130 mm 头螺毛坯的成形工艺

目的研究130 mm头螺毛坯的成型工艺。方法该头螺是一种深孔锥形件,原毛坯生产工艺经过两次加热,两次压型,预冲孔、冲孔成形,使用三台次压机,加工工序长,机加余量大。对给定圆形悬臂梁的挠度方程进行了推导,利用得出的结果对头螺原毛坯工艺进行了分析和计算,重新设计了毛坯和成型工艺。结果改进后的新工艺为一次加热,一次压型,预冲孔、冲孔,使用一台次双工位压机完成。结论新工艺通过了批量生产验证,并取得了显著的经济效益。     

缓冲器缸筒成形工艺

针对缓冲器缸筒产品结构特点及性能要求,结合热冲压(挤盂+热变薄拉深)及冷变薄拉深成形工艺的特点,对缓冲器缸筒成形工艺方案,热冲压(挤盂+热变薄拉深)毛坯的形状和尺寸,热冲压(挤盂+热变薄拉深)及冷变薄拉深成形工艺等关键技术问题进行了研究。试验结果表明采用热冲压(挤盂+热变薄拉深)和冷变薄拉深相结合的工艺方法对缓冲器缸筒进行成形加工高效而经济,比传统热冲压后机械加工的成形工艺原材料利用率提高25%左右,同时所生产的产品尺寸稳定,力学性能一致性好。     

Finite element analysis of combined forming processes by means of rate dependent ductile damage modelling

Sheet metal forming is an inherent part of todays production industry. A major goal is to increase the forming limits of classical deep-drawing processes. One possibility to achieve that is to combine the conventional quasi-static (QS) forming process with electromagnetic high-speed (HS) post-forming. This work focuses on the finite element analysis of such combined forming processes to demonstrate the improvement which can be achieved. For this purpose, a cooperation of different institutions representing different work fields has been established. The material characterization is based on flow curves and forming limit curves for low and high strain rates obtained by novel testing devices. Further experimental investigations have been performed on the process chain of a cross shaped cup, referring to both purely quasi-static and quasi-static combined with electromagnetic forming. While efficient mathematical optimization algorithms support the new viscoplastic ductile damage modelling to find the optimum parameters based on the results of experimental material characterization, the full process chain is studied by means of an electro-magneto-mechanical finite element analysis. The constitutive equations of the material model are integrated in an explicit manner and implemented as a user material subroutine into the commercial finite element package LS-DYNA.     

镍基高温合金690的研究现状

690合金是一种面心立方结构的镍基高温合金,具有优异的高温力学性能和耐腐蚀性能,被广泛应用于核电、石油化工和航空航天等领域.文中对690合金的微观组织演化、热成形特性、高温失塑裂纹和耐应力腐蚀性能等方面的研究现状进行了总结分析.目前,部分合金元素对690合金组织性能的影响较为复杂,成形工艺参数对690合金高温变形行为和...     

Optimisation of process parameters in flanging operation in order to minimise stresses and Lemaitre’s damage

The objective of this work is modelling and optimisation of sheet bending process by means of numerical simulation. One of the problems to be solved in the sheet metal forming processes of thin sheets is the taking into account of the effects of technological process parameters so that the part takes the desired mechanical characteristics. Accordingly, it has been a crucial research subject for designing bending tools guaranteeing an optimal performance of products in terms of mechanical properties and good rigidity. In this paper, we propose a numerical procedure allowing the definition of the optimal values of process parameters in flanging operation, which minimises the residual stresses and the material damage at the end of the bending phase. The concept of continuum damage mechanics fully coupled with elasto-plasticity has been retained to describe the progressive damage accumulation into the sheet metal. According to parametric investigation on the maximum stress and calculated damage values, it has been found that the punch-die clearance and the die radius have significant effects on mechanical behaviour of parts. An application of design of experiments was developed as a preliminary step for the optimisation of the process parameters by using response surface methodology. This model allows the identification of the influential parameters of an optimisation problem and the reduction of the number of evaluations of the objective function.     

T2铜箔精密微冲孔工艺

随着微机电系统的飞速发展,微孔类零件广泛应用于生物医疗、微电子以及纺织印染等领域中,要求尺寸精度高、断面质量和重复性好,并且能够实现低成本批量制造.微冲孔技术具有传统塑性加工工艺的优点,生产效率高,工艺简单,成形件性能好和精度高,非常适合微型零件的低成本批量制造.针对箔板微孔类零件,设计了一套精密微冲孔模具,采用微冲孔技术研究了冲裁条件对微冲孔工艺的影响规律.结果表明,微冲孔过程与传统冲裁类似,经由弹性变形阶段和塑性剪切阶段,最后断裂分离.微孔断面分布仍然包括圆角、光亮带、断裂带和毛刺.随着相对冲裁间隙的增加,最大剪切强度先降低后逐渐增加;随着冲裁速度的增加,铜箔微冲孔过程最大冲裁力和最大剪切强度逐渐减小,微孔断面光亮带高度增加,断面质量提高.最后,在最佳的冲孔工艺即冲裁间隙为5%、冲裁速度为20mm/s的条件下冲出直径为0.4mm质量良好的微孔.     

Application of rigid–plastic meso-damage constitutive theory to superplastic bulge forming

Abstract

A rigid–plastic meso-damage constitutive theory is applied to predict the influence of void evolution on the superplastic forming process. Together with this constitutive theory, a simple analytical model is used to simulate the bulge forming process of a spherical dome. The distribution and evolution of damage, deformation, geometrical parameters, and mechanical properties such as strength and ductility throughout the bulging dome are systematically explored. Since a series of numerical results obtained are in good agreement with the actual phenomena and previous experimental results, the applicability of the rigid–plastic meso-damage constitutive theory to superplastic forming processes is considered proven.     

Surface damage evolution of engineering steel

The surface damage evolution of ordinary low carbon steel under mechanical fatigue loading was observed using a long‐distance microscope. Fatigue cracks initiated at pits, sulfide inclusions and in the soft ferrite phase. Damage evolution was not only pronounced by the initiation of well‐defined cracks. Areas of high plastic activity interspersed with microcracks exist. Coalescence of propagating well‐defined cracks with these areas of high plastic activity shows clearly the contribution of such plastified areas to the damage accumulation. Therefore, well‐known damage parameters such as line counts (i.e. maximum crack length) are unsuitable to describe the damage evolution. In this paper, a new damage parameter is defined based on the observation that cracks and plastified areas appear as dark regions. It is shown that this parameter satisfies the basic conditions for a damage parameter. It is used to evaluate the damage accumulation quantitatively based on surface observations even for complex damage patterns.     

Damage accumulation of graded steel

The damage evolution of graded steel is studied. Specimens are taken out of a flange shaft having a graded microstructure resulting from thermo-mechanical forming process. Fatigue experiments are performed for the base material with a ferritic–pearlitic microstructure as well as for the nearly fully martensitic microstructure which is found in the outer area of the flange. The surface damage evolution during fatigue loading is investigated using a long-distance microscope. The base material shows very complex damage accumulation process with a high density of microcracks whereas the martensitic specimens exhibit no pronounced surface damage evolution prior to failure.     

3-D FEM-simulation of hot forming processes for the production of a connecting rod

A fully three-dimensional thermo-mechanically coupled FEM-simulation of the production of a connecting rod has been performed. The production process consists of five stretch-rolling and subsequent die-forging steps. Workpieces from all stages of the process are used to examine the geometry, microstructure and local mechanical properties. Combining the results of these examinations with information on local process variables like strain and temperature from numerical simulation made it possible to study the influence of the deformation history on the local microstructure and mechanical properties. The simulation of the hot forming process shows good agreement with experiments regarding to geometry and temperature fields of the workpiece.     

Development of two-phase neural network-genetic algorithm hybrid model in modeling damage evolution in roll forming of aluminum sheet

In this paper a two-phase artificial neural network-genetic algorithm (ANN-GA) hybrid model has been developed for the modeling and prediction of the damage evolution in the roll forming (RF) process of aluminum sheet metal, as a function of process parameters. The multilayer perceptron is used to build the network while the genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to optimize the network structure in the modeling phase. In detail, the number of hidden layer, hidden neurons, weights and biases of the network are optimized by GA to minimize the error between predicted values and actual results. After the modeling phase the optimization of parameters is carried out in the optimization phase to minimize the damage in the aluminum sheet during the forming process. In this work the experimental data used for training and verifying the network is obtained automatically by the integration between CAD-CAE. As a result, the predicted results are validated with the actual values and a good agreement is observed. Moreover, the parametric study also is performed to find the relative influences of process parameters on the damage evolution. It is proven that the hybrid model is the powerful tool for modeling and predicting such a highly nonlinear problem as the damage evolution in RF process. The developed two-phase ANN – GA hybrid model is a new approach that can bring benefits to the forming industry by predicting and preventing the failure at the design stage, as well as improving efficiently the product's quality by optimizing the process parameters.     

高精度超高强钢长滑轨辊压制造技术

目的解决超高强钢辊压成形过程中回弹大、尺寸精度差、材料利用率低、生产效率低等问题,生产出高精度的超高强钢长滑轨产品,以满足市场需求。方法从截面形状、尺寸精度及冲孔要求三方面,对以DP980超高强钢材料成形的典型的滑轨产品进行了技术分析,针对该产品特性重点设计了冲孔方案,采用三步质量控制法对产品的成形过程及辊压模具设计进行了优化,最后采取多种方法对产品质量进行了全面检测。结果实际制造完成后的产品检测表明,通过优化模具设计及调整现场工艺,最终生产出的长滑轨各项指标均满足图纸要求,解决了超高强钢材料的成形难题。结论在超高强钢材料及尺寸较长产品的成形制造中,辊压成形技术相比其他成形工艺更加具有优势。     

超声振动辅助塑性成形及形性预测研究进展

随着微机电系统等领域的快速发展,对零件成形精度与性能的要求日益增加。超声振动辅助塑性成形是一种典型的能场辅助塑性成形工艺,相比于传统塑性成形工艺,具有流动应力低、材料成形能力高、界面摩擦少、成形质量较好等优势,被广泛应用于难成形材料加工、微成形、复杂构件成形等塑性成形过程。然而,由于不同塑性成形工艺中金属的变形行为特性存在较大差异,对塑性成形质量与成形性能进行预测有利于实现成形过程的形性协同控制。介绍了超声振动辅助塑性成形在体积成形工艺（镦粗、挤压、拉拔等）与板料成形工艺（拉伸、拉深、渐进成形、冲压等）中的应用及发展概况,讨论了超声振动对材料塑性变形过程中宏观表现与微观演化的影响。在已有研究基础上,重点分析了超声振动辅助塑性成形过程中成形能力预测（流动应力、成形极限等方面）和成形性能预测（表面性能、力学性能、微观组织等方面）的研究进展,为金属零部件成形高质量形性调控提供理论参考,并展望了超声辅助塑性成形工艺的发展趋势。     

基于统计损伤理论的硫酸盐侵蚀混凝土本构模型研究

基于统计损伤理论及宏观试验现象,该文建立了考虑硫酸盐侵蚀影响的混凝土单轴、双轴压缩统计损伤本构模型。混凝土变形破坏被理解为细观断裂、屈服两种损伤模式的连续累积演化过程。硫酸盐侵蚀效应改变了混凝土微结构的组成成分和力学特征,进而改变了微裂纹萌生、扩展的形态以及损伤的累积演化过程,可通过改变断裂和屈服两种细观损伤机制演化过程的概率分布形态来模拟。分析结果表明：在硫酸盐侵蚀环境下,侵蚀程度的加深显著改变了混凝土细观损伤累积演化过程,最终导致混凝土宏观力学性能呈现先“强化”后“弱化”的现象。在此过程中,细观损伤演化过程呈现出明显地规律性,可由统计损伤模型中5个特征参数的变化规律表征。该文模型为复杂环境下侵蚀混凝土细观损伤过程预测和分析提供了新的方法和工具。     

Stretch forming studies on a fibre metal laminate based on a self-reinforcing polypropylene composite

This paper investigates the room temperature formability of a fibre metal laminate system comprised of aluminium and a self-reinforcing polypropylene composite. Blanks of varying geometry were stretch formed over a hemispherical punch in a custom built stamping press. A real-time three-dimensional photogrammetric measuring system was used to acquire the evolution of surface strain and the strain at failure during forming. The results from this work illustrate that these advanced light weight material systems are amenable to mass production through stamp forming. A significant finding from this work is that these material systems can exhibit forming characteristics that are comparable and sometimes superior to metal forming.     

Investigating the effect of machining processes on the mechanical behavior of composite plates with circular holes

The influence of the machining quality on the mechanical behavior of CFRP composites is yet not fully understood. There are only few works in the literature that have investigated the effect of the machining quality on CFRP. In fact, most of these works focus only on conventional machining such as axial or orbital drilling. The aim of this paper is to examine the influence of two machining processes namely conventional machining (CM) and abrasive water jet machining (AWJM) on the mechanical behavior of composite plates under cyclic loading. For this purpose, an experimental study using several composite plates drilled with a cutting tool and an abrasive water jet machining was carried out. In order to study the impact of the process of machining on the mechanical behavior, thermographic infrared testing and fatigue cyclic tests were performed to assess temperature evolutions, stiffness degradation, and the damage evolution in these plates. Fatigue testing results have shown that the damage accumulation in specimens drilled with CM process was higher than the AWJM specimens. Furthermore, the endurance limit for a composite plate drilled with CM was approximately 10% inferior compared to specimens drilled with AWJM. This difference can be related to the initial surface integrity after machining induced by the difference in the mechanism of material’s removal between the two processes used.     

Meso-Scale Finite Element Simulations of 3D Braided Textile Composites: Effects of Force Loading Modes

Meso-scale finite element method (FEM) is considered as the most effective and economical numerical method to investigate the mechanical behavior of braided textile composites. Applying the periodic boundary conditions on the unit-cell model is a critical step for yielding accurate mechanical response. However, the force loading mode has not been employed in the available meso-scale finite element analysis (FEA) works. In the present work, a meso-scale FEA is conducted to predict the mechanical properties and simulate the progressive damage of 3D braided composites under external loadings. For the same unit-cell model with displacement and force loading modes, the stress distribution, predicted stiffness and strength properties and damage evolution process subjected to typical loading conditions are then analyzed and compared. The obtained numerical results show that the predicted elastic properties are exactly the same, and the strength and damage evolution process are very close under these two loading modes, which validates the feasibility and effectiveness of the force loading mode. This comparison study provides a suitable reference for selecting the loading modes in the unit-cell based mechanical behavior analysis of other textile composites.     

Acoustic emission for monitoring the mechanical behaviour of natural fibre composites: A literature review

In recent years, natural fibres are increasingly used as reinforcements for the production of low-cost and lightweight polymer composites: other advantages include non-abrasive nature, high specific properties, and biodegradability. However, their limitations, including moisture absorption, poor wettability and large scattering in mechanical properties, and the not sufficient understanding of mechanisms controlling their mechanical behaviour and failure modes, still confine the use of natural fibre reinforced composites in non-structural applications. Acoustic emission (AE) proved useful for its capability of real-time monitoring over the whole material volume and high sensitivity to any process generating stress waves.This paper presents a literature review of AE applications in studies on natural fibre composites. The following fields of application are covered: (1) interface studies in single fibre composite (SFC) tests, (2) damage evolution and failure mechanisms detection and (3) crack propagation, including also current limitations of existing literature and future work.     

Recent developments on damage modeling and finite element analysis for composite laminates: A review

Under complex environments such as continuous or cyclic loads, the stiffness degradation for the laminated composites such as the carbon fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites is an important physical and mechanical response to the damage and failure evolution. It is essential to simulate the initial and subsequent evolution process of this kind of damage phenomenon accurately in order to explore the mechanical properties of composite laminates. This paper gives a comprehensive review on the general methodologies on the damage constitutive modeling by continuum damage mechanics (CDM), the various failure criteria, the damage evolution law simulating the stiffness degradation, and the finite element implementation of progressive failure analysis in terms of the mechanical response for the variable-stiffness composite laminates arising from the continuous failure. The damage constitutive modeling is discussed by describing the evolvement of damage tensors and conjugate forces in the CDM theory. The failure criteria which interpret the failure modes and their interaction are compared and some advanced methods such as the cohesive theory which are used to predict the damage evolution properties of composites are also discussed. In addition, the solution algorithm using finite element analysis which implements progressive failure analysis is summarized and several applicable methods which deal with the numerical convergence problem due to singular finite element stiffness matrices are also compared in order to explore the whole failure process and ultimate load-bearing ability of composite laminates. Finally, the multiscale progressive failure analysis as a popular topic which associates the macroscopic with microscopic damage and failure mechanisms is discussed and the extended finite element method as a new finite element technique is expected to accelerate its practical application to the progressive failure analysis of composite laminates.     

不同拉伸速率下钢材损伤的声发射监测评价

钢材已成为生产的基本材料,被广泛应用于各行业,目前还没有对其进行损伤动态监测的有效方法。采用声发射技术对钢材Q235在不同的拉伸速率下进行损伤动态监测试验研究,首先通过试验获取了不同拉伸速率时材料的弹性、屈服、强化、颈缩和断裂各个力学行为阶段声发射信号并提取各个特征参数;然后通过各个特征参数累积量历程图归一化曲线对钢材拉伸损伤过程进行评价,发现特征参数累积量历程图归一化曲线可以明显反映出钢材拉伸整体演变过程及各个力学行为阶段特征,并且随着拉伸速率的减小,在屈服阶段的结束端点出现更为明显的突增量,可作为表征屈服阶段和强化阶段的重要转折点。结合拉伸力学,对各个力学行为阶段声发射信号的产生机制和特征进行总结,可为钢材后期声发射信号源的产生机制以及后期损伤定量、寿命预测的研究提供参考了依据。