SBIR-STTR Award

The goal of the Phase I research is to identify the process parameters required to form armored steel plate using magnetoplasticity. This technology, called Mag Forming, is based on theoretical magnetoplasticity fundamentals that have been demonstrated at ORNL and is supported by high cycle fatigue experimentation reported in literature. The objected of the research is to identify the Mag Forming process parameters required to achieve low temperature superplasticity and tooling requirements.

The goal of the Phase II research is to demonstrate the forming of armored steel plate using magnetoplasticity. This technology, called Mag Forming, is based on the phase I results that will demonstrate a new forming technology, by creating samples using a V form tool and quantify the technology's capability to allow complex die forming of armored steel components for applications ranging from underbelly protection to light truck door skins. The research will design and build the tools required to create the V forms from RHA and HHA with a bend radius less than or equal to three times the material thickness and generate the data required to produce a forming limit diagram all while maintaining 95% of the preformed RHA and HHA properties.