Studies Concerning Numerical Prediction of Metal Fibering Obtained by Cold Bulk Forming Using Sensitivity Analysis of Tribological and Rheological Properties on a Cylindrical Crushing Process

The present research paper concerns a numerical and experimental analysis of the tribologic and rheological constitutive behavior influence on prediction of metallic material forging fibering. Numerical analysis using finite element Forge® code and Abaqus software show the high importance of the friction law formulation and of the material rheological softening on the fibers morphology and on their position coordinates. Calibration and sensitivity of friction law together with the numerical sensitivity of the softening term corresponding to a Hansel-Spittel rheological equation have been studied for a cylindrical crushing test of a 16MnCr5 steel.