TY - GEN
T1 - The development of lightweight commercial vehicle wheels using microalloying steel
AU - Lu, Hongzhou
AU - Zhang, Iilong
AU - Wang, Jiegong
AU - Xuan, Zhaozhi
AU - Liu, Xiandong
AU - Guo, Aimin
AU - Wang, Wenjun
AU - Lu, Guimin
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Lightweight wheels can reduce weight about 100kg for commercial vehicles, and it can save energy and reduce emission, what's more, it can enhance the profits for logistics companies. The development of lightweight commercial vehicle wheels is achieved by the development of new steel for rim, the process optimization of flash butt welding, and structure optimization by finite element methods. Niobium micro-alloying technology can improve hole expansion rate, weldability and fatigue performance of wheel steel, and based on Niobium micro-alloying technology, a special wheel steel has been studied whose microstructure are Ferrite and Bainite, with high formability and high fatigue performance, and stable mechanical properties. The content of Nb in this new steel is 0.025% and the hole expansion rate is ≥ 100%. At the same time, welding parameters including electric upsetting time, upset allowance, upsetting pressure and flash allowance are optimized, and by CAE analysis, an optimized structure has been attained. As a results, the weight of 22.5in×8.25in wheel is up to 31.5kg, which is most lightweight comparing the same size wheels. And its functions including bending fatigue performance and radial fatigue performance meet the application requirements of truck makers and logistics companies.
AB - Lightweight wheels can reduce weight about 100kg for commercial vehicles, and it can save energy and reduce emission, what's more, it can enhance the profits for logistics companies. The development of lightweight commercial vehicle wheels is achieved by the development of new steel for rim, the process optimization of flash butt welding, and structure optimization by finite element methods. Niobium micro-alloying technology can improve hole expansion rate, weldability and fatigue performance of wheel steel, and based on Niobium micro-alloying technology, a special wheel steel has been studied whose microstructure are Ferrite and Bainite, with high formability and high fatigue performance, and stable mechanical properties. The content of Nb in this new steel is 0.025% and the hole expansion rate is ≥ 100%. At the same time, welding parameters including electric upsetting time, upset allowance, upsetting pressure and flash allowance are optimized, and by CAE analysis, an optimized structure has been attained. As a results, the weight of 22.5in×8.25in wheel is up to 31.5kg, which is most lightweight comparing the same size wheels. And its functions including bending fatigue performance and radial fatigue performance meet the application requirements of truck makers and logistics companies.
KW - Flash butt welding
KW - High strength steel
KW - Lightweight
KW - Nb-microalloying
KW - Structure optimization
KW - Wheels
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84985943062
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:84985943062
T3 - 7th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels, HSLA Steels 2015, International Conference on Microalloying 2015, Microalloying 2015 and International Conference on Offshore Engineering Steels 2015, OES 2015
SP - 597
EP - 604
BT - 7th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels, HSLA Steels 2015, International Conference on Microalloying 2015, Microalloying 2015 and International Conference on Offshore Engineering Steels 2015, OES 2015
PB - John Wiley and Sons Inc
T2 - 7th International Conference on High Strength Low Alloy Steels, HSLA Steels 2015, International Conference on Microalloying 2015, Microalloying 2015 and International Conference on Offshore Engineering Steels 2015, OES 2015
Y2 - 11 November 2015 through 13 November 2015
ER -