Affiliation:
1. Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Via Gaetano Di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino, Italy
Abstract
This work proposes a simple procedure to characterize 1.0 mm thick sheets of superplastic magnesium alloy AZ31. The simplest mathematical function that models the behavior of a superplastic material is a power law between stress and strain rate with two parameters connected to the material: K and m. First, the parameter m (variable with the strain) was defined directly by carrying out free-forming experimental tests at constant pressure and using a simple expression taken from the analytical modeling of the free-forming process. In the second step, an inverse analysis was carried out through a finite element model (FEM) and based on a numerical–experimental comparison between the results of the dimensionless height–time (H–t) curve, which made it possible to identify the variation of the parameter K in the same strain range. Once the m and K parameters were evaluated, it was possible to simulate the free-forming tests at constant pressure in the pressure range used to characterize the material. The proposed procedure to estimate m and K parameters made it possible to best match the numerical with the experimental results in terms of the dimensionless height–time curve. The difference between the forming time estimated by FEM and that measured experimentally along the H–t curve was found to be less than 9%.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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