scholarly journals Artificial neural network for modeling and investigating the effects of forming tool characteristics on the accuracy and formability of thin aluminum alloy blanks when using SPIF

Author(s):  
Sherwan Mohammed Najm ◽  
Imre Paniti

AbstractIncremental Sheet Forming (ISF) has attracted attention due to its flexibility as far as its forming process and complexity in the deformation mode are concerned. Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) is one of the major types of ISF, which also constitutes the simplest type of ISF. If sufficient quality and accuracy without defects are desired, for the production of an ISF component, optimal parameters of the ISF process should be selected. In order to do that, an initial prediction of formability and geometric accuracy helps researchers select proper parameters when forming components using SPIF. In this process, selected parameters are tool materials and shapes. As evidenced by earlier studies, multiple forming tests with different process parameters have been conducted to experimentally explore such parameters when using SPIF. With regard to the range of these parameters, in the scope of this study, the influence of tool material, tool shape, tool-end corner radius, and tool surface roughness (Ra/Rz) were investigated experimentally on SPIF components: the studied factors include the formability and geometric accuracy of formed parts. In order to produce a well-established study, an appropriate modeling tool was needed. To this end, with the help of adopting the data collected from 108 components formed with the help of SPIF, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was used to explore and determine proper materials and the geometry of forming tools: thus, ANN was applied to predict the formability and geometric accuracy as output. Process parameters were used as input data for the created ANN relying on actual values obtained from experimental components. In addition, an analytical equation was generated for each output based on the extracted weight and bias of the best network prediction. Compared to the experimental approach, analytical equations enable the researcher to estimate parameter values within a relatively short time and in a practicable way. Also, an estimate of Relative Importance (RI) of SPIF parameters (generated with the help of the partitioning weight method) concerning the expected output is also presented in the study. One of the key findings is that tool characteristics play an essential role in all predictions and fundamentally impact the final products.

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
B. Zhao

In this work, the artificial neural network model and statistical regression model are established and utilized for predicting the fiber diameter of spunbonding nonwovens from the process parameters. The artificial neural network model has good approximation capability and fast convergence rate, which is used in this research. The results show the artificial neural network model can provide quantitative predictions of fiber diameter and yield more accurate and stable predictions than the statistical regression model, which reveals that the artificial neural network model is based on the inherent principles, and it can yield reasonably good prediction results and provide insight into the relationship between process parameters and fiber diameter.


Mechanika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 540-544
Author(s):  
Jayaraj JEEVAMALAR ◽  
Sundaresan RAMABALAN ◽  
Chinnamuthu SENTHILKUMAR

Modelling is used for correlating the relationship between the input process parameters and the output responses during the machining process. To characterize real-world systems of considerable complexity, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model is regularly used to replace the mathematical approximation of the relationship. This paper explains the methodological procedure and the outcome of the ANN modeling process for Electrical Discharge Drilling of Inconel 718 superalloy and hollow tubular copper as tool electrode. The most important process parameters in this work are peak current, pulse on time and pulse off time with machining performances of material removal rate and surface roughness. The experiments were performed by L20 Orthogonal Array. In such conditions, an Artificial Neural Network model is developed using MATLAB programming on the Feed Forward Back Propagation technique was used to predict the responses. The experimental data were separated into three parts to train, test the network and validate the model. The developed model has been confirmed experimentally for training and testing in considering the number of iterations and mean square error convergence criteria. The developed model results are to approximate the responses fairly exactly. The model has the mean correlation coefficient of 0.96558. Results revealed that the proposed model can be used for the prediction of the complex EDM drilling process.


2019 ◽  
Vol 142 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Xie ◽  
Zhanjiang Wang ◽  
Na Qin ◽  
Wenhao Du ◽  
Linmao Qian

Abstract An integrated finite element and artificial neural network method is used to analyze the impact of scratch process parameters on some variables related to elastoplastic deformation of titanium alloy. The elastoplastic constitutive parameters applied for scratch simulations are obtained from the nanoindentation experiments and finite element analysis. The validity of the finite element model of scratch is confirmed by comparing the friction forces from simulations to those from experiments. The input parameters of the artificial neural network are three scratch process parameters: tip normal force, tip radius, and shear friction coefficient. The outputs are four variables related to material deformation measured during scratch: scratch depth, elastic recovery height, plowing height, and plowing friction coefficient. The network is trained with pairs of input and output datasets generated by scratch simulations. The prediction results of the neural network are in agreement with the finite element results. The model provides assistance for the prediction and analysis of complex relationships between scratch process parameters and variables related to material deformation, and between the plowing friction coefficient and the relevant parameters. The results show the independence of scratch depth and the shear friction coefficient, and the positive relationships between the shear friction coefficient and plowing friction coefficient.


Author(s):  
Jiaqi Lyu ◽  
Souran Manoochehri

Abstract With the development of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology, the quality of fabricated parts is getting more attention. The present study highlights the predictive model for dimensional accuracy in the FDM process. Three process parameters, namely extruder temperature, layer thickness, and infill density, are considered in the model. To achieve better prediction accuracy, three models are studied, namely multivariate linear regression, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and Support Vector Regression (SVR). The models are used to characterize the complex relationship between the input variables and dimensions of fabricated parts. Based on the experimental data set, it is found that the ANN model performs better than the multivariate linear regression and SVR models. The ANN model is able to study more quality characteristics of fabricated parts with more process parameters of FDM.


2010 ◽  
Vol 426-427 ◽  
pp. 356-360
Author(s):  
Bo Zhao

In this work, the artificial neural network model and physical model are established and utilized for predicting the fiber diameter of polypropylene(PP) spunbonding nonwovens from the process parameters. The artificial neural network model has good approximation capability and fast convergence rate, is used in this research. The results show the artificial neural network model can provide quantitative predictions of fiber diameter and yield more accurate and stable predictions than the physical model, which reveals that the artificial neural network model is based on the inherent principles, and it can yield reasonably good prediction results and provide insight into the relationship between process parameters and fiber diameter.


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