Thermo-mechanical treatment of microstructures for damage control in cold forming (A08*)

• Subject Area: Primary Shaping and Reshaping Technology, Additive Manufacturing
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 278868966

The aim of this subproject is to develop thermo-mechanically guided treatment strategies leading to microstructures in the steels DP800 and 16MnCrS5 that accumulate as little damage as possible during cold forming. A combination of basic material characterization tests using small specimens and simulative methods is used to efficiently identify and test a large number of different microstructures with regard to damage.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 188: Damage Controlled Forming Processes
• Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hirt, from 3/2022 until 9/2023; Dr.-Ing. Johannes Lohmar, until 3/2022 (†); Professor Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Münstermann, since 10/2023; Professor Dr.-Ing. Hauke Springer, from 3/2022 until 9/2023