Innovations in steel sheet & bar products

This Special Publication captures technical contributions from the SAE 2003 Congress related to sheet and bar steels for structural and powertrain applications in vehicles.

Contents: Effects of Strain Rate and Temperature on the Work Hardening Behavior of High Strength Sheet Steels; A New Dual Phase Steel for Automotive Body Panels; Application of Dual-Phase Steels for Automotive Closure Panels; On Characteristics of DP600 Resistance Spot Welds; On the Formability of Automotive TRIP Steels; Formability and Spring Back Characterization of Advanced High Strength Steel; Response to Hydrogen Charging in High Strength Automotive Sheet Steel Products; The Effect of Strain Rate on the Sheet Tensile Properties and Formability of Ferritic Stainless Steels; Bending Fatigue Life Analysis of Carburized Components Using Strain Life and Fracture Mechanics Approaches; Causes of Variability in Gear Fatigue Testing; Development of Fracture Split Steel Connecting Rods; Development of High Impact Strength Case Hardening Steel; Continuous Cooling Transformation Behavior of a Microalloyed Spring Steel; Recent Progress with Nitrided Valve Springs for Automobile Internal Combustion Engines.