Low Temperature Warm Forming of Magnesium ZEK 100 Sheets for Automotive Applications

2014 ◽  
Vol 783-786 ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Ping Niu ◽  
Tim Skszek ◽  
Mark Fabischek ◽  
Alex Zak
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Process Parameters ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Warm Forming ◽  
Automotive Applications ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
Stamping Die ◽  
Automotive Parts ◽  
Volume Production

Cosma R&D investigated a low temperature warm forming process by which a magnesium ZEK 100 door inner part with a single-stage draw depth of 144 mm was successfully formed. The warm forming process is comprised of three steps: 1) heating pre-lubricated blanks in an oven at temperatures ranging from 215°C to 260 °C, 2) robotic transfer of the heated blank to a mechanical stamping press, 3) forming of the panel in room temperature stamping die at speed of about 160 mm/s. The effect of process parameters on the formability of the part, as well as, the post-forming properties including the mechanical properties, microstructure evolution and deformation thinning are also presented. The result indicates that Magnesium ZEK 100 exhibits superior low temperature warm formability over Magnesium AZ31B, and the developed warm forming process is promising and potential for volume production of magnesium automotive parts.

scholarly journals Low-temperature degradation resistance and plastic deformation of ATZ ceramics stabilized by CaO

2021 ◽  
Vol 2103 (1) ◽  
pp. 012075
Author(s):  
AA Dmitrievskiy ◽  
DG Zhigacheva ◽  
VM Vasyukov ◽  
PN Ovchinnikov
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Phase Composition ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Uniaxial Compression ◽  
Calcium Oxide ◽  
Tetragonal Phase ◽  
Room Temperature

Abstract In this work, the phase composition (relative fractions of monoclinic m-ZrO2, tetragonal t-ZrO2, and cubic c-ZrO2 phases) and mechanical properties (hardness, fracture toughness, compressive strength) of alumina toughened zirconia (ATZ) ceramics, with an addition of silica were investigated. Calcium oxide was used as a stabilizer for the zirconia tetragonal phase. It was shown that CaO-ATZ+SiO2 ceramics demonstrate increased resistance to low-temperature degradation. The plasticity signs at room temperature were found due to the SiO2 addition to CaO-ATZ ceramics. A yield plateau appears in the uniaxial compression diagram at 5 mol. % SiO2 concentration. It is hypothesized that discovered plasticity is due to the increased t→m transformability.

Warm forming process for an AA5754 train window panel

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Antonio Piccininni ◽  
Andrea Lo Franco ◽  
Gianfranco Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Material Characterization ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Warm Forming ◽  
Railway Vehicle ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
Vehicle Component ◽  
Mechanical Approach ◽  
Thermal Simulations ◽  
Critical Regions

Abstract A warm forming process is designed for AA5754 to overcome low room temperature formability. The solution includes increased working temperature and is demonstrated with a railway vehicle component. A Finite Element (FE) based methodology was adopted to design the process taking into account also the starting condition of the alloy. In fact, the component's dent resistance can be enhanced if the yield point is increased accordingly: the stamping process was thus designed considering the blank in both the H111 (annealed and slightly hardened) and H32 (strain-hardened and stabilized) conditions that were preliminarily characterized. Tensile and formability tests were carried out at different temperature and strain rate levels, thus providing the data to be implemented within the FE model (Abaqus/CAE): the stamping was at first simulated at room temperature to evaluate the blank critical regions. Subsequently, the warm forming process was designed by means of an uncoupled thermo-mechanical approach. Thermal simulations were run to properly design the heating strategy and achieve an optimal temperature distribution over the blank deformation zone (according to the results of the material characterization). Such a distribution was then imported as a boundary condition into the mechanical step (Abaqus/Explicit) to determine the optimal process parameters and obtain a sound component (strain severity was monitored implementing an FLD-based damage criterion). The simulation model was validated experimentally with stamping trials to fabricate a sound component using the optimized heating strategy and punch stroke profile.

Compressive Plasticity of Zr-Based Bulk Metallic Glass at Low Temperature

2012 ◽  
Vol 443-444 ◽  
pp. 583-586
Author(s):  
Ya Juan Sun ◽  
Ri Ga Wu ◽  
Hong Jing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Metallic Glass ◽  
Bulk Metallic Glass ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Shear Bands ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Testing Temperature ◽  
Stress Strain Curve

The mechanical properties of a new Zr-based bulk metallic glass at low temperatures were investigated. The results indicate that the fracture strength increases significantly (4.9%) and the global plasticity increases somewhat when testing temperature is lowered to 123K. The stress-strain curve of the sample deformed exhibits more serrations and smaller stress drop due to formation of more shear bands at low temperature than at room temperature.

Flow Stress Experimental Determination for Warm-Forming Process

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Fai Kong ◽  
Luen Chow Chan ◽  
Tai Chiu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Flow Stress ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Warm Forming ◽  
Recrystallization Temperature ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Compression Tests ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
Forming Temperature ◽  
Flow Stress Data

Warm forming is a manufacturing process in which a workpiece is formed into a desired shape at a temperature range between room temperature and material recrystallization temperature. Flow stress is expressed as a function of the strain, strain rate, and temperature. Based on such information, engineers can predict deformation behavior of material in the process. The majority of existing studies on flow stress mainly focus on the deformation and microstructure of alloys at temperature higher than their recrystallization temperatures or at room temperature. Not much works have been presented on flow stress at warm-forming temperatures. This study aimed to determine the flow stress of stainless steel AISI 316L and titanium TA2 using specially modified equipment. Comparing with the conventional method, the equipment developed for uniaxial compression tests has be verified to be an economical and feasible solution to accurately obtain flow stress data at warm-forming temperatures. With average strain rates of 0.01, 0.1, and 1 /s, the stainless steel was tested at degree 600, 650, 700, 750, and 800 °C and the titanium was tested at 500, 550, 600, 650, and 700 °C. Both materials softened at increasing temperatures. The overall flow stress of stainless steel was approximately 40 % more sensitive to the temperature compared to that of titanium. In order to increase the efficiency of forming process, it was suggested that the stainless steel should be formed at a higher warm-forming temperature, i.e. 800 °C. These findings are a practical reference that enables the industry to evaluate various process conditions in warm-forming without going through expensive and time consuming tests.

Influence of Al-Cu-Mn-Fe-Ti Alloy Composition and Production Parameters of Extruded Semi-Finished Products on their Structure and Mechanical Properties

2017 ◽  
Vol 265 ◽  
pp. 456-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.L. Reznik ◽  
Mikhail Lobanov
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Thermal Treatment ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Temperature Strength ◽  
Ti Alloy ◽  
Low Temperature Annealing ◽  
Annealing Conditions ◽  
Concentration Changes

Studies have been conducted as to the effect of Cu, Mn, Fe concentration changes in Al-Cu-Mn-Fe-Ti alloy, the conditions of thermal and deformational treatment of ingots and extruded rods 40 mm in diameter on the microstructure, phase composition and mechanical properties. It has been determined that changing Al-6.3Cu-0.3Mn-0.17Fe-0.15Ti alloy to Al-6.5Cu-0.7Mn-0.11Fe-0.15Ti causes an increase in the strength characteristics of extruded rods at the room temperature both after molding and in tempered and aged conditions, irrespective of the conditions of thermal treatment of the initial ingot (low-temperature annealing 420 °С for 2 h, or high-temperature annealing at 530 °С for 12 h). Increasing the extruding temperature from 330 to 480 °С, along with increasing Cu, Mn and decreasing Fe in the alloy Al-Cu-Mn-Ti, is accompanied by the increased level of ultimate strength in a quenched condition by 25% to 410 MPa, irrespective of the annealing conditions of the original ingot. An opportunity to apply the Al-6.3Cu-0.3Mn-0.17Fe-0.15Ti alloy with low-temperature annealing at 420 °С for 2 h and the molding temperature of 330 °С has been found to produce rods where, in the condition of full thermal treatment (tempering at 535 °С + aging at 200 °С for 8 hours), a structure is formed that ensures satisfactory characteristics of high temperature strength by resisting to fracture for more than 100 hours at 300 °С and 70 MPa.

Room temperature mechanical properties of polycrystalline YbAl3, a promising low temperature thermoelectric material

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Schmidt ◽  
Eldon D. Case ◽  
Gloria J. Lehr ◽  
Donald T. Morelli
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Thermoelectric Material ◽  
Room Temperature

Structure Instability of Metallic Glass Zr50Cu40Al10 in Low Temperature

2007 ◽  
Vol 539-543 ◽  
pp. 2100-2105
Author(s):  
Takeshi Fukami ◽  
A. Nanbu ◽  
M. Fukatani ◽  
Daisuke Okai ◽  
Y. Akeno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Electrical Resistivity ◽  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Metallic Glass ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Sound Propagation ◽  
Abrupt Increase ◽  
Mechanical Resonance ◽  
Abrupt Decrease

In order to examine mechanical properties of a metallic glass Zr50Cu40Al10 in low temperature below room temperature, the temperature T dependence of mechanical resonance of ultrasonic wave are measured. The mechanical resonance frequency in an as-quenched sample shows an abrupt increase at 200K for longitudinal wave and 160 K for transverse wave with decreasing T. After this abrupt increase, the sound propagation cannot be detected below these temperatures but the wave propagation is restored with increasing T and there is an abrupt decrease at 260K for the both wave modes. The similar hysteresis is observed in temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity. These suggest a kind of structure instability of Zr50Cu40Al10 in low temperature region.

Comparative Study of Incremental Forming and Elevated Temperature Incremental Forming Through Experimental Investigations on AA 1050 Sheet

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Swarit Anand Singh ◽  
Satwik Priyadarshi ◽  
Puneet Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Incremental Forming ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Forming Process ◽  
If Technique ◽  
Volume Production ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
Flexible Forming Process

Abstract Unlike conventional forming processes, incremental forming (IF) does not require any part-specific tooling. It is a flexible forming process that is suitable to form user-specific shapes and for low volume production. The IF process has been recognized as a promising manufacturing process over conventional forming for the materials having decent formability. However, it does not give reliable results while forming hard to form materials. A few investigations revealed that heat plays a vital role in enhancing the formability. On heating, the yield stress of the materials gets reduced, the ductility increases, and hence the formability improves. Thus, for the materials having poor formability, an advance IF technique, elevated temperature incremental forming (ET-IF), has been developed. ET-IF involves incremental forming of the sheets while being heated by an external heat supply. This research study focuses on the execution of the ET-IF process and its comparison with the conventional IF process. A radiation type heating device to perform the ET-IF process is designed and fabricated. The experimental investigations were carried out on 1 mm thick AA 1050 sheets by carrying out the IF process at room temperature and enhanced temperatures. Experimentation was initiated with performing straight grove tests, which were later extended to form a few more shapes. Experimental results confirm the delay in fracture and intensification of formability with the ET-IF process in comparison to that of the IF process at room temperature. The work overcomes the limitation and enlarges the scope of application of the IF process.

scholarly journals Study on the Mechanical Properties of Solid Composite Propellant Used as a Gas Generator

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Lia Junqueira Pimont ◽  
Paula Cristina Gomes Fernandes ◽  
Luiz Fernando de Araujo Ferrão ◽  
Marcio Yuji Nagamachi ◽  
Kamila Pereira Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Gas Generator ◽  
Composite Propellant ◽  
Rocket Propellants ◽  
Guanidine Nitrate ◽  
High Volume Production ◽  
Volume Production ◽  
Liquid Rocket

A gas generating propellants are used as initiators of liquid rocket propellants turbopumps and have as desired characteristic a high-volume production of low-temperature gas. In this context, some formulations of composite propellant containing polyurethane (based on liquid hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene), guanidine nitrate, ammonium perchlorate, and additives were evaluated and characterized in order to verify their potential as gas generator propellant, as well as to evaluate the influence of additives on mechanical properties. The formulations were prepared, analyzed, and tested for mechanical properties.

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