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The edge formability of a spectrum of high-strength cold-rolled steels has been evaluated using the hole expansion test. The effects of edge condition, micro structure, and tensile properties on hole expansion performance were determined. Modification of stringer inclusions through rare-earth treatments caused the hole expansion response of these steels to be much less sensitive to edge condition, as-blanked vs de-burred. Independently of edge condition, rare-earth treatment also produced a significant increase in hole expansion performance compared to the same steel untreated. Circle grid analysis showed that deformation modes generated in a hole expansion test are drawing near the hole edge, stretching farther from the edge, and plane strain separating these two modes. Recovery annealed steels with low transverse ductility were observed to fail away from the edge in the plane strain region during hole expansion. The hole expansion performance of the entire range of steels tested was found to vary linearly with the product of the steels’ transverse total elongation and rm values. A phenomenological expression that determines hole expansion performance was derived using linear analysis. It predicts that for steels with total elongations of about 30 pct, each increase in rm of about 0.1 will increase its hole expansion performance by greater than 10 pct.
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Adamczyk, R.D., Michal, G.M. Sheared edge extension of high-strength cold-rolled steels. J. Applied Metalworking 4, 157–163 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834379
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