汽车副架液压胀形预成形工艺设计的数值模拟

对汽车副架液压胀形预成形工艺设计进行了数值模拟研究。应用建立在刚塑性有限元法 (FEM)基础上的HydroFORM 3D软件与Oyane延性断裂准则相结合的数值模拟方法 ,重点针对管料初始尺寸的确定 ,给出了汽车副架液压胀形预成形工艺的数值模拟结果。分析表明 ,确定适合预成形工艺条件的管材初始尺寸有利于汽车副架液压胀形工艺的实施     

基于Dynaform的三通管件液压成形影响因素分析

通过采用Dynaform软件对三通管件液压成形过程进行模拟仿真,确定了影响其成形质量的因素,得到了各参数对管件成形的影响规律,通过控制各参数可有效地提高三通管件液压成形的质量,提高生产效率。     

Experimental study and finite element analysis of simple X- and T-branch tube hydroforming processes

The tube hydroforming process is a relatively complex manufacturing process; the performance of this process depends on various factors and requires proper combination of part design, material selection and boundary conditions. Due to the complex nature of the process, the best method to study the behaviour of the process is by using numerical techniques and advanced explicit finite element (FE) codes. In this work, X- and T-branch components were formed using a tube hydroforming machine and experimental load paths (forming pressure and axial feed) were obtained for the processes via a data acquisition system integrated with the machine. Subsequently, the processes were simulated using LS-DYNA3D explicit FE code using the same experimental boundary, loading conditions and the simulation results were compared with the experimental results. It was found that the developed branch height and the wall thickness distribution along different planes were in good agreement with the experimental results.     

薄壁半球件无模液压胀形的实验研究

对薄壁半球形件的无模液压胀形工艺进行了研究，并对壳体成形过程中的变形规律进行了分析，实验证明，采用无模液压胀形工艺形半球件是完全可行的，为大型薄壁半球形零件的加工制作提供了一种全新的成形方法。     

Influence of end-conditions during tube hydroforming of aluminum extrusions

Tube hydroforming experiments were conducted to develop the forming limit diagram of AA6082-T4 by utilizing three types of end-conditions: (i) “free-end”, (ii) “pinched-end” or “fixed-end” and (iii) “forced-end”. It was found that “free-end” hydroforming gives the lowest forming limits followed by “pinched-end” and “forced-end” hydroforming. It was noticed that the tube failure occurs within 5° to the extrusion weld in the “free-end” experiments, within 7° in the “pinched-end” condition and extended up to 10° in the “forced-end” hydroforming experiments. Finite element simulations were carried out to capture the effects of the weld geometry, weld mechanical properties and the end-conditions of the extruded tube on the maximum induced stress and location of the maximum von Mises stress. It was found that the anisotropy of the weld material and the end-condition used during hydroforming experiments have the largest influence on the failure location with respect to the weld center.     

Hydroforming of aluminum extrusion tubes for automotive applications. Part I: buckling, wrinkling and bursting analyses of aluminum tubes

Three possible failure modes have been identified in tube hydroforming: buckling, wrinkling and bursting. A general theoretical framework is proposed for analyzing these failure modes as an elastoplastic bifurcation problem. This framework enables advanced yield criteria and various strain-hardening laws to be readily incorporated into the analysis. The effect of plastic deformation on the geometric instability in tube hydroforming, such as global buckling, axisymmetric wrinkling and asymmetric wrinkling, is precisely treated by using the exact plane stress moduli tensor. A mathematical formulation for predicting the localized condition for bursting failure is established herein. Furthermore, the critical conditions governing the onset of buckling, axisymmetric wrinkling and asymmetric wrinkling are derived in closed-form expressions for the critical axial compressive stresses. Closed-form solutions for the critical stress are developed based on Neale–Hutchinson's constitutive equation and an assumed deformation theory of plasticity. It is demonstrated that the onset of asymmetric wrinkling always requires a higher critical axial compressive stress than the axisymmetric one under the context of tube hydroforming with applied internal pressure and hence the asymmetric wrinkling mode can be excluded in the analysis of tube hydroforming. Parametric studies show that buckling and axisymmetric wrinkling are strongly dependent on geometric parameters such as t₀/r₀ and r₀/ℓ₀, and that axisymmetric wrinkling is the predominant mode for short tubes while global buckling occurs for long slender tubes.     

管材液压成形脉动加载参数的设计及仿真

为确定变径管液压成形中的脉动加载参数,以奥氏体304不锈钢变径管为例,利用有限元分析软件建立了仿真模型,采用液压加载速度2 MPa/s并分别以复合幅值3 MPa和5 MPa、频率1 Hz和0.5 Hz的载荷进行脉动加载,根据成形零件壁厚分布的仿真结果比较分析,发现相较其他加载情况,复合幅值5 MPa频率1 Hz成形零件最大减薄率和最大增厚率明显减少,零件壁厚分布更均匀,实际加工结果验证了上述计算机辅助设计方法的可行性。     

基于DAQ卡的液压成形数据采集系统设计

针对自行设计的液压成形设备运行时需要记录实验数据,设计了基于数据采集卡（DAQ卡）的液压成形数据采集系统,利用Visual Basic编制界面和采集程序,由数据采集卡实现对成形压力和工件的轴向位移进行实时采集和A/D转换,由计算机完成数据的处理、保存和实时数据、波形的显示,为分析试件成形结果和设计合理的加载路径提供了必要的数据。     

轿车发动机横梁内高压成形仿真研究

与传统冲压焊接工艺相比,管件内高压成形工艺具有成形精度高、质量轻、材料省等优点。因此,管件内高压成形技术成为从制造工艺上降低车身质量的主要途径之一。利用自制设备对简单管件进行内高压成形实验,并借助有限元软件对其成形全过程进行数值模拟,通过实验验证仿真结果的正确性和可靠性。基于此,对发动机横梁内高压成形过程进行仿真分析,主要研究摩擦因数、轴向补料路径对成形质量的影响规律。仿真结果表明:减小摩擦因数可有效降低发动机横梁壁厚减薄程度,轴向补料路径对其厚度分布影响较为明显。     

5083铝合金三通内高压成形模拟研究

为探讨5083铝合金等径正三通的内高压成形规律,采用有限元模拟首先分析了成形过程的变形情况,其次研究了壁厚以及应力、应变的分布,用成形时应力、应变的变化解释了形成厚度分布趋势的原因。模拟结果表明,支管顶部壁厚减薄,主管以及与冲头接触处明显增厚。在内高压成形的三通铝合金管在几何尺寸及壁厚分布方面,实验结果与有限元模拟值基本吻合。