Determination of forming limit diagram for tube hydroforming based on the strain rate change criterion

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guolin Hu ◽  
Lianfa Yang ◽  
Jianwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Tube Hydroforming ◽  
Forming Limit Diagram ◽  
Rate Change ◽  
Forming Limit ◽  
Strain Rate Change

A Suitable Criterion for Precise Determination of Incipient Necking in Sheet Materials

2006 ◽  
Vol 519-521 ◽  
pp. 111-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Situ ◽  
Mukesh K. Jain ◽  
M. Bruhis
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Sheet Material ◽  
Forming Limit Diagram ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Forming Limit ◽  
Strain History ◽  
Flow Localization ◽  
Major Strain ◽  
Strain Paths

Forming limit diagram (FLD) is a measure of the formability of a sheet material. The major-minor strain pairs that are closest to the neck on multiple specimens of various strain paths are utilized to construct a boundary between safe and unsafe zones. The challenge to obtain the FLD is the determination of incipient necking. Three approaches to determine the limit strains have been investigated and compared in this research in order to establish the optimal one for implementation: (1) commonly used Bragard criterion ( 1)e Br with periodic grids; (2) tracking the region of large local strains from strain history to locate the instance when critical major strain ( 1)e cr happens; (3) post-processing of strain history to locate the inflection in the major strain rate curve 1 max (e&&) at the onset of localization. The last criterion of inflection in strain rate 1 max (e&&) carries both a numerical and a physical meaning towards developing an understanding of flow localization, formability and fracture.

Optimization of Tube Hydroforming Process Using Probabilistic Constraints on Failure Modes

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anis Ben Abdessalem ◽  
A. El Hami
Keyword(s):  
Failure Modes ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Tube Hydroforming ◽  
Forming Limit Diagram ◽  
Plastic Instability ◽  
Probabilistic Constraints ◽  
Forming Limit ◽  
Reliability Based Design ◽  
Hydroforming Process

In metal forming processes, different parameters (Material constants, geometric dimensions, loads …) exhibits unavoidable scatter that lead the process unreliable and unstable. In this paper, we interest particularly in tube hydroforming process (THP). This process consists to apply an inner pressure combined to an axial displacement to manufacture the part. During the manufacturing phase, inappropriate choice of the loading paths can lead to failure. Deterministic approaches are unable to optimize the process with taking into account to the uncertainty. In this work, we introduce the Reliability-Based Design Optimization (RBDO) to optimize the process under probabilistic considerations to ensure a high reliability level and stability during the manufacturing phase and avoid the occurrence of such plastic instability. Taking account of the uncertainty offer to the process a high stability associated with a low probability of failure. The definition of the objective function and the probabilistic constraints takes advantages from the Forming Limit Diagram (FLD) and the Forming Limit Stress Diagram (FLSD) used as a failure criterion to detect the occurrence of wrinkling, severe thinning, and necking. A THP is then introduced as an example to illustrate the proposed approach. The results show the robustness and efficiency of RBDO to improve thickness distribution and minimize the risk of potential failure modes.

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