3-D Finite Element Simulation of Pulsating T-Shape Hydroforming of Tubes

2007 ◽  
Vol 340-341 ◽  
pp. 353-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Loh-Mousavi ◽  
Kenichiro Mori ◽  
K. Hayashi ◽  
Seijiro Maki ◽  
M. Bakhshi

The effect of oscillation of internal pressure on the formability and shape accuracy of the products in a pulsating hydroforming process of T-shaped parts was examined by finite element simulation. The local thinning was prevented by oscillating the internal pressure. The filling ratio of the die cavity and the symmetrical degree of the filling was increased by the oscillation of pressure. The calculated deforming shape and the wall thickness are in good agreement with the experimental ones. It was found that pulsating hydroforming is useful in improving the formability and shape accuracy in the T-shape hydroforming operation.

2020 ◽  
Vol 858 ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Michael May

In the context of automotive crash simulation, rate-dependent properties are sought for all materials undergoing deformation. Measuring rate-dependent properties of adhesively bonded joints is a challenging and associated with additional cost. This article assesses the need for having rate-dependent properties of adhesively bonded joints for the example of a typical automotive structure, an adhesively bonded metallic T-joint. Using Finite Element simulation it could be shown that good agreement between experiment and simulation was only achieved if rate-dependent properties were considered for the adhesive.


2013 ◽  
Vol 554-557 ◽  
pp. 300-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Khodaee ◽  
Arne Melander

Gear rolling is a manufacturing technique for gears with many advantages like reduced material consumption, reduced scrap generation, fast cycle times, good surface quality and improved final properties of the gear wheels compared to conventional production technology based on machining. In order to make use of all these advantages it is desired to reach the final shape of the gear wheel already after rolling. This means that post treatments like grinding should be avoided. This puts high requirements on the shape accuracy after gear rolling. In this paper it was studied if finite element simulation could be used to evaluate the shape accuracy after gear rolling. The measurement of shape accuracy of gear wheels is specified in standards like ISO1328-1. The allowed deviations from nominal shape are often of the order of 10-30 μm for very good qualities. So if such evaluation shall be possible from a finite element simulation the accuracy must be of the same order. In order to have sufficient accuracy of the finite element simulation 2D simulations were performed on a spur gear. The FE code DEFORM was utilized. The shape accuracy was evaluated for gear rolling of two cases. One case had gears with the module of 1 mm. The other case involved gears with a significantly larger module of 4 mm. This was an interesting case since it is known that it is more difficult to roll the gear with good accuracy in large modules.


2014 ◽  
Vol 983 ◽  
pp. 226-230
Author(s):  
Zhu Dan ◽  
Zheng Yan

Machining of metals make use of thermal mechanical FEM model. Analysis of nonlinear elastoplastic finite element simulation of milling of 45 # steel material use software of ABAQUS that is finite element simulation technology. ABAQUS software could be carried out on prediction of the milling force. Through finite element analysis, distribution of stress field of workpiece and tool is obtained under the influence of thermal mechanical. The prediction accuracy of the model was validated experimentally and the obtained numerical and experimental results were found in good agreement.


2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Zahedi ◽  
A. Shamsi ◽  
A. Gorji ◽  
S.J. Hosseinipo ◽  
M. Bakhshi-Jo

Author(s):  
Kolawole Adesola Oladejo ◽  
Dare Aderibigbe Adetan ◽  
Ayobami Samuel Ajayi ◽  
Oluwasanmi Oluwagbenga Aderinola

This study investigated bending stress distribution on involute spur gear tooth profiles with pressure angle of 20 ̊ but different modules 2.5, 4.0 and 6.0 mm, using a finite-element-based simulation package - AutoFEA JL Analyzer. The drafting of the geometry for the three gear tooth profiles were implemented on the platform of VB-AutoCAD customized environment, before importing to the package. These were separately subjected to analysis for bending stresses for a point at the tooth fillet region with appropriate settings of material property, load and boundary conditions. With the same settings, the bending stresses were computed analytically using American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) established equation. The results of the two approaches were in good agreement, with maximum relative deviation of 4.38%. This informed the confidence in the implementation of the package to investigate the variation of bending stress within the gear tooth profile. The simulation revealed decrease in the bending stresses at the investigated regions with increase in the module of the involute spur-gear. The study confirms that Finite element simulation of stresses on gear tooth can be obtained accurately and quickly with the AutoFEA JL Analyzer.


2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 1477-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Elyasi ◽  
Hassan Khanlari ◽  
Mohammad Bakhshi-Jooybari

In this paper, the effect of load path on thickness distribution and product geometry in the tube hydroforming process is studied by finite element simulation and experimental approach. The pressure path was obtained by using finite element simulation and its validation with experiments. In simulations and experiments, low carbon stainless steel (SS316L) seamless tubes were used. The obtained results indicated that if pressure reaches to maximum faster, bulge value and thinning of the part will be more and wrinkling value will be less.


2011 ◽  
Vol 473 ◽  
pp. 618-623
Author(s):  
Khalil Khalili ◽  
Seyed Yousef Ahmadi-Brooghani ◽  
Amir Ashrafi

Tube hydroforming process is one of the metal forming processes which uses internal pressure and axial feeding simultaneously to form a tube into the die cavity shape. This process has some advantages such as weight reduction, more strength and better integration of produced parts. In this study, T-shape tube hydroforming was analyzed by experimental and finite element methods. In Experimental method the pulsating pressure technique without counterpunch was used; so that the internal pressure was increased up to a maximum, the axial feeding was then stopped. Consequently, the pressure decreased to a minimum. The sequence was repeated until the part formed to its final shape. The finite element model was also established to compare the experimental results with the FE model. It is shown that the pulsating pressure improves the process in terms of maximum protrusion height obtained. Counterpunch was eliminated as being unnecessary. The results of simulation including thickness distribution and protrusion height were compared to the part produced experimentally. The result of modeling is in good agreement with the experiment. The paper describes the methodology and gives the results of both experiment and modeling.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Xiao ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Hongyu Sun ◽  
Jingru Wang

Abstract For analyzing behaviors of hairiness entanglement during fabric pilling, nonlinear dynamic motion equations are deduced based on the elastic thin rod element, combined with the moving characteristics of hairiness, which follow the principles of mechanical equilibrium and energy conservation. The finite element simulation model of the effects of hairiness performance on behaviors of hairiness entanglement was established by ABAQUS. The analysis solution values of nonlinear dynamics were compared with the finite element simulation results. The results showed that hairiness elastic modulus, hairiness friction coefficient and hairiness diameter have significant effects on frictional dissipation energy, strain energy and kinetic energy produced by hairiness entanglement during pilling. Compared the finite element simulation results with analysis solution values, they are in good agreement. The fitness is greater than 0.96, which verifies the validity of finite element method.


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