Abstract: In an automobile hood, sufficient panel rigidity and dent resistance of a panel are secured while achieving weight reduction. An automobile hood having panel, reinforcing member and joint that joins the panel and the reinforcing member such that the reinforcing member includes a structure formed from a plurality of units having hexagonal annular shape disposed in a close-packed arrangement. Floor of the unit has an annular end part. All of annular end part is located between first circle and second circle wherein first circle is inscribed within a first ridge line overlapping with an outer end part of the floor. Second circle is concentric with first circle and has a radius that is 60% of a radius of the first circle. Width of upper face of floor is 2 mm or more over the entire area of the annular end part in the circumferential direction of the annular end part.

Abstract: A reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel improving performance in absorbing an impact load, the reinforcing structure of an automobile exterior panel comprising an outer panel 110 of a sheet shape, a reinforcing member 120 arranged at a vehicle inner side from the outer panel 110, an inner panel 135 of a sheet shape arranged at a vehicle inner side from the reinforcing member 120, and a support member 140 provided at a vehicle outer side from the inner panel 135 and supporting the reinforcing member 120 from a vehicle inner side, the support member 140 comprised of tube-shaped member having axial centers directed from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side.

Abstract: Provided is a surface treated steel sheet which includes a base metal, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein an average composition of the plated layer contains, in mass %, Mg: 0.5 to 2.0%, and [60.0?Zn+Al?98.0], [0.4?Zn/Al?1.5], and [Zn/Al×Mg?1.6] are satisfied.

Abstract: A hot-stamping formed body includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a plating layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer having an adhesion amount of 10 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 and a Ni content of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, and containing a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities. The hot-stamping formed body includes, in a surface layer region of the steel sheet, an average grain size of prior austenite grains to 10.0 ?m or less, a Ni concentration per unit area at grain boundaries having an average crystal orientation difference of 15° or more is 1.5 mass %/?m2 or more.

Abstract: In a base sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention, an amount of surface oxygen x per one surface of the base sheet and a value y of a peak (?R/R0 @1250 cm?1) of SiO2 on the surface of the base sheet obtained by infrared reflection spectroscopy satisfy y?1500x2.5 and y?0.24. A method of manufacturing the base sheet for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of the present invention includes: adjusting the amount of surface oxygen per one surface of a final-annealed grain-oriented silicon steel sheet to more than 0.01 g/m2 and 0.05 g/m2 or less, or more than 0.05 g/m2 and 0.10 g/m2 or less; and performing thermal oxidation annealing in an atmosphere in which an oxidation potential represented by a ratio PH2O/PH2 of water vapor pressure to hydrogen pressure is 0.0081 or less in a case where the amount of surface oxygen is more than 0.01 g/m2 and 0.05 g/m2 or less, or in an atmosphere in which the oxidation potential is 0.

Abstract: An automobile underbody structure includes: a plurality of first frame parts; a second frame part; and an impact absorbing member, wherein: the second frame part has a first wall portion and a second wall; the impact absorbing member includes a first beam portion, a second beam portion, and a corrugated plate portion; the corrugated plate portion includes a first diagonal portion, a second diagonal portion, a first top portion, and a second top portion; and the corrugated plate portion is provided in at least respective regions, in the second frame part, to which the two adjacent first frame parts are connected.

Abstract: A method for producing a chemically treated alloy material is provided that suppresses a decrease in chemical treatability even in a case where chemical treatment is repeatedly performed. The method for producing a chemically treated alloy material of the present disclosure includes a chemical treatment step and a treatment solution regeneration step. In the chemical treatment step, an alloy material (6) is immersed in an oxalate treatment solution (4) containing oxalate ions and fluorine ions to perform a chemical treatment. In the treatment solution regeneration step, light is radiated to the oxalate treatment solution (4) during the chemical treatment and/or the oxalate treatment solution (4) after the chemical treatment.

Abstract: A hot stamped component, includes: a base material; and a Zn-based plating layer provided in contact with the base material as an upper layer of the base material and containing Zn and Ni. A region of the Zn-based plating layer on a base material side is a Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni, and two or more twins exist in 10 crystal grains of the Fe—Zn solid solution containing Ni adjacent to an interface between the base material and the Zn-based plating layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a core sheet. The core sheet has an annular core back portion and a plurality of tooth portions extending from the core back portion toward a radial center thereof. The method includes a blanking step, a rolling step and a removing step. In the removing step, an insulation coating, which is on a region of a grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet for forming a band-shaped core back portion, on a band-shaped core back portion of a sheet piece or on the core back portion of the core sheet, is at least partially removed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a press-formed product includes: capturing the amount of warp in a sheet to be pressed separately for each sheet; and using a die 6, a punch 7, and a movable mold part to press-form the sheet into a press-formed product. During press-forming, the initial position of the movable mold part 9 relative to the die 6 or punch 7 is controlled depending on the amount of warp in the sheet.

Abstract: A thin steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying 0.0001?[Sn]+0.3[Cu]+0.1[Cr]?0.2000 ([Sn], [Cu], and [Cr] respectively being the contents (mass %) of Sn, Cu, and Cr), having an oxide film of a thickness of 50 nm or less on the surface, and satisfying A/C<0.30 and B/C<3.0 when measuring the oxide film by the FT-IR reflectance method (A is an area of a peak derived from SiO2, B is an area of a peak derived from MnSiO3, and C is an area of a peak derived from Mn2 SiO4).

Abstract: This titanium alloy sheet contains predetermined chemical components, an area ratio of an ?-phase is 80% or more, an area ratio of the ?-phase having an equivalent circle diameter of 1 ?m or more is more than 53%, and in a (0001) pole figure in a sheet thickness direction, an angle formed between the sheet thickness direction and a direction indicating a peak of intensity calculated by texture analysis in a case in which a series rank is 16 and the Gaussian half width is 5° for an inverse pole figure using a spherical harmonics method of an electron backscatter diffraction method is 65° or less, and the average sheet thickness is 2.5 mm or less.

Abstract: A high-Ni alloy having excellent weld-hot-cracking resistance includes, in mass %, Cr: 16-30%, Ni: 18-50%, Al: 0.01-1.0%, and Ti: 0.01-1.5%. In a first aspect of the invention, a relationship between number density of TiC precipitates having 1.0 ?m or more of equivalent circle diameter and Mg content in steel satisfies formula (1) below. In a second aspect of the invention, S average concentration in oxide- and sulfide-inclusions is 0.70 mass % or more. In a third aspect of the invention, mass ratios of CaO, MgO, and Al2O3 in inclusions, where O or S is detected, satisfy formula (2), the mass ratios being respectively calculated from average concentrations of Ca, Mg and Al in the inclusions, (1) number density of TiC (number of pieces/mm2)?463?9.5×Mg concentration in steel (mass ppm) and (2) [CaO?0.6×MgO] (mass %)/[CaO+MgO+Al2O3] (mass %)?0.20.

Abstract: A rolling mill of four-high or more is provided that includes: measurement apparatuses that adopt any one roll as a reference roll, and measure at least rolling direction forces acting on roll chocks on a work side and roll chocks on a drive side of each roll other than a backup roll; pressing apparatuses that press the roll chocks in the rolling direction; driving apparatuses that move the roll chocks in the rolling direction; and a position control unit that fixes a rolling direction position of the roll chocks of the reference roll as a reference position, and drives the driving apparatuses to control the positions in the rolling direction of the roll chocks based on a rolling direction force difference so that the rolling direction force difference of each roll is a value within an allowable range.

Abstract: A non oriented electrical steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less of Si, wherein a sheet thickness is 0.10 mm or more and 0.35 mm or less, an average grain size is 30 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, an X1 value defined by X1=(2×B50L+B50C)/(3×IS) is less than 0.845, an E1 value defined by E1=EL/EC is 0.930 or more, and an iron loss W10/1k is 80 W/kg or less.

Abstract: This steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, and includes, as a metallographic structure, ferrite, bainite, and pearlite in a total volume percentage of 0% or more and 50% or less, residual austenite in a volume percentage of 3% or more and 20% or less, and a remainder of fresh martensite and tempered martensite, in which residual austenite having an aspect ratio of 3.0 or more occupies 80% or more of a total residual austenite by area ratio, the steel sheet includes an internal oxide layer having a thickness of 4.0 ?m or more from a surface of the steel sheet and a decarburized layer having a thickness of 10 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less from the surface of the steel sheet, and an amount of diffusible hydrogen included in the steel sheet is 1.00 ppm or less on a mass basis.

Abstract: A steel sheet for hot stamping includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %: C: 0.060% to 0.120%; Si: 0% to 0.70%; Mn: 1.60% to 3.00%; P: 0.100% or less; S: 0.0100% or less; N: 0.0100% or less; Al: 0.001% to 0.100%; Ti: 0.005% to 0.050%; and B: 0.0005% to 0.0100%. If necessary, the chemical composition contains one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, V, W, Ni, Cu, Mo, Sn, Ca, Mg, and REM and a remainder of Fe and impurities, A microstructure includes 70% or more of upper bainite by area ratio, and a number density of iron carbides having a major axis of 0.01 ?m or more included in the upper bainite is equal to or greater than 4/?m2.

Abstract: When joining end faces of a plurality of soft magnetic sheets which are superposed in the sheet thickness direction and which are bent at parts forming corner areas of a core, offset of positions of the end faces from the desired positions is suppressed. In a region of a window part comprised of a region inside of a first part 110 and second part 120, a third part 130 with a length in a longitudinal direction (X-axial direction) the same as a length in the X-axial direction of the window part at the position where the third part 130 is arranged is arranged so as to contact the region of the inner circumferential surface between the first corner area 101 and third corner area 103.

Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base metal having a predetermined chemical composition satisfying the expression [Si+0.5×Mn?4.3], and an average grain size of the base metal is more than 40 ?m and 120 ?m or less.

Abstract: A steel sheet includes a predetermined composition satisfying Expression (1), in which the microstructure at the ¼ thickness position from the surface in the sheet thickness direction includes, by vol %, ferrite: 95% or more and a remainder of the microstructure: 5% or less, has a proportion of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite of 5% or less, and a half width w and an X-ray wavelength ? at a peak of (200) plane of the ferrite satisfy Expression (2). 0.80?{(Ti/48?N/14)+Nb/93}/(C/12)?5.00??(1) w×??0.