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Introduction
U. S. Steel's DUAL-TEN®
steels have a remarkable combination of formability, strength, ductility,
bake hardenability and strain rate sensitivity. These unique materials
have been engineered to meet the demands of the automotive designer and
will enable cost-effective vehicle weight reduction while improving
vehicle safety.
U. S. Steel's automotive group is one of the primary steel technical
resources to the automotive industry and a participant in new vehicle
design activities. Our automotive team, a centralized sales, technology
and research organization, has the resources and expertise to help OEMs
utilize steel solutions in future vehicle designs.
Computer simulations and physical testing in our automotive center
laboratories played
a substantial role in our development and qualification of DUAL-TEN®
steels, and will help bring to market other engineered steels currently
under development for automotive applications.
DUAL-TEN® steel is an example of U. S. Steel's commitment to providing
cost-effective steel solutions to the automotive industry.
For additional automotive steel information, please visit us at
www.ussautomotive.com. This website consists of steel technical information and specifications intended to assist the automotive designer in optimizing steel in their designs for tomorrow.
U. S. Steel
DUAL-TEN® steels are
being used for automotive underbody structural parts as well as exposed
body panels. U. S. Steel's commercially available products include hot dip
galvanized (HDG) DUAL-TEN® and hot dip galvanneal (HDGA) DUAL-TEN®
steels.
The major benefit of DUAL-TEN® steel is enhanced crash performance with
relatively good formability when compared to conventional high-strength,
low-alloy (HSLA) steels. This bulletin summarizes some key properties and
data for HDG DUAL-TEN® and HDGA DUAL-TEN® steels.
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