(2R/t+(2R/t+1)ε)/2(1−(1+2R/t)ε)' is derived which predicts that bendability-dominated fracture will not occur when the critical surface strain εis not exceeded by a strain on the metal sheet surface causing the occurrence of ductility-dominated fracture that is obtained from the minimum curvature radius Rof a press-forming mold and the critical strain εin a plane strain region in a forming limit diagram. The minimum curvature radius Rof a mold required to prevent the occurrence of bendability-dominated fracture is estimated, and the mold is designed with a curvature radius that is not less than the curvature radius R.