Finite element analysis of non-isothermal warm deep drawing of dual phase steel

Improving the formability of the material is an important issue in the deep drawing process. Heating the material above its recrystallization temperature drastically increases formability but in the case of dual phase (DP) steels it results in the loss of their mechanical properties. To improve the drawing ratio, only the heating of the flange region in the warm temperature range up to 300 degrees C was studied on DP600 sheet steel by numerical simulation. Thermo-elastic-plastic FEM analysis of deep drawing at several drawing ratios was performed and compared with experimental results.