ToughSteel Event
Webinar - Application of fracture toughness to assess crashworthiness
This is the fourth out of five training webinars organized in the ToughSteel project. ToughSteel aims in spreading the usage of fracture toughness to assess crack-related problems in sheet metals to the European industry. Coordinated by Eurecat Technology Center, ToughSteel involves and engages the main actors of the sheet metal forming community with the objective to promote, disseminate and transfer the know-how acquired about the use of fracture toughness as a tool to address cracking problems in forming and in-service performance of AHSS.
In this specific training webinar, you will learn how fracture toughness concepts are used to assess the crashworthiness of automotive components.
23rd February 2023
13.00h – 14.30h CET
ONLINE (Microsoft Teams)
Event materials
Video recording
Presentations
Agenda
13:00 – 13:05 – Welcome and introduction
Erik Olsson, Associate Professor, Luleå University of Technology
13:05 – 13:15 – ToughSteel project overview
David Frómeta, Researcher at the Ceramic and Metallic Materials Unit, Eurecat
13:15 – 13:35 – Correlation between fracture toughness and crash failure behaviour of AHSS
David Frómeta, Researcher at the Ceramic and Metallic Materials Unit, Eurecat
13:35 – 13:55 – Impact crash assessment using high-speed 3D digital image correlation and numerical modelling
Simon Jonsson, PhD Student, Luleå University of Technology
13:55 – 14:15 – Assessing the fracture toughness at high loading rates
Jörgen Kajberg, Acting Chair Professor, Luleå University of Technology
14:15 – 14:30 – Q&A, Open discussion
Moderated by Erik Olsson, Associate Professor, Luleå University of Technology

