Formabilities of steel/aluminium alloy laminated composite sheets

The tensile properties and press formabilities of laminates experimentally produced from mild steel and various aluminium alloy sheets are examined. The tensile properties of the laminates are approximately predictable by the mixture rule of the properties of the individual sheets. The forming limits in deep drawing, as well as stretch forming due to various types of fractures of the laminated composite sheets, cannot be predicted without considering the stress and strain histories of the individual sheets during forming. Furthermore, it is found that the drawability, as well as the stretch formability, is improved by setting the mild steel sheet on the punch side for the case of aluminium alloy sheet with comparatively high ductility, and by sandwiching the aluminium alloy sheet with the mild steel sheets for the case of low ductility.     

SPIF of Cu/Steel Clad Sheet: Annealing Effect on Bond Force and Formability

Clad sheet metals offer a better combination of different properties than a monolithic sheet does. In the present study, the formability of a cold bonded Cu/Steel clad sheet was investigated in single point incremental forming (SPIF). In order to relieve deformation stresses, the sheet was annealed over a range of temperature and time. It was found that the sheet ductility increases as the annealing temperature increases, and as a result the formability increases. On the other hand, the bond force at the interface of constituent sheets was observed to decrease with the increasing of temperature. Moreover, the annealing time was found to have no significant effect both on the formability and bond force. Therefore, performing annealing for low times can satisfactorily serve the purpose. The most appropriate annealing temperature for maximizing the formability was 700°C, because higher temperature was noticed to cause severe delamination of Cu layer, thus deteriorating the clad sheet. As a promising aspect of the study, there was no delamination of laminates during forming till the maximum achievable angle. The correlations presented herein study can act as guideline for the users. This study is the first report of its nature.     

Formation of ultrafine-grained microstructure in HSLA steel profiles by linear flow splitting

Linear flow splitting is a new cold forming process for the production of branched sheet metal structures in integral style. It induces extremely high deformation degrees without formation of cracks in the split sheets due to hydrostatic compressive stresses. Investigations on a HSLA steel (ZStE 500) show the formation and fragmentation of a dislocation cell structure in the severely deformed regions of the steel sheet. This results in ultrafine-grained microstructures and improved mechanical properties, similar to SPD processes as Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) or High Pressure Torsion (HPT). EBSD measurements reveal a gradient in grain size with an increase in direction perpendicular to the surface, whereas micro hardness decreases in the same direction. Based on these results, basic principles of linear flow splitting and its expected potential are discussed.     

Investigation of Surface Damage in Forming of High Strength and Galvanized Steel Sheets

Powdering/exfoliating of coatings and scratching are the main forms of surface damage in the forming of galvanized steels and high strength steels (HSS), which result in increased die maintenance cost and scrap rate.In this study, a special rectangular box was developed to investigate the behavior and characteristics of surface damage in sheet metal forming (SMF) processes.U-channel forming tests were conducted to study the effect of tool hardness on surface damage in the forming of high strength steels and galvanized steels (hot-dip galvanized and galvannealed steels).Experimental results indicate that sheet deformation mode influences the severity of surface damage in SMF and surface damage occurs easily at the regions where sheet specimen deforms under the action of compressive stress.Die corner is the position where surface damage initiates.For HSS sheet, surface damage is of major interest due to high forming pressure.The HSS and hot-dip galvanized steels show improved ability of damage-resistance with increased hardness of the forming tool.However, for galvannealed steel it is not the forming tool with the highest hardness value that performs best.     

Microstructure and texture evolution during incremental sheet forming of AA1050 alloy

In incremental sheet forming higher limiting strain can be achieved compared to the conventional sheet metal forming process, which results in increased formability. The higher level of strain may be accompanied by non-uniform thinning. Thus, the different sections in a component may undergo different levels of deformation. In the present work a truncated cone of AA1050 H14 alloy was formed using the incremental sheetmetal forming (ISF) technique. The deformation mechanism during ISF was studied by investigating the microstructural and texture evolution in the truncated cone along the thickness of the cone wall. High resolution electron backscatter diffraction was performed at different sections of the formed truncated cone. The results show the formation of subgrains in different sections of the cone. At higher strains, grains become thin and elongated which results in grain fragmentation and formation of small grains. These small grains undergo complete recovery process and new grain boundaries (low and high angle) are formed within the thin elongated grains. Further, the evolution of shear texture shows the evidence of shear mode of deformation during incremental sheet forming. Thus, the presence of through thickness shear could be used for understanding the higher forming limit in the ISF process.

     

树脂复合减振钢板U型弯曲回弹实验与数值模拟研究

通过带法兰边的U型弯曲成形实验研究,考察了树脂复合减振钢板在不同压边力下的回弹特性.实验结果表明:压边力对树脂复合减振钢板回弹特性影响显著.较大的压边力有利于减小回弹缺陷.其次,考虑树脂层的粘弹性特性,采用非线性粘弹性模型来描述树脂层的力学变形行为,并采用Cohesive单元和固体壳单元分别对树脂层和表层钢板进行离散,进行了树脂复合减振钢板在不同压边力下的U型弯曲有限元数值模拟研究.和实验结果比较表明,所建立的有限元模型能够较好的模拟U型弯曲成形过程.最后,基于建立的有限元模型,考查了成形速度,树脂层厚度和表层钢板初始屈服应力对回弹的影响.参数分析结果表明:这三个参数对回弹角的影响显著.该研究对树脂复合减振钢板冲压工艺设计具有一定的指导意义.     

金属板材数控渐进成形工艺的研究进展

为了总结过去十几年国内外学者对板材数控渐进成形工艺技术的研究进展,对渐进成形工艺成形机理方面的研究成果进行了综述,分析了其材料变形的特点;全面概述了近年来国内外学者有关成形工艺参数对成形极限、成形精度、表面质量及能耗和效率的影响方面的研究成果,并介绍了国内外金属板材渐进成形装备的研究进展,最后对新兴的板材渐进成形工艺进行了总结概括。现有研究表明,成形件几何精度、表面质量和成形效率等方面的不足仍然是制约该技术广泛工业化应用的关键问题,同时渐进成形件的形性协同控制机理也亟待研究。     

Improving geometrical accuracy for flanging by incremental sheet metal forming

Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) is a manufacturing technology for individualized and small batch production. Among the opportunities this technology provides there is the possibility of a short ramp-up time and to cover the whole production chain of sheet metal parts by using a single reconfigurable machine set-up. Since recent developments proved that manufacturing of industrial parts is feasible, finishing operations such as flanging and trimming gain importance, which are an integral part of manufacturing process chains of many sheet metal parts. This paper analyses the technological capabilities of performing flanging operations by ISF. Due to the localized forming zone and the absence of surrounding clamping devices, ISF exhibits a different material flow than conventional flanging processes. In this paper, the influence of the tool path characteristics, the flange length as well as the flange radius is analysed in order to establish a process window and to compare it to the process limits of conventional flanging operations. Since geometrical deviations occur when flanging operations are performed by ISF, a new adaptive blank holder is developed, which acts in the vicinity of the forming tool and reduces unwanted deformation outside the primary forming zone. The experimental results show the benefits of the adaptive blank holder with respect to geometric accuracy. The established process window and the adaptive blank holder hence contribute to the applicability of incremental flanging operations, such that ISF can be used for all forming and flanging operations along the process chain.     

Titanium based cranial reconstruction using incremental sheet forming

In this paper, we report recent work in cranial plate manufacturing using incremental sheet forming (ISF) process. With a typical cranial shape, the ISF process was used to manufacture the titanium cranial shape by using different ISF tooling solutions with and without backing plates. Detailed evaluation of the ISF process including material deformation and thinning, geometric accuracy and surface finish was conducted by using a combination of experimental testing and Finite Element (FE) simulation. The results show that satisfactory cranial shape can be achieved with sufficient accuracy and surface finish by using a feature based tool path generation method and new ISF tooling design. The results also demonstrate that the ISF based cranial reconstruction has the potential to achieve considerable lead time reduction as compared to conventional methods for cranial plate manufacturing. This outcome indicates that there is a potential for the ISF process to achieve technological advances and economic benefits as well as improvement to quality of life.     

玻璃纤维-不锈钢网混杂增强环氧树脂层合板对球形弹斜冲击响应特性实验研究

为了研究玻璃纤维-不锈钢网混杂增强环氧树脂层合板在球形弹高速斜冲击下的损伤特性,利用一级气炮对2 mm厚度的玻璃纤维增强环氧树脂复合材料层合板和含一层、三层304不锈钢网的玻璃纤维-不锈钢网混杂增强环氧树脂层合板进行倾角为30°的冲击实验,以揭示304不锈钢网对层合板弹道极限和能量吸收的影响规律,并分析层合板损伤特征及其机理。通过实验发现,含有三层不锈钢网层合板的弹道极限最高,而不含不锈钢网层合板和含一层不锈钢网层合板的弹道极限速度接近。层合板吸收的能量随着弹体速度增加呈现出先增加后趋于平稳,然后急剧上升的趋势。层合板损伤模式为基体开裂和破碎、分层、不锈钢丝拉伸断裂、纤维拉伸断裂和剪切断裂。层合板分层损伤面积随弹体速度增大先增大后减小,最后趋于稳定。当弹体速度较低时,层合板主要发生纤维拉伸断裂、基体开裂、层间有分层损伤产生。随着弹体速度的增大,层合板正面纤维逐渐发生压剪断裂、基体破碎,背面纤维发生严重的拉伸撕裂。      

Finite element modelling and experimental investigation of single point incremental forming process of aluminum sheets: influence of process parameters on punch force monitoring and on mechanical and geometrical quality of parts

New trends in sheet metal forming are rapidly developing and several new forming processes have been proposed to accomplish the goals of flexibility and cost reduction. Among them, Incremental CNC sheet forming operations (ISF) are a relatively new sheet metal forming processes for small batch production and prototyping. In single point incremental forming (SPIF), the final shape of the component is obtained by the CNC relative movements of a simple and small punch which deform a clamped blank into the desired shape and which appear quite promising. No other dies are required than the ones used in any conventional sheet metal forming processes. As it is well known, the design of a mechanical component requires some decisions about the mechanical resistance and geometrical quality of the parts and the product has to be manufactured with a careful definition of the process set up. The use of computers in manufacturing has enabled the development of several new sheet metal forming processes, which are based upon older technologies. Although standard sheet metal forming processes are strongly controlled, new processes like single point incremental sheet forming can be improved. The SPIF concept allows to increase flexibility and to reduce set up costs. Such a process has a negative effect on the shape accuracy by initiating undesired rigid movement and sheet thinning. In the paper, the applicability of the numerical technique and the experimental test program to incremental forming of sheet metal is examined. Concerning the numerical simulation, a static implicit finite element code ABAQUS/Standard is used. These two techniques emphasize the necessity to control some process parameters to improve the final product quality. The reported approaches were mainly focused on the influence of four process parameters on the punch force trends generated in this forming process, the thickness and the equivalent plastic deformation distribution within the whole volume of the workpiece: the initial sheet thickness, the wall angle, the workpiece geometry and the nature of tool path contours controlled through CNC programming. The tool forces required to deform plastically the sheet around the contact area are discussed. The effect of the blank thickness and the tool path on the punch load and the deformation behaviour is also examined with respect to several tool paths. Furthermore, the force acting on the traveling tool is also evaluated. Similar to the sheet thickness, the effect of wall angle and part geometry on the load evolution, the distribution of calculated equivalent plastic strain and the variation of sheet thickness strain are also discussed. Experimental and numerical results obtained allow having a better knowledge of mechanical and geometrical responses from different parts manufactured by SPIF with the aim to improve their accuracy. It is also concluded that the numerical simulation might be exploited for optimization of the incremental forming process of sheet metal.     

高聚物夹层材料对层压减振复合钢板拉伸剪切强度的影响

研究了高聚物夹层材料对层压减振复合钢板的拉伸剪切强度的影响。结果指出，高聚物夹层材料较厚时，层压减振复合钢板的拉伸剪切变形规律与高聚物夹层材料的一致；高聚物夹层厚度较小时，复合钢板的拉伸剪切强度较高。与酚醛树脂氯丁橡胶相比，聚氨酯作夹层的层压减振复合钢板具有较高的拉伸剪切强度。     

Adaptive multiple scale meshless simulation on springback analysis in sheet metal forming

Springback is one of the major considerations in the design of part shape, die geometry and processing parameters of sheet metal forming. In this study, an adaptive multiple scale meshless method is developed to predict the amount of springback, which occurs after unloading in sheet metal forming. A two-dimensional meshless continuum approach is applied to the bending deformation of plate/shell structures. The meshless method called reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM) is modified to develop the springback analysis algorithm using two scales. The effective strain is decomposed into two scales, high and low. The two scale decomposition is incorporated into non-linear elasto-plastic formulation to obtain high and low components of effective stresses. The high scale component of effective stress indicates the high stress gradient regions without posterior estimation. Enrichment nodes with a proper refinement scheme are inserted/deleted in those high stress regions to exactly calculate the stress distribution and thus accurately predict the amount of springback. The simulation results show that the algorithm can effectively locate the high stress gradient regions and can be utilized as an efficient indicator for the adaptive refinement technique for non-linear elasto-plastic deformation. The comparison of the amount of springback via the processing parameters between experiment, FEM (ABAQUS), meshless method and adaptive meshless method shows that the adaptive meshless solutions are the closest to experiment results.     

磁屏Cu-Fe-Cu叠层材料的轧制复合

选用电工纯铁与无氧铜两种组元材料, 采用轧制复合工艺制备了Cu-Fe-Cu磁屏叠层材料, 对轧合件进行力学性能分析, 并运用金相显微镜、 扫描电镜、 能谱仪等手段分析复合件界面形貌及复合机制。结果表明: 采用50%热轧压下率可使铜、 铁板有效复合, 轧合件内各叠层厚度尺寸稳定、 叠层间平行度良好, 经简单退火后其叠层间无明显扩散发生, 叠层间抗剪切强度达167 MPa, 此时热轧的主要复合机制为机械啮合。     

基于数字散斑应变测量法的薄板各向异性力学性能研究

系统地说明了采用数字散斑相关法研究薄板各向异性的实验方法和数据处理方法,进而对SPCC钢板和AA6061铝板的各向异性及其演化规律进行了研究。结果表明:散斑应变测量法是一种获取薄板力学性能的有效手段,其最大优点在于能够获得变形过程中的整体应变场,这是研究复杂加载条件下材料力学性能的关键;对于SPCC钢板,其流动应力的各向异性并不严重,但全量和增量形式的Lankford系数(r值和r′值)均表现出了明显的各向异性,且其值随着变形的增加而逐渐降低,这与传统的采用引伸计进行应变测量时只能获得恒定的Lankford系数不同;对于AA6061铝板,其流动应力和r值的各向异性均不明显,但与轧制方向成不同角度试样的伸长率表现出了明显的差异,并且流动应力的加工硬化速率和r′值在拉伸真实应变处于0.15～0.20时出现了剧烈的波动;随着变形的增加,两种薄板应变的各向异性都逐渐增强,SPCC钢板增强得更为明显。     

Development of tooling concepts to increase geometrical accuracy in high speed incremental hole flanging

Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) has been developed as a flexible manufacturing technology for small batch production and prototyping. ISF can also be used to form additional features or stiffening elements such as hole flanges. Incremental Hole Flanging (IHF) operations seem to be a promising alternative to conventional hole flanging. If it was possible to exploit the extended formability of ISF while achieving accuracy and process times of conventional hole flanging, IHF could substitute conventional flanging operations in many cases. However, the long process times and limited geometrical accuracy hinder industrial take-up. In this work, two different tooling concepts which allow incremental hole flanging operations at high speeds are investigated. The first tool is designed as a single forming tool that offers high flexibility and a comparison to conventional Incremental Hole Flanging. The second tool consists of four forming tools to improve the geometrical accuracy of hole flanges. In order to achieve high speeds, the experimental setup is installed on a turning machine. Compared to hole flanging with a conventional CNC machine, the forming time to expand a hole from 50 mm to 100 mm could be reduced from 1680 s to 15.7 s. The geometrical accuracy of the parts formed with the second tool concept could be improved significantly (up to 3 times regarding to the mean surface deviation to at maximum speed). Furthermore, it is shown that forming at high speeds has no significant influence on the characteristics of sheet thickness, strain, forces or geometrical accuracy.     

铜／铝冷轧复合板剥离性能及界面摩擦分析

采用同步轧制方法制备铜／铝复合板,研究了轧制变形量对于铜／铝复合板结合强度和剥离表面形貌的影响,分析了轧制复合界面摩擦机理。研究结果表明,复合板结合强度、剥离表面粘铝、铜基体表面裂纹数都随着轧制变形量的增大而增大。变形量为50％时,结合强度为2N／mm,变形量为60％时,结合强度为7N／mm,变形量为70％时,结合强度为14N／mm。轧制过程中,新鲜金属从结合面裂纹中挤压出来,受界面摩擦力剪切作用,两新鲜金属搓合在一起形成良好结合。     

Free vibration analysis of thick laminated plates using a mixed finite element

Abstract

A mixed finite element scheme based on assumed local high‐order displacements is proposed for the free vibration of thick laminated plates. The effects of transverse shear deformation, transverse normal stress and rotary inertia are considered in the formulation. Cross‐ply laminates with simple supports and angle‐ply laminates with clamped edges are presented as examples. The three dimensional elasticity solutions of cross‐ply laminates with simple supports are used to assess the accuracy of the present scheme. The effects of the span‐to‐thickness, aspect and material anisotropy ratio on the fundamental natural frequency are investigated. The present results are compared with the results in the published literature, and agree closely with the 3‐D elasticity solutions.     

Stress based prediction of formability and failure in incremental sheet forming

A strain-based forming limit criterion is widely used in sheet-metal forming industry to predict necking. However, this criterion is usually valid when the strain path is linear throughout the deformation process [1]. Strain path in incremental sheet forming is often found to be severely nonlinear throughout the deformation history. Therefore, the practice of using a strain-based forming limit criterion often leads to erroneous assessments of formability and failure prediction. On the other hands, stress-based forming limit is insensitive against any changes in the strain path and hence it is first used to model the necking limit in incremental sheet forming. The stress-based forming limit is also combined with the fracture limit based on maximum shear stress criterion to show necking and fracture together. A derivation for a general mapping method from strain-based FLC to stress-based FLC using a non-quadratic yield function has been made. Simulation model is evaluated for a single point incremental forming using AA 6022-T43, and checked the accuracy against experiments. By using the path-independent necking and fracture limits, it is able to explain the deformation mechanism successfully in incremental sheet forming. The proposed model has given a good scientific basis for the development of ISF under nonlinear strain path and its usability over conventional sheet forming process as well.     

层压减振复合钢板的拉伸剪切特性

本文选用1.67×10-2、1.67×10-3、1.67×10-4、1.67×10-5s-1四种形变速率,在20～150℃试验温度范围内研究了用酚醛树脂氯丁胶作夹层的层压减振复合钢板的拉伸剪切特性。结果指出,在较低温度和较高形变速率下,层压减振复合钢板具有较高的拉伸剪切强度,其破坏形态呈高聚物撕裂和界面破坏的混合破坏特征;在80℃附近,拉伸剪切强度最低,其破坏形态为具有滑移特征的高聚物内聚破坏;在80～150℃温度范围内,随温度升高,拉伸剪切强度增加,这是由于高聚物夹层材料中的氯丁橡胶发生了交联反应的缘故。