Abstract:
A method for specifying stretch flange limit strain includes specifying stretch flange limit strain so as to satisfy a relation in the following formula by using: strain gradient in an inward direction directed from an end portion of a metal sheet at a time a press load is applied; and strain gradient in a sheet thickness direction of the metal sheet intersecting the loading direction: εθlim=A[a·Δεθ/Δr+b·Δεθ/Δt]+c where εθlim represents the stretch flange limit strain (tangential direction of the sheet edge), Δεθ/Δr represents the strain gradient in the inward direction, Δεθ/Δt represents the strain gradient in the sheet thickness direction, A, a, and b represent influence coefficients, and c represents the limit strain at a time the strain gradient is zero.