Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions

Titanium nitride (TiN) coated steel sheets are widely utilized across various industries, offering tailored solutions for diverse applications. Manufacturers appreciate its adaptability and precision, utilizing it to create intricate components for electronics, packaging, and specialized industrial...

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Main Authors: Perzynski Konrad, Madej Lukasz
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Published: EDP Sciences 2025-01-01
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description Titanium nitride (TiN) coated steel sheets are widely utilized across various industries, offering tailored solutions for diverse applications. Manufacturers appreciate its adaptability and precision, utilizing it to create intricate components for electronics, packaging, and specialized industrial equipment. In construction and design, TiN coated sheet enables crafting detailed architectural elements and custom fixtures, providing strength and corrosion resistance. One of the methods used for the production of such coated films is the PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) process. However, electron and scanning electron microscopy analysis reveals the frequent occurrence of a complex columnar nanostructure of the deposited TiN film resulting from the specific nature of the PVD process. The morphology of such nanostructure is one of the main reasons for uncontrolled delamination and fracture observed in films during, e.g., stamping processes. Accurate investigation of film behavior during forming and exploitation conditions requires a series of very sophisticated laboratory experiments, which are time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, in this work, a new approach to the numerical analysis of the crack evolution of deposited films based on the digital material representation concept is proposed. A series of microstamping simulations were carried out as a case study to evaluate the model capabilities. The study proved that the model based on digital material representation can be used for reliable predictions of the local material behaviour of sheets with deposited complex films.
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spelling doaj-art-078532cd3fed4b9cbdedd07bd48859392025-08-20T03:08:48ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2025-01-014080200610.1051/matecconf/202540802006matecconf_iddrg2025_02006Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditionsPerzynski Konrad0Madej Lukasz1Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University of KrakowFaculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University of KrakowTitanium nitride (TiN) coated steel sheets are widely utilized across various industries, offering tailored solutions for diverse applications. Manufacturers appreciate its adaptability and precision, utilizing it to create intricate components for electronics, packaging, and specialized industrial equipment. In construction and design, TiN coated sheet enables crafting detailed architectural elements and custom fixtures, providing strength and corrosion resistance. One of the methods used for the production of such coated films is the PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) process. However, electron and scanning electron microscopy analysis reveals the frequent occurrence of a complex columnar nanostructure of the deposited TiN film resulting from the specific nature of the PVD process. The morphology of such nanostructure is one of the main reasons for uncontrolled delamination and fracture observed in films during, e.g., stamping processes. Accurate investigation of film behavior during forming and exploitation conditions requires a series of very sophisticated laboratory experiments, which are time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, in this work, a new approach to the numerical analysis of the crack evolution of deposited films based on the digital material representation concept is proposed. A series of microstamping simulations were carried out as a case study to evaluate the model capabilities. The study proved that the model based on digital material representation can be used for reliable predictions of the local material behaviour of sheets with deposited complex films.https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2025/02/matecconf_iddrg2025_02006.pdftitanium nitride (tin) coated sheetfinite element modelingstampingphysical vapour deposition
spellingShingle Perzynski Konrad
Madej Lukasz
Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions
MATEC Web of Conferences
titanium nitride (tin) coated sheet
finite element modeling
stamping
physical vapour deposition
title Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions
title_full Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions
title_fullStr Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions
title_full_unstemmed Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions
title_short Numerical analysis of crack evolution in PVD-deposited TiN-coated steel sheets under loading conditions
title_sort numerical analysis of crack evolution in pvd deposited tin coated steel sheets under loading conditions
topic titanium nitride (tin) coated sheet
finite element modeling
stamping
physical vapour deposition
url https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2025/02/matecconf_iddrg2025_02006.pdf
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