2016 年 57 巻 670 号 p. 1055-1061
A fracture criterion for sheet metals subjected to draw-bending is investigated using the concept of the forming limit stress criterion. An experimental apparatus that is capable of draw-bending sheet specimens with forming speeds (approximately 100 mm・s-1 ) comparable to those of real press forming machines is designed and built. The test materials are an ultralow-carbon steel sheet and a 590MPa high-strength steel sheet. Specimens undergo bending-unbending under tension when passing over a die profile. The magnitudes of true stress σ DB at which the stretch-drawn specimens fractured are precisely determined from the measured data of the drawing force and the cross-sectional area of the specimen after fracture. Moreover, multiaxial tube expansion tests are performed to measure the forming limit stresses σPT of the test materials under plane-strain tension. It is found that σDB is larger than σPT by 6-18%. Therefore, it is concluded that the forming limit stress criterion is effective for the fracture prediction in draw-bending.