Numerical Analysis of the Resistance to Shear Test of Clinched Assemblies of Thin Metal Sheets

Journal Article · Thu May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2740961· OSTI ID:21057339

Jomaa, Moez; Billardon, Rene ^[1]

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1. LMT-Cachan - ENS de Cachan / CNRS (UMR 8535) / Universite Paris 6, 61, avenue du President Wilson F-94235 Cachan Cedex (France)

The work presented in this paper is part of a more extensive study the aim of which is to build a complete simulation of the clinching process and subsequent resistance tests. This paper focuses on finite element analyses - that are performed with the ABAQUS code - of the resistance of clinched points to shear test. These analyses are run up to propagation of metal sheet fracture. A simplified procedure is proposed to identify the fracture initiation and propagation models that are used to simulate this failure process. This identification process is based on Lemaitre's ductile damage model. The numerical simulations of a shear test have been compared to experimental results.

• OSTI ID: 21057339
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 908, Issue 1; Conference: NUMIFORM '07: 9. international conference on numerical methods in industrial forming processes, Porto (Portugal), 17-21 Jun 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2740961; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
A CODES
ALLOYS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
FRACTURES
METALS
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
SHEAR
SHEETS
TESTING