scholarly journals Study on Forming Characteristics of Natural Bulging Area of Metal Thin-walled Tube Under Liquid Impact Forming

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangwen Fan ◽  
Jianwei Liu ◽  
Zhu Xiao ◽  
Huiping Liang ◽  
Changying Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Impact Load ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Liquid Impact ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
Forming Characteristics ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Hydraulic Bulging

Abstract Liquid Impact Forming (LIF) is a new composite forming technology based on Tube Hydroforming (THF) technology, which changes the volume of mould cavity through impact load and rapidly generates internal pressure to realize tube forming. It does not need external pressure supply source, and it is low cost and high efficiency. In order to study the forming characteristics of the natural bulging area of thin-walled metal tubes under different model side lengths and different model closing velocities, the change of the cavity volume of thin-walled metal tubes under impact hydraulic bulging was firstly analyzed theoretically, and a mathematical model of internal pressure was established. Then the effects of different loading parameters on the internal pressure, bulging height and wall thickness distribution in the natural bulging area of thin-walled metal tube were studied. Finally, through the comparison of finite element simulation analysis and experiment, it was found that the deviation between the experimental results and the numerical simulation was within 5%, which verified the accuracy and reliability of LIF. It also provides a certain theoretical research and application basis for the development of LIF of metal thin-walled tube.

Tube-Bulging Under Internal Pressure and Axial Force

1973 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Woo
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
Compressive Load ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Longitudinal Stress ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Tube Bulging

A numerical solution for analysis of the bulging process of a thin-walled tube under internal pressure and axial force is proposed. The solution is applied to a case in which the longitudinal stress resulted from internal pressure and external compressive load is tensile along the whole length of the bulged tube. To verify whether the solution is applicable, theoretical and experimental results on the bulging of copper tubes have been obtained and are compared in this paper.

CONTINUUM DAMAGE MECHANICS ANALYSIS OF THIN-WALLED TUBE UNDER CYCLIC BENDING AND INTERNAL CONSTANT PRESSURE

2013 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350038 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. YAZDANI ◽  
A. NAYEBI
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Damage Mechanics ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Kinematic Hardening ◽  
Damage Model ◽  
Continuum Damage Mechanics ◽  
Continuum Damage ◽  
Cyclic Bending ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
Thin Walled

Ratcheting and fatigue damage of thin-walled tube under cyclic bending and steady internal pressure is studied. Chaboche's nonlinear kinematic hardening model extended by considering the effect of continuum damage mechanics employed to predict ratcheting. Lemaitre damage model [Lemaitre, J. and Desmorat, R. [2005] Engineering Damage Mechanics (Springer-Verlag, Berlin)] which is appropriate for low cyclic loading is used. Also the evolution features of whole-life ratcheting behavior and low cycle fatigue (LCF) damage of the tube are discussed. A simplified method related to the thin-walled tube under bending and internal pressure is used and compared well with experimental results. Bree's interaction diagram with boundaries between shakedown and ratcheting zone is determined. Whole-life ratcheting of thin-walled tube reduces obviously with increase of internal pressure.

scholarly journals Tube Drawing Process with Diameter Expansion for Effectively Reducing Thickness

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1642
Author(s):  
Shohei Kajikawa ◽  
Hikaru Kawaguchi ◽  
Takashi Kuboki ◽  
Isamu Akasaka ◽  
Yuzo Terashita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Axial Load ◽  
Fem Analysis ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Drawing Process ◽  
Maximum Expansion ◽  
Tube Drawing ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
Forming Characteristics ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Drawing Method

The present paper describes a tube drawing method with diameter expansion, which is herein referred to as “expansion drawing”, for effectively producing thin-walled tube. In the proposed method, the tube end is flared by pushing a plug into the tube, and the tube is then expanded by drawing the plug in the axial direction while the flared end is chucked. The forming characteristics and effectiveness of the proposed method were investigated through a series of finite element method (FEM) analyses and experiments. As a result of FEM analysis, the expansion drawing effectively reduced the tube thickness with a smaller axial load when compared with the conventional method. According to the experimental results, the thin-walled tube was produced successfully by the expansion drawing. Maximum thickness reduction ratios for a carbon steel (STKM13C) and an aluminum alloy (AA1070) were 0.15 and 0.29 when the maximum expansion ratios were 0.23 and 0.31, respectively. The above results suggest that the proposed expansion drawing method is effective for producing thin-walled tubes.

Exploring Liquid Impact Forming Technology of the Thin-Walled Tubes

2014 ◽  
Vol 633-634 ◽  
pp. 841-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Ming Huang ◽  
Jian Wei Liu ◽  
Yin Zhong Zhong ◽  
Min Jian Wu ◽  
Kai Ming Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Tube Hydroforming ◽  
304 Stainless Steel ◽  
Steel Tubes ◽  
Forming Technology ◽  
Liquid Impact ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
Forming Efficiency ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Forming Methods

In order to realize the objective of lightweight manufacturing, the forming methods of thin-walled tubes are studied in this paper. Liquid impact forming, a compound forming technique of thin-walled tube using stamping and hydroforming processes, is presented in order to reduce the forming difficulty and increase the forming efficiency. A simple experimental tooling, including stamping device and tube hydroforming apparatus is developed. Forming experiments of stamping and liquid impact forming processes in rectangular cross-section dies are performed for 304 stainless steel tubes. The results of experiments show that the liquid impact forming technology is feasible, and it will be widely applied in the future.

An Approach for Analysis of Bulged Profile and Thickness Distribution of Tube in Free Hydro-Bulging Process

2012 ◽  
Vol 499 ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Xiao Feng Liu ◽  
Lian Fa Yang ◽  
Yu Xian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Deformation Behavior ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Plastic Deformation Behavior ◽  
Thin Walled Tube ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Tubular Components

Tubular components are widely used in the areas of automotive and aerospace industries due to their excellent properties. A mathematical model considering the bulged region as a parabola curve is proposed to examine the plastic deformation behavior of a thin-walled tube during the free hydro-bulged process. The finite element simulations of the free hydro-bulging process are carried out to verify the approach indirectly. The results indicate that the model is accurate and acceptable to figure out the circumferential radius, wall thickness and axial radius of the bulged profile.

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