Wagner, MarkusMarkusWagnerJahn, AxelAxelJahnBeyer, EckhardEckhardBeyerBalzani, DanielDanielBalzani2022-03-132022-03-132018https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/40099910.1063/1.50350232-s2.0-85047347370Future trends in designing lightweight components especially for automotive applications increasingly require complex and delicate structures with highest possible level of capacity [1]. The manufacturing of metallic car body components is primarily realized by deep or stretch drawing. The forming process of especially cold rolled and large-sized components is typically characterized by inhomogeneous stress and strain distributions. As a result, the avoidance of undesirable deep drawing effects like earing and local necking is among the greatest challenges in forming complex car body structures [2]. Hence, a novel local laser-treatment approach with the objective of customizing the forming behavior of car body steel sheets is currently explored.en621671conference paper