In a metal forming process, the state of stress is one of the most important parameters on forming and behavior of the material. According to ductile damage criteria, the magnitudes of fracture strain for various stress triaxiality values should be de...
In a metal forming process, the state of stress is one of the most important parameters on forming and behavior of the material. According to ductile damage criteria, the magnitudes of fracture strain for various stress triaxiality values should be determined for prediction of the place and time of ductile fracture. In this paper, the magnitudes of fracture strain of St12 steel is measured using several tensile tests on notched samples. Johnson-Cook equation for fracture strain as a function of stress triaxiality is calibrated for St12 steel, using the obtained experimental data. The accuracy of this function is achieved by comparison of the FEM results with experimental data which are achieved during simple tension and Erichsen tests. The simulation results have shown that the ductile damage model is a suitable criterion for prediction of fracture in St12 steel. In addition, notched samples tensile tests are suitable for calibration of Johnson-Cook equation for St12 steel.