Influence of thickness and initial groove angle in M–K model on limit strain of 7B04 by considering through-thickness stress

Marciniack–Kuczinski (M–K) model is widely used to predict material’s forming limit curve (FLC). The prediction of FLC traditionally neglected through-thickness normal stress. However, it cannot be neglected in some forming processes. Much work has been done to study the effect of through-thickness normal stress on FLC with constant through-thickness normal stress or constant ratio of through-thickness normal stress and maximum principal stress. In addition, based on Nakazima test process, the ratio of through-thickness normal stress and maximum principal stress has been derived, which was a function of instantaneous thickness and loading path. Here, initial groove angle in M–K model was not considered. In this paper, uniaxial tension tests and Nakazima tests were performed on 7B04 aluminum alloy. Based on Hill 48 yield criterion and M–K model, the prediction model of FLC was established. The increase of thickness can enhance FLC. Meanwhile, it is necessary to consider through-thickness normal stress and initial groove angle in prediction model. On the left side of FLC, the effect of initial groove angle on FLC is weakened by increasing sheet thickness. On the right side of FLC, the effect of initial groove angle on FLC is strengthened by increasing sheet thickness. On the right side of FLC, the relation between limit strain points with different thicknesses is linear under one certain loading path. Thickness has decisive effect on through-thickness normal stress level and the changing trendy of through-thickness normal stress during calculation is different under different stress condition.     

含内热源球壳的复合传热特性及其表面温度均匀性研究

应用计算流体动力学方法,对带内热源的空腔球壳所涉及的含导热、自然对流和辐射换热的耦合传热问题进行了数值建模,得到了球壳空腔内、外侧流体的温度场、速度场。在数值模拟基础上,提出并试验验证了能有效提高球壳外表面温度均匀性的电加热绳方案。     

磁控溅射沉积工艺条件对薄膜厚度均匀性的影响

薄膜厚度均匀性是衡量薄膜质量和镀膜装置性能的一项重要指标.在自行设计的磁控溅射沉积设备上,对薄膜沉积工艺中靶基间距、溅射功率、工作气压对膜厚均匀性的影响进行了研究,由连续光谱椭圆偏光仪SE800测量薄膜厚度.结果表明:靶基间距较大的情况下,薄膜均匀性明显改善;溅射功率和工作气压对薄膜均匀性也有较大的影响.     

Plastic deformation analysis and forming quality prediction of tube NC bending

Plane strain assumption and exponent hardening law are used to investigate the plastic deformation in tube bending. Some theoretical formulae including stress, curvature radius of neu-tral layer, angle of neutral layer deviation, bending moment, wall thickness variation and cross-section distortion, are developed to explain the phenomena in tube bending and their magnitudes are also determined. During unloading process, the springback angle is deduced using the virtual work principle, and springback radius is also given according to the length of the neutral layer which remains unchanged before and after springback. The theoretical formulae are validated by the experimental results or the validated simulation results in literature, which can be used to quickly predict the forming quality of tube numerical control (NC) bending.     

多喷嘴构型的轴对称氢氧加热器设计与仿真

为了使氢氧燃烧加热器满足自由射流试验台工作需要并获得均匀的出口气流参数,采用同轴剪切式7个喷嘴轴对称构型喷注器,利用CFD仿真软件对其进行了三维反应流场计算,燃烧模型采用氢氧单步反应模型,获得了设计工况下的参数.计算结果表明:燃烧效率随着中心喷嘴与外围喷嘴距离L与喷注面板半径R之比(L/R)的增大先上升后下降;喷注面板的温度随着L/R的增大而降低,最终维持在600K左右;加热器出口的氧气摩尔分数以及总温的均匀性基本不随着L/R变化而变化;出口主流区的马赫数在6左右满足设计要求.在各个喷嘴的影响区域大致相等时,加热器综合性能良好.氢氧速度比越大,完全燃烧所需区域越短,喷注面板温度越高.与单喷嘴、19个喷嘴的加热器比较发现7个喷嘴的构型较为合理.      

Advances and trends in plastic forming technologies for welded tubes

With the implementation of environmental protection, sustainable development and conservation-oriented policies, components and parts of thin-walled welded tubes have gained increasing application in the aircraft and automotive industries because of their advantages: easily achieving forming and manufacturing process at low cost and in a short time. The current research on welded tube plastic forming is mainly concentrated on tube internal high-pressure forming, tube bending forming, and tube spinning forming. The focuses are on the material properties and characterization of welded tubes, finite element modeling for welded tube forming, and inhomogeneous deformation behavior and the mechanism and rules of deformation coordination in welded tube plastic forming. This paper summarizes the research progress in welded tube plastic forming from these aspects. Finally, with a focus on the urgent demand of the aviation, aerospace and automotive industries for high-strength and light-weight tubes, this paper discusses the development trends and challenges in the theory and technology of welded tube plastic forming in the future. Among them,laser tailor-welded technology will find application in the manufacture of high-strength steel tubes.Tube-end forming technology, such as tube flaring and flanging technology, will expand its application in welded tubes. Therefore, future studies will focus on the FE modeling regarding how to consider effects of welding on residual stresses, welding distortions and microstructure, the inhomogeneous deformation and coordination mechanism of the plastic forming process of tailor-welded tubes, and some end-forming processes of welded tubes, and more comprehensive research on the forming mechanism and limit of welded tubes.     

EB-PVD制备箔材的厚度均匀性研究

从真空蒸镀中使用的小平面蒸发源理论出发,针对电子束物理气相沉积中为改善箔材厚度分布所须旋转大基板进行蒸镀的情况,建立了该过程的数学模型;并利用该模型对不同的坩埚位置所沉积的箔材厚度进行了定性分析,从而实现了对坩埚与基板相对位置的优化,使基板上沉积的箔材厚度分布可以达到最均匀的状态.最后通过K值的提出使理论和实际箔材厚度的结果趋于一致,即证明所建立的数学模型是合理的.     

民机飞行结冰参数的模拟与校准

结冰问题的研究对于民用飞机设计十分重要,采用结冰风洞试验是主要的方法之一,欧美国家有很多成熟的结冰风洞用于型号研究。结冰风洞中需要对很多参数进行控制,其中水雾参数精确控制的难度很大,而且一般通过间接方法来进行测试校准,往往误差较大,导致不同结冰风洞试验结果往往有所差异。文章介绍了在意大利宇航中心的IWT 结冰风洞完成的冰风洞校准试验,对结冰风洞水雾参数校准方法进行了阐述,为民机结冰风洞研究提供参考。     

Experimental and numerical investigation on surface quality for two-point incremental sheet forming with interpolator

The unsatisfied surface quality seriously impedes the wide application of incremental sheet forming (ISF) in industrial field. As a novel approach, the interpolator method is a promising strategy to enhance the surface quality in ISF. However, the mechanism for the improvement of surface quality and the influence of interpolator properties on surface roughness are not well understood. In this paper, the influences of process variables (i.e. tool diameter, step size and thickness of interpolators) on the forming process (e.g. surface roughness, forming force and geometric error) are investigated through a systematic experimental approach of central composite design (CCD) in two-point incremental sheet forming (TPIF). It is obtained that the increase in thickness of interpolators decreases the surface roughness in direction vertical to the tool path while increases the surface roughness in direction horizontal to the tool path. Nevertheless, the combined influence between thickness of interpolators and process parameters (tool diameter and step size) is limited. Meanwhile, the placement of interpolator has little influence on the effective forming force of blank. In addition, the geometric error enlarges with the increase of step size and thickness of interpolator while decreases firstly and then increase with an increase in tool diameter. Finally, the influencing mechanism of the interpolator method on surface quality can be attributed to the decrease of the contact pressure due to the increase of contact area with the unchanged contact force. Meanwhile, the interpolator method eliminates the sliding friction on the surface of blank due to the stable relative position between the blank and the interpolator.     

Feasibility evaluation of failure models for predicting forming limit of metal foils

Forming limit of metal foil is an important index to evaluate its formability, and is of considerable significance to improve the quality of products. The ductile fracture (DF) behavior in microscale plastic deformation is remarkably affected by the geometry and grain size. To explore the size-dependent forming limit curve (FLC), the Holmberg and Marciniak tests of SUS304 foils with the thicknesses of less than 0.1 mm and diverse grain sizes were performed. In addition, the validity and feasibility of three types of existing failure models including Swift/Hill, Marciniak-Kuczynski (M-K) and DF criteria for predicting the micro-scaled FLCs were discussed. It is found that the Swift/Hill model possesses the worst accuracy with predicting deviation above 50%. Four classical DF criteria including Freudenthal, Ayada, Brozzo and Oh show great difference, and Oh model considering plastic anisotropy presents the best precision. The predicted deviation of M-K model is aggravated with increasing grain size and decreasing foil thickness, which is attributed to the intensified free surface roughening and transformation of fracture mechanism with miniaturization. This research thus provides a deeper understanding and valuable reference for the widespread application of FLC in microforming.