Journal
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 611-621Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.04.026
Keywords
Titanium alloy large rings; Hot ring rolling; Blank sizes; Strain and temperature distributions; Coupled thermo-mechanical effect; Dynamic explicit approach
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- National Natural Science Foundation key program of China [50335060]
- National Science Foundation of China for distinguished young scholars [50225518]
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In hot rolling of a titanium alloy large ring (TLR), blank sizes have a considerable effect on the geometric shape of the deformation zone (GSDZ) which is closely related to the uniformity of strain and temperature distributions (STD) in the TLR. In the study, an analytical description of the GSDZ is presented and then a reliable 3D coupled thermo-mechanical FE model of the process is developed based on ABAQUS/Explicit. Size effects of rectangular-section blanks on the uniformity of STD in TLRs are explored from the GSDZ point of view using dynamic explicit FE simulation. The results obtained show that: (1) The GSDZ can be described by the average shape parameter (G) over bar and the average distribution ratio of feed amount (y) over bar. (2) Under the plastic stability condition, decreasing the blank thickness h(0) or increasing the average blank radius R(a0) leads to more uniform STD, while the blank axial height b(0) has a negligible effect on the uniformity of STD. Moreover, there exist differences between effects of the two means for changing h(0) (i.e. change the blank outer radius R(0) or change the blank inner radius r(0)). (3) R(0) has predominant effect on the uniformity of STD, followed by r(0), R(a0) and b(0) in turn. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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