Hot-stamped tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) comprised of steel sheets with different chemical
compositions are of interest within the automotive sector to enhance the crash performance …

Ductibor® 500-AS is a hot-stamping steel that has been designed to introduce local ductile
regions within hot-stamped tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) used for energy-absorbing sections …

The automotive industry is constantly looking for innovative techniques to produce lighter,
more efficient, and less polluting vehicles to comply with the increasingly restrictive …

In the current research, the use of tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) comprising Usibor® 1500-AS
laser welded to more ductile Ductibor® 500-AS is considered. The TWBs were hot stamped …

This thesis investigates the axial crush performance of hot stamped tailor-welded blanks
(TWBs) and their potential for weight reduction in the front crush structure of a vehicle. A …

Study of crashworthy structures is the key realm of attention for many researchers from the
last few years now. The main intention for developing the structures with better energy …

Das Presshärten ultra-hochfester Stahllegierung ist ein etabliertes Verfahren zur Fertigung
sicherheitsrelevanter Karosseriekomponenten. Weiteres Leichtbaupotential bieten Bauteile …

This thesis investigates the response of 1500 MPa and 2000 MPa press hardening steel
(PHS) in a dynamic crushing scenario. The work involves creating numerical models to …

Nowadays the of the reduction of CO2 emissions and the decrease in energy consumption
are the aims for different industries around the world. In order to satisfy increasingly …

In order to achieve the targeted crashworthiness performance, the application of Tailor-
Welded-Blank (TWB) on the crash-relevant components has become a trend in the …