Geometric size effect of Lemaitre damage model parameters of rolled CuAl5 alloy

The geometric size effects (GSEs) of Lemaitre damage model parameters (the critical damage value at rupture, Dc, the strain at the damage threshold, epsilon D, and the strain at rupture, epsilon R) of a rolled CuAl5 alloy were evaluated using uniaxial tensile experiments and the finite element method. The results indicated the presence of size effect on the damage model parameters of the rolled CuAl5 alloy. With an increase in reduction ratio (Rr) at a constant thickness (t), Dc increased; with an increase in t at a constant Rr, Dc decreased and then increased. Both epsilon D and epsilon R decreased with increasing Rr and decreasing t. New models of the relationship between the damage model parameters and t were established for the three Rr values. The predicted results of the models agreed with the experimental ones. These results help to accurately predict the fracture behavior of microparts during plastic forming.

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The geometric size effects (GSEs) of Lemaitre damage model parameters of a rolled CuAl5 alloy were evaluated using uniaxial tensile experiments and the finite element method. The results showed that the damage model parameters were influenced by the size effect. Dc increased with an increase in reduction ratio (Rr) at a constant thickness (t), and decreased and then increased with an increase in t at a constant Rr. Both epsilon D and epsilon R decreased with increasing Rr and decreasing t. New models relating the damage model parameters to t were established. The predicted results of the models agreed with the experimental ones.