DETROIT, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Automotive Engineers
International (SAE) announced Todd Link and Jeff Grimm, employees at the U. S.
Steel Research and Technology Center in Monroeville, PA, as the recipients of
the 2005 SAE International/American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Sydney H.
Melbourne Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Automotive Sheet Steel.
Link and Grimm received the award for co-authoring a paper presented at
the 2005 SAE World Congress titled, "Axial Crash Testing of Advanced High
Strength Steel Tubes" (SAE paper No. 2005-01-0836).
The authors, using a drop tower test and a cylindrical tube specimen,
evaluated the axial crash performance of five conventional steels and seven
advanced high strength steels. Both dual phase and transformation-induced
plasticity steels with tensile strengths of 600 MPa and 800 MPa were tested,
as were the effects of tensile strength and sheet thickness on crash
performance.
The results show that substituting higher strength steels of the same
thickness can reduce crash deformation, or existing crashworthiness can be
maintained and weight reduction achieved by substituting higher strength
steels with reduced thickness.
Ronald Krupitzer, vice president, automotive applications, AISI, noted,
"Todd Link and Jeff Grimm are furthering the knowledge base of the automotive
industry by providing data related to crash safety utilizing steel, the
material of choice by the automotive community.
"Through this lab experiment on crash testing, the steel industry is able
to demonstrate that steel can absorb enormous energy in simulated crash and
still contribute to mass reduction."
Don Pether, president and CEO of Dofasco Inc., augmented Krupitzer's
remarks. "Sydney Melbourne promoted the advancement of steel applications
through improvement in automobile production with steel. This award encourages
engineers in our industry to reach beyond current standards to achieve steel
technological advancements that benefit the automotive industry, the steel
industry and the consumer. The research of Todd Link and Jeff Grimm is a
timely contributor to our knowledge base as the demand for automotive safety
increases."
The authors will be honored at 5:00 p.m. today during the SAE Awards
Ceremony at the Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.
About the authors:
Todd Link is a Senior Research Engineer with U. S. Steel, since 1998,
focusing on automotive product applications. In 2002, he received the Sydney
H. Melbourne Award and the AISI Medal for his papers on fatigue performance,
crash behavior, and formability of advanced high-strength steels. He holds a
bachelor's and master's degree from Pennsylvania State University.
Jeff Grimm is a Senior Technician with U. S. Steel, since 2002, and
focuses on product technology in sheet products including static testing,
dynamic testing, and fracture mechanics. He holds two associate degrees in
metrology and electrical engineering technology from Butler County Community
College.
About SAE:
SAE is a nonprofit engineering and scientific organization dedicated to
the advancement of mobility technology to better serve humanity. Nearly 84,000
engineers and scientists who are SAE members develop technical information on
all forms of self-propelled vehicles, including automobiles, aircrafts,
aerospace crafts, trucks, buses, marine, rail and transit machinery. This
information is disseminated through SAE meetings, books, electronic products
and databases, technical papers, standards, reports and professional
development programs.
About AISI:
AISI established this award through the SAE Foundation to honor the memory
and accomplishments of the late Sydney H. Melbourne. Melbourne, who was
director of market development and product applications with Dofasco Inc., was
actively involved in enhancing relationships between the steel and automotive
industries and participated in the formation of the Auto/Steel Partnership.
During his distinguished career, Melbourne served as director of DNN
Galvanizing Corporation, chairman of the board at Forming Technologies, Inc.,
and as a past president of the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute
of Mining. He was a member of the Zinc Aluminum Coaters Association and the
International Iron and Steel Institute.
Melbourne also actively participated on numerous committees within the
AISI Automotive Applications Committee, the Auto/Steel Partnership and the
UltraLight Steel Auto Body project.
AISI serves as the voice of the North American steel industry in the
public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the
preferred material of choice. AISI also plays a lead role in the development
and application of new steels and steelmaking technology. AISI is comprised of
33 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers,
and 118 associate and affiliate members who are suppliers to our customers of
the steel industry. AISI's member companies represent approximately 75 percent
of both U.S. and North American steel capacity.
The Automotive Applications Committee (AAC) is a subcommittee of the
Market Development Committee of AISI and focuses on advancing the use of steel
in the highly competitive automotive market. With offices and staff located in
Detroit, cooperation between the automobile and steel industries has been key
to its success. This industry cooperation resulted in the formation of the
Auto/Steel Partnership, a consortium of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford
Motor Company and General Motors Corporation and the member companies of the
AAC. For more news or information, visit http://www.autosteel.org .
American Iron and Steel Institute/Automotive Applications Committee:
AK Steel Corporation
Dofasco Inc.
Mittal Steel USA
Nucor Corporation
Severstal North America Inc.
Stelco Inc.
United States Steel Corporation
SOURCE American Iron and Steel Institute
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.autosteel.org
CONTACT:
Ron Krupitzer, +1-248-945-4761,
krupitzerr@autosteel.org , or Deanna Lorincz, +1-248-945-4763,
lorinczd@autosteel.org , both of American Iron and Steel
Institute
|
