Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Temperature Effect on Thickness Distribution in Warm Hydroforming of Aluminum Tubes |
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Authors: | Seyed Jalal Hashemi Hassan Moslemi Naeini Gholamhosein Liaghat Roohollah Azizi Tafti Farzad Rahmani |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-143, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran 2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Takestan Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Abstract: | Reduction of weight and increase of corrosion resistance are among the advantageous applications of aluminum alloys in automotive industry. Producing complicated components with several parts as a uniform part not only increases their strength but also decreases the production sequences and costs. However, achieving this purpose requires sufficient formability of the material. Tube hydroforming is an alternative process to produce complex products. In this process, the higher the material formability the more uniform will be the thickness distribution. In this research, tube hydroforming of aluminum alloy (AA1050) at various temperatures has been investigated numerically to study temperature effect on thickness distribution of final product. Also a warm hydroforming set-up has been designed and manufactured to evaluate numerical results. According to numerical and experimental results in the case of free bulging, unlike the constrained bulging, increase of the process temperature causes more uniform thickness distribution and therefore increases the material formability. |
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