Tensile Strength & Bending Stress of Metal Sheet

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the differences between tensile strength and bending stress of metal sheets, particularly those that are below 3.00mm in thickness. Participants explore the causes of cracking during bending processes and seek advice on testing methods prior to bending.

Discussion Character

  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested
  • Experimental/applied

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants suggest that the bending radius and the annealing process from the rolling mill are critical factors in preventing cracking during bending.
  • One participant notes that bending radius less than the sheet thickness is likely to result in cracking.
  • There is a discussion about the relationship between tensile strength, which is influenced by material composition and heat treatment, and bending stress, which depends on applied forces and the sheet's thickness.
  • A participant inquires about specific testing machines that can determine the maximum bending angles of steel sheets.
  • Another participant mentions that rolling mills often rely on customer feedback as a form of testing and adjust their processes accordingly, implying that tensile test results may be affected by uncertainties in sheet thickness rather than tensile strength alone.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express varying views on the relationship between tensile strength and bending stress, as well as the factors contributing to cracking. The discussion remains unresolved with multiple competing perspectives on testing methods and material properties.

Contextual Notes

Participants highlight the importance of bending radius and material properties but do not reach a consensus on specific testing methods or the direct relationship between tensile strength and bending stress.

Tariq Chobdar
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Dear Friends,

Merry Christmas to All.

I am pleased to join this forum of Physics Experts.

Please advise what is difference between tensile Strength and Bending Stress of Metal Sheets (Generally below 3.00mm and lighter). I very often encounter with cracking of steel sheets while bending in press. Therefore, I wonder if tensile strength has anything to do with bending. Or can anybody suggest for some specific test prior to bending. Any help will be great help for me.

Regards.
 
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Annealing from the rolling mill, and bend radius are the two major items to examine. Bending radius less than ~ sheet thickness almost guarantees cracking.
 
Tariq Chobdar said:
Dear Friends,

Merry Christmas to All.

I am pleased to join this forum of Physics Experts.

Please advise what is difference between tensile Strength and Bending Stress of Metal Sheets (Generally below 3.00mm and lighter). I very often encounter with cracking of steel sheets while bending in press. Therefore, I wonder if tensile strength has anything to do with bending. Or can anybody suggest for some specific test prior to bending. Any help will be great help for me.

Regards.
The tensile strength is a property of the material used to make the metal sheet. The value of the strength of the sheet varies with the composition of the alloy used plus any heat treatment. The bending stress depends on the forces and moments applied to the sheet, the thickness of the sheet, etc.
 
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Annealing from the rolling mill, and bend radius are the two major items to examine. Bending radius less than ~ sheet thickness almost guarantees cracking.
Hi, thanks for your kind help, Can you guide me, is there any testing machine, wherein we may test the maximum bending angles of steel sheet.
Regards.
 
Tariq Chobdar said:
any testing machine
Rolling mills tend to use the customers as "testing machines" and adjust temperature/annealing as necessary to maintain sales. As far as you, the customer, testing sheet prior to bending for engineering/design purposes, or for directing material within a plant to sharply bent/deeply drawn processing requirements? Bending failure, for a single bending operation, is primarily a tensile failure; tensile test results of sheet/strip are subject more to uncertainties in thickness, than in tensile strength of the material (again, a mill problem), so probably not.
 

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