Welcome to AHSSInsights.org, the leading online resource for technical information on the forming, joining and metallurgy of Advanced High-Strength Steels for automotive applications.
This site features a searchable database, enabling easy access to critical information on the key benefits of automotive high strength steels and how they can be deployed for manufacture. The content is made publicly available by WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association.
Roll Forming
Roll FormingCase Study: How Steel Properties Influence the Roll Forming ProcessCoil Shape Imperfections Influencing Roll FormingRoll Stamping Roll Forming Roll Forming takes a flat sheet or...
High Strain Rate Testing
Dynamic tensile testing of sheet steels is becoming more important due to the need for more optimized vehicle crashworthiness analysis in the automotive industry. Positive strain rate sensitivity...
Benefits of Tailored Products in Automotive Body Construction
Key materials characteristics for formed parts include strength, thickness, and corrosion protection. Tailored products provide opportunities to place these attributes where they are most needed for...
More Reveals of the Steel E-Motive Autonomous Vehicle Demonstration
WorldAutoSteel has a 30-year legacy of steel demonstration all the way back to the Ultra-Light Steel Auto Body (ULSAB), whose engineering report is still being downloaded from our worldautosteel.org...
Steel E-Motive Closures: Balancing openness and accessibility to create a safe & strong autonomous vehicle
We at WorldAutoSteel, side-by-side with our engineering partner Ricardo, are rounding the corner on two years in the design process for the Steel E-Motive's SEM1 and SEM2 autonomous, electric,...
Designing For Vehicle Crash Requirements that Don’t Yet Exist
Since June 2020, we've been working with our engineering partners, Ricardo, on Steel E-Motive, a vehicle engineering program which is developing virtual concepts for two fully autonomous and...