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Formability analysis of tube-hydroforming process

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Chen F. K.

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tom Vol. 4, no 1

149-169

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A formability analysis for the tube-hydroforming process was investigated in the present study. The relationship between hydraulic pressure, outer corner radius of the deformed tube, the tube thickness and the tube yield stress was established based on a proposed theoretical model. Another theoretical model was also developed to calculate the die force generated in the tube-hydroforming process under frictionless condition. In order to validate the theoretical models developed, the two-dimensional finite element simulations were performed as well. The values predicted according to the proposed theoretical models are found to agree very well with those obtained from the finite element simulation results.

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Geometric verification of the validity of Finite Element Method analysis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Domagała Z. , Stępak H. , Drapikowski P. , Kociemba A. , Pyda M. , Karmelita-Katulska K. , Dzieciuchowicz Ł. , Oszkinis G.

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tom Vol. 38, no. 3

544--555

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The currently used criterion of maximum transverse diameter for the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm treatment has some limitations. Attempts to create individualized, therapeutic strategies are being conducted, including biomechanical assessment of rupture risk of an aneurysm based on the Finite Element Analysis of the geometric models. The usual approach is to use the results of the computed tomography imaging to build a three-dimensional model of the aneurysm. The FEA is then performed and the resulting stress is analysed to estimate the risk of rupture. Although such an approach brings significant improvements over the traditional maximum diameter method, it is difficult to ensure the validity of the assumptions made. This paper presents a method to evaluate the correctness of such an approach. The emergence of gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging allows registering aneurysm in both the systolic and diastolic phase of cardiac cycle. The corresponding geometric models are built and the results of the FEA applied to the diastolic model are compared with the actual deformation of the aneurysm observed in the patient's body. Thus, it is possible to verify whether the individualized diagnostic approach applied to a specific patient was correct. The geometry of the reference and the analysed models were compared using the Differential Surface Area Method. The average geometry error equals 1.65%. In the best case the error amounts to 1.04%, in the worst to 3.00%. The obtained results provide evidence that the Finite Element Analysis is a reliable method and can be potentially used for individualized diagnostics and treatment.

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Experimental characterization of the AA7075 aluminum alloy using hot shear compression test

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Bhujangrao T. , Veiga F. , Froustey C. , Guérard S. , Iriondo E. , Darnis P. , Mata F. G.

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tom Vol. 21, no. 2

95--111

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The experimental characterization of the material under shear loading is essential for researchers to study the plastic behavior of materials during manufacturing processes. Indeed, regardless of the loading mode, ductile materials mainly deform plastically under shear loading. Thus, for such material behavior analysis, shear tests are very useful. In this paper, a test procedure is defined to characterize the shear deformation of AA7075 aluminum alloy at high strain under compression loading. The Finite Element (FE) simulation is used to select the suitable specimen geometry for the testing. Finally, the experimental tests are carried out using a conventional compression device at a constant strain rate of 0.1 s−1 and at an elevated temperature of 20–500 °C. The results show that the drop in the flow stress curved relative to the increase in temperature exhibits the softening mechanism. The homogeneous behavior of the shear strain along the shear region was also observed and shown by the macro and micro images. The effect of temperature and equivalent strain on the evolution of the microstructure is discussed in detail. It is discovered that, various dynamic recrystallization mechanisms were recorded for aluminum alloy AA7075 depending on the imposed strain conditions.

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Effectiveness of the reverse bending and straightening tests in detecting laminations in wires for civil engineering applications

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Adewole K. K. , Bull S. J.

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tom Vol. 59, nr 4

423--439

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The reverse bending and straightening test is conducted on wires used for civil engineering applications to detect laminations which can pose a threat to the integrity of the wires. The FE simulations of the reverse bending and straightening of wires with laminations revealed that the reverse bending and straightening test is only effective in revealing or detecting near-surface laminations with lengths from 25mm located up to 30% of the wire’s thickness and may not be an effective test to detect mid-thickness, near-mid-thickness, and short near-surface laminations with lengths below 15mm. This is because wires with mid-thickness, near-mid-thickness and short nearsurface laminations will pass through the reverse bending and straightening procedures without fracturing and therefore mid-thickness, near-mid-thickness and short near-surface laminations may go undetected. Consequently, other in-line non destructive testing methods might have to be used to detect mid-thickness, near-mid-thickness and short near-surface laminations in the wires.

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Analysis Of The Extrusion Process Of A Square Tube Multi-Channel Heat Pipe

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Kim K. S. , Kim J. Y.

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2015

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tom Vol. 60, iss. 2B

1463--1466

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Heat pipes have been recently in use for cooling purposes in various fields, including electronic circuit boards and vehicle parts that generate large amounts of heat. In order to minimize the loss of heat transferred, there is a need to maximize the contact area of the working fluid. This study produced a square tube multi-channel heat pipe to replace the existing circular pipe type to maximize the internal surface area thereof. This expands the surface, allowing the working fluid to come into contact with a wider area and enhancing thermal radiation performance. A mold for the production for such a product was designed, and finite element simulation was performed to determine whether production is possible.

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Modelling the mechanical properties of multiphase steels

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Thomser C. , Prahl U. , Vegter H. , Bleck W.

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tom Vol. 7, No. 1

42-46

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Modelling the mechanical properties of multiphase steels Corinna Thomser*, Ulrich Prahl*, Henk Vegter**, Wolfgang Bleck* *Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen University, Germany **Corus RD&T, IJmuiden, Netherlands Due to economic, environmental and safety reasons the use of high strength steels for the automotive industry is increasing rapidly. For an optimal use of strength and formability of multiphase steels an accurate material model is required for forming simulations. At the moment the microstructure of multiphase steels, which is the most important factor influencing the strain hardening behaviour of multiphase steels, is not taken into account in FE simulations. In international projects like the ULSAB project, especially dual phase steels play an important role for the automotive industry. Their strain hardening behaviour is strongly influenced by the microstructure as is well known from several experimental investigations. Within this work an approach is presented which describes the microstructure evolution during intercritical annealing by thermodynamic calculations and predicts the strain hardening behaviour of dual phase steels by means of FE simulation of representative volume elements based on microstructural characterisations. After cold rolling, dual phase steels are intercritically annealed. The fractions and the carbon contents of austenite and ferrite depend on the annealing temperature and on the holding time. After a fast quenching, the austenite transforms to martensite, which yields a material of a soft ferrite matrix with strong martensite islands. For the determination of the phase fractions and the carbon partitioning between the two phases a DICTRA calculation was carried out, which considers thermodynamic and kinetic effects during intercritical annealing, thus taking into account that full equilibrium is not always reached. All other elements except of carbon are assumed to be uniformly distributed in both phases. The carbon content was used to calculate the strain hardening behaviour of ferrite and martensite based on dislocation theory models /1/-/2/ for different annealing temperatures. As well known from literature, the strain-hardening behaviour of martensite is mainly dependent on the carbon content, while for the prediction of the strain hardening behaviour of ferrite to the local chemical composition the grain size is needed additionally. A three-dimensional representative volume element is used to describe the interaction of ferrite and martensite in a dual phase steel during deformation in a FE simulation, done in Abaqus. The resulting strain hardening behaviour in simulation is in good agreement to the experimental determined strain hardening behaviour in tensile tests within the error range of the metallographical microstructural characterisation. Additionally to the strain hardening behaviour, the tensile strength and the uniform elongation can be determined in experiments and simulation by using the Considere criteria. References /1/ Rodriguez, R.; Gutierrez, I.: Proceeding of TMP ’04, B-Liege, 2004, p. 356-363 /2/ Rodriguez, R.; Gutierrez, I.: Materials Science Forum, Vols. 426-432, 2003, p. 4525-4530

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Z powodów ekonomicznych, środowiskowych oraz bezpieczeństwa gwałtownie wzrasta zapotrzebowanie na wytrzymałą stal dla przemysłu samochodowego. W celu otrzymania optymalnej kombinacji wytrzymałości i plastyczności dla wielofazowego, wymagany jest odpowiedni model materoiału, który następnie zostanie wykorzystany w symulacji. Obecnie mikrostruktura materiału wielofazowego nie jest brana pod uwagę, a w symulacjach procesów przeróbki plastycznej i elementów skończonych jest ona jednym z najważniejszych czynników wpływających na umocnienie materiału. Niniejsza praca przedstawia podejście opisujące rozwój mikrostruktury podczas etapu wyżarzania poprzez zastosowanie obliczeń modynamicznych oraz przewidujące efekt umacniania dwufazowej stali. Analizę prowadzono z zastosowaniem odpowiednich symulacji MES. Obliczone parametry wykorzystanezostaną w rzeczywistym procesie przeróbki.

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The effect of AZ31 alloy flow stress description on the accuracy of forward extrusion FE simulation results

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Cyganek Z. , Tkocz M.

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tom Vol. 57, iss. 1

199-204

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Hot compression tests of the AZ31 magnesium alloy, performed for wide ranges of temperature and strain rate, revealed two different flow curve types for the material investigated. At higher strain rates and lower temperatures, flow curves exhibit a distinct peak. At lower strain rates and higher temperatures, flow stress values change less rapidly. This makes it difficult to find a single function able to accurately describe the deformation behaviour of AZ31 alloy in the entire forming range. The present study discusses an effect of the AZ31 magnesium alloy flow stress description on the accuracy of extrusion force prediction by means of FE simulation. A number of forward extrusion trials were carried out in order to acquire experimental data on AZ31 alloy deformation behavior in various forming conditions. Cylindrical billets of 40 mm in diameter and the tooling were initially heated to temperatures in the range of 200 to 400°C and placed in the working space of the 1500 kN hydraulic press to produce extruded rods of 12 mm in diameter. Numerical models for conducting corresponding extrusion simulations were prepared in Forge 2009 software and the selected form of Hensel-Spittel function was applied for the material flow stress description. Function coefficients were calculated both for the entire forming range of AZ31 alloy as well as for the ranges of parameters specific to a certain extrusion trial conditions. The numerical results were compared to the experimental ones and the accuracy of both approaches were estimated. It was found that the selected flow stress function, determined for the wide ranges of temperature and strain rate, allows to achieves a tis factory accuracy of AZ31 alloy extrusion force prediction by FE simulations.

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Dwa różne rodzaje krzywych płynięcia uzyskano w próbach ściskania na gorąco stopu magnezu AZ31, prowadzonych dla szerokiego zakresu temperatury i prędkości odkształcenia. Dla wyższych prędkości odkształcenia i niższych temperatur krzywe płynięcia wykazują wyraźne maksimum naprężenia uplastyczniającego. Dla niższych prędkości odkształcenia i wyższych temperatur zmiany wartości naprężenia uplastyczniającego są mniej gwałtowne. Z tego względu trudno jest znaleźć jedną funkcję opisującą zależność naprężenia uplastyczniającego dla całego zakresu warunków odkształcania stopu magnezu AZ31. W artykule przedstawiono wpływ zastosowanej funkcji naprężenia uplastyczniającego stopu AZ31 na dokładność wyznaczania siły wyciskania poprzez symulacje MES. Przeprowadzono szereg prób wyciskania współbieżnego w celu uzyskania danych doświadczalnych charakteryzujących zachowanie się stopu AZ31 w różnych warunkach kształtowania. Próbki walcowe o średnicy 40mm wraz z przyrządem do wyciskania były nagrzewane do temperatury w zakresie od 200 do 400°C i umieszczane w przestrzeni roboczej pionowej prasy hydraulicznej o nacisku 1500kN. Następnie wyciskano z nich pręty o średnicy 12mm. Próby wyciskania zostały zamodelowane w programie FORGE2009, a do opisu zmian naprężenia uplastyczniającego badanego stopu w zależności od warunków odkształcania wykorzystano wybraną postać funkcji Hensla-Spittla. Współczynniki funkcji zostały obliczone zarówno dla całego zakresu kształtowania stopu AZ31, jak i dla warunków występujących podczas określonej próby wyciskania. Wyniki obliczeń porównano z badaniami eksperymentalnymi, co pozwoliło na ocenę poprawności wyników symulacji numerycznych. Z badań wynika, że wybrana funkcja naprężenia uplastyczniającego, która została opracowana dla szerokiego zakresu temperatury i prędkości odkształcenia, pozwala na poprawne wyznaczanie siły wyciskania stopu magnezu AZ31 za pomocą symulacji MES.

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Symulacja MES i optymalizacja prędkości gięcia w procesie kucia ciężkich, jednolitych wałów korbowych z ciągłym przebiegiem włókien metodą N-TR

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Zhang L. H. , Zhang Z. C. , Li S. Y. , Cui H. , Cui H. X.

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tom T. 17, nr 2

3-13

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Autorzy przedstawili metodę N-TR (nowa TR) będącą nowym procesem kucia ciężkich, jednolitych wałów korbowych z ciągłym przebiegiem włókien. W metodzie N-TR mechaniczne sprzężenie spęczania z równoczesnym wyginaniem, spowodowane działaniem mechanizmu kolanowego w metodzie TR, zostało zlikwidowane dzięki zastosowaniu siłownika powodującego niezależne wyginanie, co umożliwia optymalizację procesu kucia. Przeprowadzono optymalizację procesu kucia ciężkiego wału korbowego typu 601 metodą N-TR korzystając z symulacji MES w programie DEFORM-3D. Badano związek stopnia wypełnienia wykrojów narzędzi z prędkością wyginania. Stwierdzono, że niższa prędkość wyginania na początku procesu i wyższa prędkość wyginania na końcu procesu sprzyjają wypełnieniu wykrojów. Uzyskano optymalne wypełnienie wykrojów narzędzi dla technicznie realnych prędkości wyginania.

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N-TR (new TR) is a new continuous grain flow forging process for solid heavy crankshafts forming proposed by the authors. In N-TR process, the mechanical coupling of upsetting and bending action via the toggle mechanism in TR process is decoupled by an independent additional cylinder to provide bending action, which provides the feasibility of process optimization. In this paper, a heavy crankshaft modeled 601 was selected as a case study to optimize the N-TR process with FE simulation in DEFORM-3D. Relationship of die filling versus bending speed-stroke parameters was set up from the simulations, which shows that lower bending speed in the beginning stage and higher speed in the ending stage benefit die filling. Optimum die filling and engineering feasible speed-stroke parameters was acquired.