Die surface shape may improve the flow of materials, reduce stress concentration of the products, and decrease the processing load to extend the life of die. The objective of this paper is to show that how to design the die surface shape of T-shape protrusion hydroforming with different diameters. A finite element code DEFORM 3D is used to simulate the process of THF, including adaptive simulation to predict the internal pressurization in the tube, and utilize flow net distribution to predict the axial feeding stroke and counter punch (CP) movement. After the amendment to the loading path, the flowability and appearance of the product quality will achieve the best results.
Experiments of T-shape warm hydroforming of magnesium alloy AZ61 tubes are. The forming temperature is set as 250¢J. The simulated loading paths are used. From the comparisons of product shape, thickness distribution between analytical and experimental values, the validity of this analytical model is verified..
Keywords: Tube hydroforming, Finite element simulation, Die surface design.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0908110-185654 |
| Date | 08 September 2010 |
| Creators | Kang, Nai-shin |
| Contributors | Hui-wen Hu, Jinn-Jong Hsu, Yeong-Maw Hwang, Hong-Te Hsu |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0908110-185654 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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