Research on the dynamic evolution of residual stress in thermal processing of diesel engine blocks based on FEM

The residual stresses (RS) generated during the thermal processing processes such as casting and heat treatment is one of the fundamental causes of irreversible deformation of diesel engine bodies (DEBs). However, previous studies only focused on the RS generated from casting or the effect of annealing heat treatment on the RS in castings unilaterally, and the analytical results were far from the actual conditions. Therefore, this paper proposes a comprehensive research method to consider the whole dynamic evolution of the casting from the RS generated by casting to the stress relief by heat treatment. Numerical simulation of DEBs casting process is carried out by PROCAST, and the results of casting RS obtained from the simulation are imported into ABAQUS, and then numerical simulation of annealing heat treatment is carried out for the DEB casting model with casting RS, so as to realize the analysis of dynamic evolution of RS from casting to heat treatment.

Automated summary

This study aims to comprehensively investigate the impact of residual stresses on irreversible deformation of diesel engine bodies. By conducting numerical simulations of casting and heat treatment processes, the dynamic evolution of residual stresses from casting to heat treatment is analyzed.