Burring Process and Fracture Criterion of Large Diameter Steel Pipe

Abstract

This paper describes finite element method analysis (FEM analysis), results of burring processing of large diameter steel pipe and fracture criterion in burring process of large diameter steel pipe. In this study, the pipe is the 150A SGP pipe with a diameter of 165.2 mm and a wall thickness of 5 mm. The pipe is used for a plant as a flow channel of gas and liquid. A burring process of pipe is generally for forming the branch. The burring process is achieved by drawing of die from prepared hole. And the branch pipe is welded to the formed pipe. This process has some problem. One is the forming limit of pipe, and the other is needed to machining the end surface to be welded. Therefore, in this study, the forming limit of SGP pipe was estimated by FEM analysis of burring process. The parameters used for criteria for forming limit are the maximum shear stress and the equivalent strain. As a result of comparing the analysis result and the experimental result, the forming limit of the 150A SGP pipe was estimated that the maximum shear stress is 350 MPa and the equivalent strain is around 0.8.