FE-Analysis of the Sheet Metal Forming Processes using Continuous Contact Treatment
- Dept. of Mech. Eng., KAIST, Science Town, Daejeon, 305-701 (Korea, Republic of)
In general, the sheet metal and die are described by finite elements for the simulation of the metal forming processes. Because the characteristics as continuum of the sheet metal are represented with triangles and rectangles, the errors occur inevitably in finite element analysis. Many contact schemes to describe the deformation modes exactly have been introduced in order to decrease these errors. In this study, a scheme for continuous contact treatment is proposed in order to consider the realistic behavior of contact phenomena during the forming process. The discrete mesh causes stepwise propagation of contact nodes of the sheet even though the contact region of the real forming process is altered very smoothly. It gives rise to convergence problem in case that the process, for example bending process, is sensitive to the contact between the sheet and the tools. For the verification of the proposed method, the compression forming of a tube is simulated and the contact pressures at each integration points are evaluated during deformation of the sheet. The analysis of hemi-spherical punch forming without blank holder is also presented in order to investigate the effects of the proposed algorithm.
- OSTI ID:
- 20726123
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 778, Issue 1; Conference: NUMISHEET 2005: 6. international conference and workshop on numerical simulation of 3D sheet metal forming process, Detroit, MI (United States), 15-19 Aug 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2011216; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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