The Comparison between Continuous Confined Strip Shearing (C2S2) and ECAP Conform in Regard to Equivalent Plastic Strain Distribution for Al 1100

Abstract

During the last years lots of efforts have been done to industrialize equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) technique. Both Continuous Confined Strip Shearing (C2S2) and ECAP-Conform methods are rather recent techniques, making a continuous process from ECAP method. In present study both mentioned processes were simulated with ABAQUS Finite Element software for commercially pure aluminum. During C2S2 process the sample gradually experienced equivalent plastic strain (PEEQ) of 0.13 at initial stages of bending, while during ECAP-Conform the sample underwent rather sudden magnitude of strain of about 0.52 at primary stages, and it remained constant during the rest of the process. The final magnitude of the PEEQ differed significantly between two processes, as it was 0.86 and 1.36 in C2S2 and ECAP-Conform, respectively. Therefore, in the same processing condition employing the ECAP-Conform method led to a finer microstructure in comparison with C2S2 technique.