WING

The new research program WING (Innovation of Material for Industry and Society) was published in 2004. Therein the classical material research with the basic discipline chemistry and the nanotechnology is integrated for the first time.

Aim of the project is the speedup of development and the roll-out of innovative multi-phase steel in the automotive area. A method to continuously simulated the whole process chain is developed therefore, based on already existing simulation technology and software. A focus is therefore put on the integration of these methods. The approach targets an integral material modeling, especially considering micro-structural aspects and the location- and process-depending development of the material behavior. The cooperation of basic researchers up to automotive manufacturers guarantees a purposeful procedure of describing complex multi-phase steels accurate, improves the robustness and accuracy of simulation forecasts of components considerably and supports the investment in different kinds of new steels in the automotive industry.