scholarly journals Diametral Growth and Hardness Variation in Al6101 T6 during Flow Forming

Flow forming is an emerging process being widely used for manufacturing axisymmetric components that are used in the aerospace industry and automobile industries. In the present investigation, the mechanical response of the Al6101 T6 workpiece to the flow forming process has been studied. The study showed that the microhardness of the preform increased by 20.2% higher at 60% thickness reduction as compared to hardness value at 10% thickness reduction. A linear relation between the hardness variation and thickness reduction has been proposed based on experimental data. The internal diameter was found to increase with increase in the thickness reduction. In the present investigation, a 3mm increase in diameter was seen in the 120mm length.

2011 ◽  
Vol 264-265 ◽  
pp. 24-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi ◽  
Seyed Ali Asghar Akbari Mousavi ◽  
Mostafa Soltan Bayazidi ◽  
Mohammad Mastoori

Flow forming is one of the cold forming process which is used for hollow symmetrical shapes. In this paper, the forward flow forming process is simulated using the finite element method and its results are compared with the experimental process. The variation of thickness of the sample is examined by the ultrasonic tests for the five locations of the tubes. To simulate the process, the ABAQUS explicit is used. The effects of flow forming variables such as the angle of rollers and rate of feeding of rollers, on the external variables such as internal diameter, thickness of tube and roller forces are considered. The study showed that the roller force and surface defects were reduced with low feeding rate and low rollers attack angles. Moreover, the sample internal diameter increased at low feeding rate and low rollers attack angles. The optimum variables for flow forming process were also obtained.


2017 ◽  
Vol 261 ◽  
pp. 378-385
Author(s):  
Bikramjit Podder ◽  
Prabas Banerjee ◽  
K. Ramesh Kumar ◽  
Nirmal Baran Hui

Modeling of the cold flow forming process for manufacturing of tube shaped solution annealed H30 Aluminum alloy has been considered in this present study. Three inputs (feed-speed ratio, roller in-feed and roller axial stagger) and three outputs viz. spring back, ovality and internal diameter have been considered for the present study.. Adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) in Matlab platform has used for modeling purposes and its performance is compared with regression model. ANFIS has completely outperformed the regression models. Percentage accuracy in predicting all the three responses are found to be very high with ANFIS models. Prediction of ovality against the test data using regression analysis is found to be extremely erroneous. It indicates that additional process parameters are involved in predicting ovality which are not captured during the experimentation.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Xintao Fu ◽  
Zepeng Wang ◽  
Lianxiang Ma

In this paper, some representative hyperelastic constitutive models of rubber materials were reviewed from the perspectives of molecular chain network statistical mechanics and continuum mechanics. Based on the advantages of existing models, an improved constitutive model was developed, and the stress–strain relationship was derived. Uniaxial tensile tests were performed on two types of filled tire compounds at different temperatures. The physical phenomena related to rubber deformation were analyzed, and the temperature dependence of the mechanical behavior of filled rubber in a larger deformation range (150% strain) was revealed from multiple angles. Based on the experimental data, the ability of several models to describe the stress–strain mechanical response of carbon black filled compound was studied, and the application limitations of some constitutive models were revealed. Combined with the experimental data, the ability of Yeoh model, Ogden model (n = 3), and improved eight-chain model to characterize the temperature dependence was studied, and the laws of temperature dependence of their parameters were revealed. By fitting the uniaxial tensile test data and comparing it with the Yeoh model, the improved eight-chain model was proved to have a better ability to predict the hyperelastic behavior of rubber materials under different deformation states. Finally, the improved eight-chain model was successfully applied to finite element analysis (FEA) and compared with the experimental data. It was found that the improved eight-chain model can accurately describe the stress–strain characteristics of filled rubber.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 803
Author(s):  
Bernd-Arno Behrens ◽  
Johanna Uhe ◽  
Tom Petersen ◽  
Christian Klose ◽  
Susanne E. Thürer ◽  
...  

The current study introduces a method for manufacturing steel–aluminum bearing bushings by compound forging. To study the process, cylindrical bimetal workpieces consisting of steel AISI 4820 (1.7147, 20MnCr5) in the internal diameter and aluminum 6082 (3.2315, AlSi1MgMn) in the external diameter were used. The forming of compounds consisting of dissimilar materials is challenging due to their different thermophysical and mechanical properties. The specific heating concept discussed in this article was developed in order to achieve sufficient formability for both materials simultaneously. By means of tailored heating, the bimetal workpieces were successfully formed to a bearing bushing geometry using two different strategies with different heating durations. A metallurgical bond without any forging defects, e.g., gaps and cracks, was observed in areas of high deformation. The steel–aluminum interface was subsequently examined by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). It was found that the examined forming process, which utilized steel–aluminum workpieces having no metallurgical bond prior to forming, led to the formation of insular intermetallic phases along the joining zone with a maximum thickness of approximately 5–7 µm. The results of the EDS analysis indicated a prevailing FexAly phase in the resulting intermetallic layer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Essaied M Shuia ◽  
Bashir H Arebi ◽  
Ibrahim A abuashe

This paper presents the experimental data that was collected from small pilot solar chimney. The experimental data together with ambient conditions are used to evaluate the performance and study the behavior of the solar chimney; this data will be used for comparison with theoretical models in another paper [part II). The solar chimney prototype was designed and constructed at the Subrata Faculty of Engineering-Libya. The data were collected over several days of June 2011. The solar chimney system contains two main components; the solar collector and the solar chimney. The solar collector root‘ has a circular area of126 m3, the solar chimney is a PVC tube with internal diameter of 0.2 m and the total height of chimney is 9.3 m. The measurements include the intensity of solar radiation inside/outside the collector, temperature and velocity of air at the entrance of the chimney, temperature and speed of wind outside the collector, temperature of the ground inside collector al1d temperature measurements of air at speci?c points at different levels throughout the collector. Solar irradiance was found to affect the chimney temperature and subsequently affects chimney air velocity. The experimental results showed that temperature differences of (30 - 45°C) were recorded between the ambient temperature and that of air inside the chimney in the middle of the day, where the highest air temperature of 73.4°C was recorded at the entrance of the solar chimney. The maximum air velocity of 3.6 m/s was recorded inside the solar chimney at noon on 9 June. Wind speed outside the collector had a small effect on the speed of the air inside the chimney and tends to change slightly, hence, can neglect influence of wind speed on the performance of the system. Also the experimental results indicate that such type of system can trap a suf?cient amount of solar radiation, which elevates the air temperature to a suf?cient value able to generate enough air ?ow to operate a wind turbine to produce electricity; this means the solar chimney system for electricity production can work in the north-western part of Libya in the summer time at least.


2022 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. e2117232119
Author(s):  
Giulio Franchini ◽  
Ivan D. Breslavsky ◽  
Francesco Giovanniello ◽  
Ali Kassab ◽  
Gerhard A. Holzapfel ◽  
...  

Experimental data and a suitable material model for human aortas with smooth muscle activation are not available in the literature despite the need for developing advanced grafts; the present study closes this gap. Mechanical characterization of human descending thoracic aortas was performed with and without vascular smooth muscle (VSM) activation. Specimens were taken from 13 heart-beating donors. The aortic segments were cooled in Belzer UW solution during transport and tested within a few hours after explantation. VSM activation was achieved through the use of potassium depolarization and noradrenaline as vasoactive agents. In addition to isometric activation experiments, the quasistatic passive and active stress–strain curves were obtained for circumferential and longitudinal strips of the aortic material. This characterization made it possible to create an original mechanical model of the active aortic material that accurately fits the experimental data. The dynamic mechanical characterization was executed using cyclic strain at different frequencies of physiological interest. An initial prestretch, which corresponded to the physiological conditions, was applied before cyclic loading. Dynamic tests made it possible to identify the differences in the viscoelastic behavior of the passive and active tissue. This work illustrates the importance of VSM activation for the static and dynamic mechanical response of human aortas. Most importantly, this study provides material data and a material model for the development of a future generation of active aortic grafts that mimic natural behavior and help regulate blood pressure.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6 Part B) ◽  
pp. 4423-4429
Author(s):  
Hai-Xiao Lin ◽  
Qiu-Yu Pan ◽  
Bang-Hua Yao ◽  
Wen-Long Shen ◽  
Feng Yang

Based on the characteristics of mechanical response of coal rock under loading, an elastic-brittle damage constitutive relation of coal rock has been proposed, which has been extended to the 3-D stress state, based on the geological strength index. Besides, a numerical calculation method based on the elastic-brittle damage the?ory has been developed, by analyzing the seepage-stress coupling effect. Then, a computing program for fracture network transformation has been composed to perform numerical simulation of forming process of coal rock under different working conditions, by the APDL language in the ANSYS software platform. The mechanical mechanism of fracture network forming process of coal rock has been further analyzed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 1083-1090
Author(s):  
V. V. Kadam ◽  
A. B. Nikumbh ◽  
T. B. Pawar ◽  
V. A. Adole

The densities and viscosities of electrolytes are essential to understand many physicochemical processes that are taking place in the solution. In the present research, the densities and viscosities of lithium halides, LiX (X = Cl, Br, I ) and KCl in (0, 20, 40, 50, 60, 80 and 100) mass % of methanol + water at 313.15K were calculated employing experimental densities (ρ), the apparent molar volumes( ϕv) and limiting apparent molar volumes (0v) of the electrolytes. The (0v) of electrolyte offer insights into solute-solution interactions. In terms of the Jones-Dole equation for strong electrolyte solution, the experimental data of viscosity were explored. Viscosity coefficients A and B have been interpreted and discussed. The B-coefficient values in these systems increase with increase of methanol in the solvents mixtures. This implied that when the dielectric constant of the solvent decreases, so do the solvent-solvent interactions in these systems.


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