Some aspects on fracture limit diagram developed for different steel sheets

In this work, forming limit diagrams with fracture limit have been evaluated for various steel sheets namely interstitial free (IF) steel with thickness 0.6, 0.85, 0.9, 1.2 and 1.6 mm, 0.85 mm noncoated and 0.85 mm coated, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steel with thickness 1.6 mm, extra deep drawing quality (EDDQ) steel with thickness of 1.2 mm and stainless steel 430 grade of 1.2 mm. The fractography of the sheets were taken using scanning electron microscope for the above said steel sheets under various conditions namely tension–tension strain condition, plane strain condition and tension–compression strain condition. Using the fractography, the average size of voids developed at fracture under the above said conditions were measured. The average size of voids for various sheets mentioned above were correlated with various shear strains, the ratio of mean strain to effective strain and other factors involving various shear strains, strain hardening exponent and normal anisotropy values. The ratio of height of the dome to punch radius (H/R) for various sheets mentioned above was correlated with the mean strain and also with the ratio of mean strain to effective strain. The average void sizes were also correlated with the ratio of Mohrʹs circle shear strain ɛ31 to effective strain.