scholarly journals Formability Studies of Automotive Aluminium Alloy Sheet series: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 01036
Author(s):  
Anitha Lakshmi ◽  
Tanya Buddi ◽  
Ram Subbiah ◽  
Ch. Bandhavi
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Cold Working ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Hot Forming ◽  
Basic Study ◽  
Sheet Formability ◽  
Breaking Points ◽  
Weight Proportion

The job of aluminium alloys in car and aircraft industries has been extending fundamentally over the most recent 20 years. Because of their low thickness to weight proportion and high explicit quality, aluminium turned into a solid trade for steel especially for car producing. However, to stamp a convoluted board parts from aluminium sheet is very troublesome explicitly at cold working temperatures where as far as possible are very less. To enhance formability breaking points of aluminium alloy sheet a few procedures are joined by numerous specialists like warm shaping, hot forming, superplastic forming, cold die quench (HFQ) forms and so on. This paper displays a basic study of various procedures utilized to enhance aluminium alloy sheet formability and distinguishing advantages and downsides for each procedure

Research on Quick Superplastic Forming for Aluminium Alloy Sheet

2012 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Jian Liang ◽  
Xiao Wei Wu ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Quan Lin Jin ◽  
Zhao Li Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Simulation Experiment ◽  
Hot Stamping ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Hot Forming ◽  
Forming Technology ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Better Than

This article describes the high rate superplastic forming. The high rate superplastic forming technology is a new complex process,which integrates hot stamping and superplastic forming .It has feature of rapidity of the hot stamping and character of excellent formability of the superplastic forming.We obtained the best proportion of the hot forming and the superplastic forming through simulation experiment, and formed a car’s abonnet by applying the proportion.Compared with the high rate superplastic forming,the forming quality is better than that of hot forming. and the forming time is less than that of superplastic forming. Result shows that ,the high rate superplastic forming technology can meet the requirements for mass production.

Study on the Formability of Aluminium Alloy Sheets at Room and Elevated Temperatures

2016 ◽  
Vol 877 ◽  
pp. 393-399
Author(s):  
Jia Zhou ◽  
Jun Ping Zhang ◽  
Ming Tu Ma
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Hot Stamping ◽  
Natural Aging ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Aluminum Alloy Sheet

This paper presents the main achievements of a research project aimed at investigating the applicability of the hot stamping technology to non heat treatable aluminium alloys of the 5052 H32 and heat treatable aluminium alloys of the 6016 T4P after six months natural aging. The formability and mechanical properties of 5052 H32 and 6016 T4P aluminum alloy sheets after six months natural aging under different temperature conditions were studied, the processing characteristics and potential of the two aluminium alloy at room and elevated temperature were investigated. The results indicated that the 6016 aluminum alloy sheet exhibit better mechanical properties at room temperature. 5052 H32 aluminum alloy sheet shows better formability at elevated temperature, and it has higher potential to increase formability by raising the temperature.

Tensile Behaviour of 6082 Aluminium Alloy Sheet under Different Conditions of Heat Treatment, Temperature and Strain Rate

2009 ◽  
Vol 423 ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Torca ◽  
A. Aginagalde ◽  
J.A. Esnaola ◽  
L. Galdos ◽  
Zigor Azpilgain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Treatment Temperature ◽  
Tensile Behaviour

Aluminium alloys are more and more important for the automotive industry due to their high strength to weight ratio and their elevated ductility; they are used for many different parts in automobiles as exterior panels, structural parts, brake housings and others. However, their formability at room temperature is limited. This inconvenient can be improved by increasing the forming temperature of the part. That lack of formability has lead to this research project dealing with the tensile behaviour of aluminium alloys sheets, at different conditions of temperature and strain rate. The analyzed material has been 6082 aluminium alloy, under two different heat treatment conditions (O and T6). Material testing has been carried out in a temperature range between room temperature and 250°C, and a strain rate range between 0.001s-1 and 0.1s-1. Testing samples have been obtained from laminated sheet of 1.5mm thickness. This article shows that the alloy under T6 condition has a reduced formability, even in warm conditions. In order to get higher deformation values an annealed condition is proposed to form the material. The effect of T6 heat treatment and O annealing treatment in the uniaxial warm formability is discussed and a microstructural analysis is also presented in order to understand the differences on the alloy behaviour.

Chronicling the Development of a High Strength 5xxx-Based Superplastic Aluminium Alloy

2016 ◽  
Vol 838-839 ◽  
pp. 208-213
Author(s):  
Simon Peter Miller-Jupp
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Type Alloy ◽  
Strength Alloy ◽  
Almost All

In recent years there has been a largely unspoken demand for a high strength, non-heat treatable aluminium alloy for superplastic forming applications. This is particularly true for the automotive industry since the high strength, superplastic aluminium alloys, such as AA7475, are both too time consuming (in forming and heat treatment) and too expensive. Compound this with the expense of corrosion protection and almost all aluminium alloys except for AA5083 fall by the wayside for the automobile industry.However, the need for a higher strength alloy has remained. To achieve this Hydro has systematically investigated the basis behind the superplastic forming of AA5083. On this basis a new high strength 5xxx alloy was extrapolated. The resulting alloy was then characterised and benchmarked against the existing SPF alloy, AA5083. The new alloy, an AA5456-type alloy demonstrated a higher strength than AA5083 while improving the formability and rate of forming. This paper will discuss some of the lessons learned during the development of this alloy.

scholarly journals Effect of Friction and Back Pressure on the Formability of Superplastically Formed Aluminium Alloy Sheet

2011 ◽  
Vol 473 ◽  
pp. 532-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wood ◽  
Muhammad Jawad Qarni ◽  
Andrzej Rosochowski
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
Coulomb Friction ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Void Volume Fraction ◽  
Back Pressure ◽  
Thickness Strain ◽  
Growth Of Voids

This paper examines the effect of friction and back pressure on the formability of superplastically formed aluminium alloy AA7475 sheet at the temperature of 517 °C. Several experiments with lubrication and back pressure are performed using a simple box shape tool cavity. The coefficient of Coulomb friction between the formed sheet and tool has been determined indirectly using a finite element model to simulate superplastic forming of the box shape. Typical values determined for all lubricant conditions tested are in the range 0.1 < μ < 0.2. The void growth with strain was determined directly from measurements as a function of back pressure. The results show the application of back pressure at 1 MPa reduces the growth of voids from 7% to 0.3% void volume fraction at a logarithmic thickness strain of 0.65. This paper reports back pressure has a significantly greater role than friction in enhancing the formability of the alloy.

“Cavity” formation in superplastically deformed aluminium alloys

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 958-959
Author(s):  
A. Cziráki ◽  
E. Ková-csetényi ◽  
T. Torma ◽  
T. Turmezey
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Aluminium Alloys ◽  
Superplastic Deformation ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Superplastic Forming ◽  
Polished Surface ◽  
Cavity Formation ◽  
Stress Concentrations ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Commercial Aluminium

It is known that the formation of cavities during superplastic deformation can be correlated with the development of stress concentrations at irregularities along grain boundaries such as particles, ledges and triple points. In commercial aluminium alloys Al-Fe-Si particles or other coarse constituents may play an important role in cavity formation.Cavity formation during superplastic deformation was studied by optical metallography and transmission scanning electron microscopic investigations on Al-Mg-Si and Al-Mg-Mn alloys. The structure of particles was characterized by selected area diffraction and X-ray micro analysis. The volume fraction of “voids” was determined on mechanically polished surface.It was found by electron microscopy that strongly deformed regions are formed during superplastic forming at grain boundaries and around coarse particles.According to electron diffraction measurements these areas consist of small micro crystallized regions. See Fig.l.Comparing the volume fraction and morphology of cavities found by optical microscopy a good correlation was established between that of micro crystalline regions.

scholarly journals Mechanical clinching and self-pierce riveting for sheet combination of 780-MPa high-strength steel and aluminium alloy A5052 sheets and durability on salt spray test of joints

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Yohei Abe ◽  
Ken-ichiro Mori
Keyword(s):  
Aluminium Alloy ◽  
High Strength Steel ◽  
Salt Spray ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Galvanized Steel ◽  
Load Reduction ◽  
Minimum Thickness ◽  
Steel Sheets ◽  
Mechanical Clinching

AbstractTo increase the usage of high-strength steel and aluminium alloy sheets for lightweight automobile body panels, the joinability of sheet combinations including a 780-MPa high-strength steel and an aluminium alloy A5052 sheets by mechanical clinching and self-pierce riveting was investigated for different tool shapes in an experiment. All the sheet combinations except for the two steel sheets by self-pierce riveting, i.e., the two steel sheets, the two aluminium alloy sheets, and the steel-aluminium alloy sheets, were successfully joined by both the joining methods without the gaps among the rivet and the sheets. Then, to show the durability of the joined sheets, the corrosion behaviour and the joint strength of the aged sheets by a salt spray test were measured. The corrosion and the load reduction of the clinched and the riveted two aluminium alloy sheets were little. The corrosion of the clinched two steel sheets without the galvanized layer progressed, and then the load after 1176 h decreased by 85%. In the clinched two galvanized steel sheets, the corrosion progress slowed down by 24%. In the clinched steel and aluminium alloy sheets, the thickness reduction occurred near the minimum thickness of the upper sheet and in the upper surface on the edge of the lower aluminium alloy sheet, whereas the top surface of the upper sheet and the upper surface of the lower sheet were mainly corroded in the riveted joint. The load reduction was caused by the two thickness reductions, i.e., the reduction in the minimum thickness of the upper sheet and the reduction in the flange of the aluminium alloy sheet. Although the load of the clinched steel without the galvanized coating layer and aluminium alloy sheets decreased by about 20%, the use of the galvanized steel sheet brought the decrease by about 11%. It was found that the use of the galvanized steel sheets is effective for the decrease of strength reduction due to corrosion.

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