Method of identification of cause and/or location of cause of occurrence of springback

1. A method of identification of a location of a cause of occurrence of springback, said method comprising:

numerically analyzing, by a computer, forming conditions of press forming to obtain forming data of a press formed part;

dividing the press formed part into a plurality of regions based on a curvature and/or angle of the forming data of the press formed part, the curvature and/or angle providing a ridgeline as a boundary of the region;

calculating a physical property value and physical property quantity of the plurality of regions after springback based on the forming data of said press formed part;

specifying a region among the plurality of regions where at least one of said physical property value and physical property quantity data is larger than a predetermined value;

numerically processing said at least one of a physical property value and physical property quantity data of said specified region;

calculating a springback value after springback based on the results of said processing; and

determining said specified region as a location of a cause of occurrence of the springback when the calculated springback value is equal to or under an allowable value.

2. The method of identification of a location of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said processing step processes at least one of a physical property value and physical property quantity data of a region when there is a region where a difference of at least one of a physical property value and physical property quantity data of a press formed part before and after springback is larger than a predetermined value.

3. The method of identification of a location of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said physical property value and physical property quantity are a sheet thickness, modulus of elasticity, modulus of plasticity, stress component values, and strain component values.

4. A method of identification of a location of a cause of occurrence of springback, said method comprising:

numerically analyzing, by a computer, first forming conditions of press forming to obtain first forming data of a press formed part;

numerically analyzing second forming conditions differing in at least one of said first forming conditions to calculate second forming data;

dividing the press formed part into a plurality of regions based on a curvature and/or angle of the forming data of the press formed part, the curvature and/or angle providing a ridgeline as a boundary of the region;

specifying a region where a difference of at least one of a physical property value and physical property quantity for the plurality of regions in said first and second forming data is larger than a predetermined value;

numerically processing said at least one of the physical property value and physical property quantity data of said specified region;

calculating a springback value based on the results of said processing; and

determining said specified region as a location of a cause of occurrence of the springback when then calculated springback value is equal to or under an allowable value.

5. The method of identification of a location of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 4 , wherein said forming conditions are a form and properties of steel sheet, tooling form, and press conditions.

6. The method of identification of a location of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 4 , wherein said physical property value and physical property quantity are a sheet thickness, modulus of elasticity, modulus of plasticity, stress component values, and strain component values.

7. A method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback comprising:

numerically analyzing, by a computer, forming conditions of press forming to obtain forming data of a press formed part;

dividing the press formed part into a plurality of regions based on a curvature and/or angle of the forming data of the press formed part, the curvature and/or angle providing a ridgeline as a boundary of the region;

specifying at least one of the regions of the press formed part as a region for numerically processing;

numerically processing at least one of a physical property value and physical property quantity data of said specified region; and

calculating, by the computer, a springback value based on results of the numerical processing;

wherein the numerically processing and the calculating are repeated while changing at least one of the regions, a physical property value, and physical property quantity, and when the calculated springback value is the smallest or the difference between the calculated springback value and a springback value calculated while not performing the numerically processing is the largest, the numerically processed physical property value and physical property quantity of the specified region is specified as a cause of occurrence of the springback.

8. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the physical data are a sheet thickness, modulus of elasticity, modulus of plasticity, stress component values, and strain component values.

9. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the numerically processing simultaneously processes a plurality of regions.

10. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the dividing, the determining, the numerically processing and the calculating are repeated so that a region where the calculated springback value is the smallest is subdivided until the size of a subdivided region becomes a predetermined value or less.

11. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the region includes one or more elements or calculation unit sections.

12. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the region includes one or more integration points.

13. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the dividing divides the press formed part into a plurality of regions based on a curvature and/or angle of the forming data of the press formed part.

14. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the numerically processing numerically processes the physical data of integration points of the determined region where the curvature and/or angle is relatively large.

15. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 7 , further comprising:

displaying the calculated springback value for each region.

16. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 15 , wherein the displaying displays the calculated springback value by a contour diagram.

17. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 15 , wherein the displaying displays a value of the calculated springback value divided by the area of each region.

18. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 15 , wherein the displaying displays a value of the calculated springback value divided by one of a representative length, representative width, representative height, representative sheet thickness, and tensile strength of the press formed part.

19. The method of identification of a cause of occurrence of springback as set forth in claim 15 , wherein the displaying displays a value of the calculated springback value divided by a punch speed or blank holding force.