Effects of Stress Relieving on Limit Dome Height of Titanium Tailor-Welded Blanks at Elevated Temperatures

2006 ◽  
Vol 532-533 ◽  
pp. 977-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Ping Lai ◽  
Luen Chow Chan ◽  
Chi Loong Chow
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Dome Height ◽  
Control Panel ◽  
Blank Holder ◽  
Limit Dome Height ◽  
Tailor Welded Blanks ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Stress Relieving

This paper aims to study the effect of stress relieving on Limit Dome Height (LDH) of Ti-TWBs at elevated temperatures. This is achieved by developing a newly constructed heating system. The elevated temperature of the system can be varied and monitored by a separately control panel. All Ti-TWBs were prepared and used to examine the LDHs under elevated temperatures. Selected specimens were heat-treated at 600°C within an hour before being formed by HILLE machine. Meanwhile, the temperature of tool heating system was also adjusted from room temperature to 550°C. Specified tests were carried out to examine the stress relieving effects of Ti-TWBs on the LDHs with the temperature control panel. In addition, investigations were carried out to ascertain whether the elevated temperatures of the critical tooling components, i.e. the die and the blank holder, could result in any significant effects on LDHs of Ti-TWBs. The findings show that LDHs of Ti-TWBs can be improved by stress relieving. The stress relieving condition can be obtained by nearly isothermal forming of specimens at a range of 550°C to 600°C.

Measurement of the Absorption of Microwave Power by Corroded Metals

1988 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph W. Bruce ◽  
R. A. Quar
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steels ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Surface Conductivity ◽  
Metallic Alloys ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
Electrical Measurements ◽  
Organic Mixture ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Microwave Signals

ABSTRACTMetal alloys, when exposed to a salt/organic environment at elevated temperatures, corrode resulting in a decrease in the surface conductivity. This decrease can be monitored and assessed via the measurement of the incident and reflected microwave signals impinging upon the corroded surface. Several metallic alloys, stainless steels and inconels, were treated with a salt/organic mixture (proprietary) and heat treated at 1100 F. Periodically, the metals were removed from the furnace, allowed to cool to room temperature, and measured electrically. The samples were re-coated with the salt/organic mixture and re-heat treated. The electrical measurements showed a generally increased power absorption as corrosion thickness increased.

Experimental Study on the Mechanical Property and Forming Limit of Magnesium Sheet at Elevated Temperatures

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Huang ◽  
J. Huang ◽  
J. Cao
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Alloy Sheet ◽  
Dome Height ◽  
Forming Limit ◽  
Uniaxial Tensile ◽  
Magnesium Sheet

Magnesium alloy sheet has received increasing attention in automotive and aerospace industries. It is widely recognized that magnesium sheet has a poor formability at room temperature. While at elevated temperature, its formability can be dramatically improved. Most of work in the field has been working with the magnesium sheet after annealed around 350°C. In this paper, the as-received commercial magnesium sheet (AZ31B-H24) with thickness of 2mm has been experimentally studied without any special heat treatment. Uniaxial tensile tests at room temperature and elevated temperature were first conducted to have a better understanding of the material properties of magnesium sheet (AZ31B-H24). Then, limit dome height (LDH) tests were conducted to capture forming limits of magnesium sheet (AZ31B-H24) at elevated temperatures. An optical method has been introduced to obtain the stress-strain curve at elevated temperatures. Experimental results of the LDH tests were presented.

Microstructual Analysis of Stress Relieving on the Thermal Deformation Behaviors of Titanium Tailor-Welded Blanks

2013 ◽  
Vol 677 ◽  
pp. 169-172
Author(s):  
Chi Ping Lai ◽  
Luen Chow Chan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Thermal Deformation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Cold Working ◽  
Working Temperature ◽  
Tailor Welded Blanks ◽  
Working Stress ◽  
Heating Device ◽  
Stress Relieving ◽  
Deformation Behaviors

This paper aims to investigate the microstructual analysis of titanium tailor-welded blanks (Ti-TWBs) undergoing the stress relieving (SR) during a thermal deformation. A modified HILLE machine, with a specific heating device that can adjust the working temperature, was employed in this study. Qualified Ti-TWBs specimens were prepared in different widths and lengths. In order to compare the performance of both SR and non-SR Ti-TWBs, the formability analyses at room temperature and around 550degC were then carried out accordingly. The limit dome heights (LDH) of these specimens were measured and it was found that the ductility of the SR Ti-TWBs was improved due to the removal of the hardening effect as well the working stress during the cold working. Moreover, the fracture surface of the Ti-TWBs also revealed that the microstructure was fine and equaxial after the heat treatment. It can be concluded that the microstructual evolution is useful to enhance the strength of Ti-TWBs.

Wandering of Crosslinks in Rubber at High Temperature

1959 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 696-700
Author(s):  
M. J. Voorn ◽  
J. J. Hermans
Keyword(s):  
Stress Relaxation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Crosslinking Density ◽  
Heat Treated Sample ◽  
Equilibrium Degree ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Final Stress ◽  
Different Temperatures

Abstract There are strong reasons to believe that on heating a crosslinked rubber crosslinks are broken and new ones formed. This has been established by the well-known work on stress relaxation of Tobolsky and his school, and others. In the following we will discuss some experiments which give further support to these views, both of a qualitative and quantitative nature. In the first place, we carried out a few preliminary experiments on stress relaxation at elevated temperatures. This stress relaxation may be due to either or both of two effects : (a) a displacement of the crosslinks, (b) a change in the number of crosslinks per unit of volume (crosslinking density p). A measure of ρ can be obtained from the equilibrium degree of swelling at room temperature, and this gives us a means of comparing changes of ρ in a stretched sample with those occurring in the unstretched state. To this end commercial rubber strips were heated in the stretched state in the absence of oxygen at three different temperatures (80, 106, 122° C) for times varying from 2 to 72 hours. The degree of stretch, i.e., the length of the stretched rubber divided by the original length was α=1 (unstretched) in one series, and α=3 in a second series. The initial stress τ0 (for α=3) and the final stress τ at the end of the heating period were read from the stress-strain diagrams, taking into account that for the heat-treated strips there was a permanent set. In other words, τ is the stress needed to give the heat-treated sample at room temperature a length 3 times the length of the original untreated sample; the ratio τ/τ0 is therefore essentially the ratio between the moduli of elasticity. The cross-linking densities ρ0 and ρ before and after heating were derived from swelling experiments (for details see the sections on swelling).

scholarly journals Improvement of Weldment Properties by Hot Forming Quenching of Friction Stir Welded TWB Sheet

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 257510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae-Hoon Ko ◽  
Jae-Hong Kim ◽  
Dae-Cheol Ko ◽  
Byung-Min Kim
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Solid Solution ◽  
Butt Joint ◽  
Hot Forming ◽  
Dome Height ◽  
Friction Stir ◽  
Tailor Welded Blanks ◽  
Aluminum Sheets ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Forming Methods

The purpose of this study is to improve the mechanical properties and formability of friction stir welded tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) of Al6061 alloy with a new forming method called hot forming quenching (HFQ) in which solid-solution heat-treated aluminum sheets are formed at elevated temperature. Forming and quenching during HFQ are simultaneously performed with the forming die for the solid-solution heat-treated sheet. In this study, specimens of aluminum TWBs were prepared by friction stir welding (FSW) with a butt joint. The effectiveness of FSW joining was evaluated by observation of the macrostructure for different sheet thicknesses. In order to evaluate the formability of TWBs by HFQ, a hemisphere dome stretching test of the limit dome height achieved without specimen failure was performed with various tool temperatures. A Vickers test was also performed to measure weldment hardness as a function of position. The formability and mechanical properties of products formed by HFQ are compared with those formed by conventional forming methods, demonstrating the suitability of HFQ for sheet metal forming of friction stir welded TWBs.

scholarly journals Study of Industrial Grade Thermal Insulation at Elevated Temperatures

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 4613
Author(s):  
Amalie Gunnarshaug ◽  
Maria Monika Metallinou ◽  
Torgrim Log
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Heat Fluxes ◽  
Inorganic Materials ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Industrial Grade ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
In Fire

Thermal insulation is used for preventing heat losses or heat gains in various applications. In industries that process combustible products, inorganic-materials-based thermal insulation may, if proven sufficiently heat resistant, also provide heat protection in fire incidents. The present study investigated the performance and breakdown temperature of industrial thermal insulation exposed to temperatures up to 1200 °C, i.e., temperatures associated with severe hydrocarbon fires. The thermal insulation properties were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and by heating 50 mm cubes in a muffle furnace to temperatures in the range of 600 to 1200 °C with a 30 min holding time. The room temperature thermal conductivity was also recorded after each heat treatment. Upon heating, the mineral-based oil dust binder was released at temperatures in the range of 300 to 500 °C, while the Bakelite binder was released at temperatures in the range of 850 to 960 °C. The 50 mm test cubes experienced increasing levels of sintering in the temperature range of 700 to 1100 °C. At temperatures above 1100 °C, the thermal insulation started degrading significantly. Due to being heat-treated to 1200 °C, the test specimen morphology was similar to a slightly porous rock and the original density of 140 kg/m3 increased to 1700 kg/m3. Similarly, the room temperature thermal conductivity increased from 0.041 to 0.22 W/m∙K. The DSC analysis confirmed an endothermic peak at about 1200 °C, indicating melting, which explained the increase in density and thermal conductivity. Recently, 350 kW/m2 has been set as a test target heat flux, i.e., corresponding to an adiabatic temperature of 1200 °C. If a thin layer of thermally robust insulation is placed at the heat-exposed side, the studied thermal insulation may provide significant passive fire protection, even when exposed to heat fluxes up to 350 kW/m2. It is suggested that this is further analysed in future studies.

Limit dome height and failure location of stainless steel tailor-welded blanks

2007 ◽  
Vol 221 (12) ◽  
pp. 1497-1506 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Jie ◽  
C H Cheng ◽  
C L Chow ◽  
L C Chan
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Dome Height ◽  
Forming Limit ◽  
Forming Limits ◽  
Limit Dome Height ◽  
Localized Necking ◽  
Tailor Welded Blanks ◽  
Necking Criterion ◽  
Failure Location

Forming limits of stainless steel tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) are investigated through both testing and numerical simulation. Limit dome height (LDH) tests were performed for 1.2/1.0 mm TWBs with 0°, 90°, 45° weldment orientations and various blank widths. Numerical simulation of the LDH test was conducted with LSDYNA. Since TWB is, in reality, a structure, the forming limits of TWBs in terms of the LDH and failure location should be characterized rather than the conventional forming limit diagrams (FLDs). A localized necking criterion based on the vertex theory was employed to identify the failure sites of TWBs. The localized necking criterion was compiled into a computer program, which processed the output data from LSDYNA. The LDHs and failure locations were computed for various combinations of blank thickness and weldment orientation. The predicted LDH and failure locations were compared with the test results and found to be satisfactory.

Experimental Analysis for the Tubular Hydroformability of Aluminum Alloys at Elevated Temperatures

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 4215-4218 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.J. Kim ◽  
K.S. Park ◽  
J.S. Ryu ◽  
Young Hoon Moon
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloys ◽  
Induction Heating ◽  
Sheet Metal Forming ◽  
Metal Forming ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Bulge Test ◽  
Bulk Metal ◽  
Induction Heating System

Aluminum alloys have a high potential for weight reduction in automotive and other applications, but they have a relatively low tubular hydroformability at room temperature. Hot working processes are commonly used for bulk metal forming, such as forging and rolling, but rare in sheet metal forming like hydroforming. The hydroformability of aluminum alloys can however be enhanced significantly at elevated temperatures. In this study, the hydroformability of aluminum alloys at elevated temperatures has therefore been investigated by using a specially designed induction heating system. The formability characteristics at high temperatures were obtained by a T-fitting forming test as well as a free bulge test. The effects of the process parameters such as an internal pressure and temperature on tubular forming limits have mainly been investigated and the results are presented in this paper

A research on the effect of retrogression and re-aging heat treatment on hot tensile properties of AA7075 aluminum alloys

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Talha Sunar ◽  
Dursun Ozyurek
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Ductile Fracture ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Xrd Analysis ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Heat Treatments ◽  
Tensile Behaviour ◽  
Heat Treated

Abstract Aluminium alloys are preferred in most industries due to the functional properties they provide. It is known that alloys that can be processed with heat treatments shows better mechanical properties. 7xxx series alloys can be processed vi heat treatments and are often used in environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures and corrosive environments. Corrosive sensitivities such as stress corrosion cracking (SCC) can be observed with the effect of working conditions. It is known that retrogression and re-aging (RRA) heat treatment provide corrosion resistance and decrease the SCC velocity. The purpose of this study is to examine the tensile behaviour of annealed and retrogression-re-aging (RRA) heat treated AA7075 alloys at elevated temperatures. The mechanical properties of the alloys were investigated by conducting tensile tests at room temperature (RT), 100, 200, and 300°C. Hardness tests were performed at room temperature on the samples which were taken from tensile test specimens after tensile tests. The potential effects of test temperature on mechanical and microstructural properties were examined. The annealed and RRA heat treated alloys were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. As a result, an increase in strength and hardness of the RRA treated AA7075 alloys was observed. Ductility of the RRA alloy was lower compared to the annealed AA7075 alloy. Fracture surface examinations showed that there was a semi-ductile fracture below 200°C and ductile fracture at temperatures of 200 and 300°C. Ductility was observed to increase with increasing temperature.

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