FE Analysis of Size Effect on Deformation Behavior of Metal Microtube Considering Surface Roughness in Flaring Test

2009 ◽  
Vol 623 ◽  
pp. 79-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Mirzai ◽  
Kenichi Manabe

Reliable test results that show the material characteristics of a micromaterial are necessary for the accurate analysis and design of microforming processes. The size effects in the microforming are predicted to have a significant impact on the material behavior. Two size effects are explored in metallic materials. One is the grain size effect, and the other is the feature/specimen size effect. In this study, the feature size effect on the smoothing process with the consideration of tool surface roughness is investigated numerically for metal microtubes by the flaring test. Stainless-steel (SUS 316L) microtubes with the same outer diameter of 500 μm and different wall thicknesses of 50, 25 and 10 μm were used in the FE analysis to study the feature size effect on the microscale by the flaring test. The surface roughnesses of the inner and outer surfaces of the microtube, as well as the surface asperity of the conical tool, were modeled in the cyclic concave-convex configuration. It is found, in the flaring test with using rough and fine tools, that the smoothing process on the inner surface of the microtube (ISM), as well as the plastic strain in the wall thickness of microtube, is affected owing to the rigidity of the microtube, which decreases as the wall thickness of the microtube decreases. These results suggest that the feature size affects the flaring test results for the metal microtube.

2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 470-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gap-Yong Kim ◽  
Jun Ni ◽  
Muammer Koç

For the accurate analysis and design of microforming process, proper modeling of material behavior at the micro/mesoscale is necessary by considering the size effects. Two size effects are known to exist in metallic materials. One is the “grain size” effect, and the other is the “feature/specimen size” effect. This study investigated the feature/specimen size effect and introduced a scaling model which combined both feature/specimen and grain size effects. Predicted size effects were compared with three separate experiments obtained from previous research: a simple compression with a round specimen, a simple tension with a round specimen, and a simple tension in sheet metal. The predicted results had a very good agreement with the experiments. Quantification of the miniaturization effect has been achieved by introducing two parameters, α and β, which can be determined by the scaling parameter n, to the Hall–Petch equation. The scaling model offers a simple way to model the size effect down to length scales of a couple of grains and to extend the use of continuum plasticity theories to micro/mesolength scales.


2019 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
pp. 295-304
Author(s):  
Bon Young Ghoo ◽  
Jun Ho Son ◽  
Yasuyoshi Umezu ◽  
Tei Hirashima ◽  
Yuko Watanabe

Based on robust numerical formulations and various material models, finite element (FE) analysis becomes a powerful tool in conventional sheet metal forming process. Unfortunately, the present constitutive equations irrelevant to thickness that describe well conventional sheet deformation modes have difficulties being applied directly to ultra-thin sheet deformation modes. In the present study, a constitutive equation considering size effect is established by introducing a scale factor that represents size effects through thickness and width directions. Uniaxial tensile tests were used to evaluate the scale factor of different thicknesses together with the parameter identification. The developed constitutive equation reveals that thickness is the most important factor effecting on the constitutive relation of ultra-thin sheet. 2D draw forming process of C7035 ultra-thin sheet is analyzed using JSTAMP/NV introducing the developed constitutive equation. The analysis results show that there are obvious differences in the punch forces and loading geometries according to the size effect through thickness direction. Specimen width has slight effect on the flow stress although specimen thickness has strong effect on the flow stress. It is expected that the proposed constitutive equation gives good applicability to FE analysis of micro-scale forming.


2016 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 207-213
Author(s):  
You Juan Ma ◽  
Xiao Wang ◽  
Qing Qian ◽  
Zong Bao Shen

The occurrence of size effects in the microforming leads to the uncertainties in process determination and quality control. In this research, a series of experiments were conducted in UTM4104 testing machine to investigate the grain size effect and feature size effect in micro-bending. Different grain size (d), thickness to grain size ratio () and micro-mold feature size (W) were prepared to explore size effects on formability of copper foil. The formability characterized by forming depth, deformation uniformity and surface integrity was discussed. It was found that the normalized forming depth presented a gradually rise and then declined markedly when N value further decreased to 0.79. The ductile fracture mode was observed for all grain-sized workpiece and the corresponding limit forming depth decreased with increasing grain size. Besides, the thickness thinning distribution and microhardness distribution showed the similar variation tendency like M. Both the standard deviation of thickness reduction and the roughed degree of surface topography indicated the worsening deformation uniformity of the foils with a larger grain size. The inhomogeneous plastic flow of material may be the reason to explain the depression near fracture location which is only observed in coarse-grained workpiece. Overall, it is concluded that the fine-grained copper exhibited better formability as the coarse-grained workpiece experienced severe strain incompatibility.


Metals ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huixia Liu ◽  
Wenhao Zhang ◽  
Jenn-Terng Gau ◽  
Zongbao Shen ◽  
Youjuan Ma ◽  
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RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (79) ◽  
pp. 75541-75551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Jiang ◽  
Jian Cai ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Yuebing Xu ◽  
Xiaohao Liu

Palladium particles of different sizes obtained directly and indirectly by various methods were studied to clarify the particle size effect in the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (CAL).


2014 ◽  
Vol 887-888 ◽  
pp. 824-829
Author(s):  
Qing Fang Lv ◽  
Ji Hong Qin ◽  
Ran Zhu

Laminated veneer lumber is taken as an object of study, and use LVL specimens of different sizes for compression test and tensile test. The goal of the experiment is to investigate the size effect on compressive strength and tensile strength as well as the influence of the secondary glued laminated face, which appears in the secondary molding processes. The results show that both compressive strength and tensile strength have the size effect apparently and the existence of the secondary glued laminated face lower the compressive strength of LVL specimens. Afterwards, the relationship between compressive strength and volume along with tensile strength and area are obtained by the test results.


Author(s):  
Gap-Yong Kim ◽  
Muammer Koc ◽  
Jun Ni

Application of microforming in various research areas has received much attention due to the increased demand for miniature metallic parts that require mass production. For the accurate analysis and design of microforming process, proper modeling of material behavior at the micro/meso-scale is necessary by considering the size effects. Two size effects are known to exist in metallic materials. One is the “grain size” effect, and the other is the “feature/specimen size” effect. This study investigated the “feature/specimen size” effect and introduced a scaling model which combined both feature/specimen and grain size effects. Predicted size effects were compared with experiments obtained from previous research and showed a very good agreement. The model was also applied to forming of micro-features by coining. A flow stress model for Type 304 stainless steel taking into consideration the effect of the grain and feature size was developed and implemented into a finite element simulation tool for an accurate numerical analysis. The scaling model offered a simple way to model the size effect down to length scales of a couple of grains and extended the use of continuum plasticity theories to micro/meso-length scales.


2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lapo F. Mori ◽  
Neil Krishnan ◽  
Jian Cao ◽  
Horacio D. Espinosa

In this paper, the results of experiments conducted to investigate the friction coefficient existing at a brass-steel interface are presented. The research discussed here is the second of a two-part study on the size effects in friction conditions that exist during microextrusion. In the regime of dimensions of the order of a few hundred microns, these size effects tend to play a significant role in affecting the characteristics of microforming processes. Experimental results presented in the previous companion paper have already shown that the friction conditions obtained from comparisons of experimental results and numerical models show a size effect related to the overall dimensions of the extruded part, assuming material response is homogeneous. Another interesting observation was made when extrusion experiments were performed to produce submillimeter sized pins. It was noted that pins fabricated from large grain-size material (211μm) showed a tendency to curve, whereas those fabricated from billets having a small grain size (32μm), did not show this tendency. In order to further investigate these phenomena, it was necessary to segregate the individual influences of material response and interfacial behavior on the microextrusion process, and therefore, a series of frictional experiments was conducted using a stored-energy Kolsky bar. The advantage of the Kolsky bar method is that it provides a direct measurement of the existing interfacial conditions and does not depend on material deformation behavior like other methods to measure friction. The method also provides both static and dynamic coefficients of friction, and these values could prove relevant for microextrusion tests performed at high strain rates. Tests were conducted using brass samples of a small grain size (32μm) and a large grain size (211μm) at low contact pressure (22MPa) and high contact pressure (250MPa) to see whether there was any change in the friction conditions due to these parameters. Another parameter that was varied was the area of contact. Static and dynamic coefficients of friction are reported for all the cases. The main conclusion of these experiments was that the friction coefficient did not show any significant dependence on the material grain size, interface pressure, or area of contact.


2012 ◽  
Vol 430-432 ◽  
pp. 1866-1870
Author(s):  
Zhi Xiong Zhu ◽  
Shi Shun Zhu ◽  
Guo Jun Wang ◽  
Yan Zhu

Design and implementation of six freedom transportation vibration spectrum collection system is presented in this paper. The Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) is used to capture signals including x, y, z, direction linear acceleration, angular rates around Z-axis and pitch, roll degree. The software’s architecture and modules for host computer is designed with object-oriented analysis and design techniques, and the software is implemented with VC++6.0. The test results show that the system was able to collect vehicular vibration information on time and the collection data was replayed on the vibration platform.


2014 ◽  
Vol 670-671 ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Yan Chai ◽  
Wei Feng He ◽  
Guang Yu He ◽  
Yu Qin Li

To solve the crack and fracture problem in blade made of K403 alloy, the samples of K403 are laser shock processed and then the microstructure, microhardness, residual compressive stress and surface roughness of the samples are tested. The test results show that some grains are observed refined in the grain boundary of shock region, the microhardness improves in a depth of 0.8mm from the surface and the surface microhardness improves 16%, a residual compressive stress which is more than 450MPa is developed in a depth of 1mm from the surface, and obvious changes of the surface roughness are not tested.


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