The main objectives of this project were to supply the EU Steelmaking and Automotive Industry with guidelines for the production using existing productive plants and best utilisation of ultrafine grained carbon steel long products for mechanical applications. A ferrite grain size in the range of...

The aim of TWIP4EU is to promote the introduction of modern twinning induced plasticity (TWIP) steels as candidate material for production of lightweight automobile components. To introduce a new steel grade like high strength and ductility TWIP-steel for large scale applications in industrial...

The aims of this project were to establish connections between the coating composition, microstructure, pre-treatment and corrosion performance of ZnAlMg 'ZMA' coatings both in accelerated tests and field exposures. Line hot dip materials including four conventional zinc coatings and three ZMA...

Following the necessary car weight reduction strategy, in order to minimize the fuel consumption and reduce the CO2 emissions, there are many technical approaches to reduce the weight of each one of the vehicle components. The STT project (Steel Tailored Tubes) explored the potential of tube...

This project compares 3 different production routes of high strength stainless steels precision parts, including the heat treatment on accuracy of a demonstrator product and tries to make the production route predictive by numerical modelling using FEM models and building the necessary...

Die Entwicklung attraktiver neuer Fahrzeugmodelle ist für Automobilhersteller ein zentraler Wettbewerbsfaktor auf globalisierten Märkten. Wissensintensive Dienstleister übernehmen heute einen beachtlichen Anteil der Automobilentwicklung. Das Buch zeigt, wie Automobilhersteller mittels...