Hopkinson rod test results and constitutive description of TRIP780 steel resistance spot welding material

• Main Authors: Li Xiaomin, Zhang Jianrong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2020-12-01
• Series: Open Physics
• Subjects: resistance spot welding; impact stretch loading; dynamic constitutive; brittle fracture
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/phys-2020-0206

A quasi-static tensile test was performed on a 1.4 mm-thick TRIP780 steel strip with welding points. An MTS810 material test machine was used in the test, and a Split Hopkinson tension bar device was used in performing impact stretch loading at different strain rates. The dynamic tensile stress–strain curve of the spot welding material with different strain rates was obtained through the finely designed Hopkinson rod test, and the strain rate dependence of a TRIP780 steel spot welding material was discussed. According to the dynamic constitutive equation of the TRIP780 steel spot welding material, the test results were numerically simulated, the constitutive description and test curves were compared, and the simulation results and test results were discussed and analyzed. The fractures of the test recovery specimen were scanned with the scanning electron microscope, and the fracture mechanism of the TRIP780 steel spot welding material was explored by observing the fractures. The surfaces of the fractures surface showed obvious cleavage river patterns, and the evolution process of microcracks was determined and used in characterizing brittle fractures in specimen spot welding sample subjected to dynamic stretch loading.