Steels for the automotive industry

The subject of this thesis is research of usage of modern steel in the automotive industry. Because car bodies are subjected to strict requirements, multiple steel grades are used in their construction. Steel provides suitable properties such as good weldability, formability, and high strength. It has its disadvantages as well, and because of that, other materials has started to be used. This thesis contains a general overview about steel, the theory of usage of steel in the automotive industry and information about specific steels used and their properties. Particularly they are HSLA steels, low carbon steels, dual phase steels and TRIP steels. Nowadays in the automotive industry, steels are the main material used and it isn’t unreasonable to think that it will stay that way in the future