Efficient simulation of press hardening process through integrated structural and CFD analyses
- Altair, 1820 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083 (United States)
- Altair Development France, Sophia Antipolis Cedex 06903 (France)
- Altair, 1820 East Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083 (France)
Press hardened steel parts are being increasingly used in automotive structures for their higher strength to meet safety standards while reducing vehicle weight to improve fuel consumption. However, manufacturing of sheet metal parts by press hardening process to achieve desired properties is extremely challenging as it involves complex interaction of plastic deformation, metallurgical change, thermal distribution, and fluid flow. Numerical simulation is critical for successful design of the process and to understand the interaction among the numerous process parameters to control the press hardening process in order to consistently achieve desired part properties. Until now there has been no integrated commercial software solution that can efficiently model the complete process from forming of the blank, heat transfer between the blank and tool, microstructure evolution in the blank, heat loss from tool to the fluid that flows through water channels in the tools. In this study, a numerical solution based on Altair HyperWorks® product suite involving RADIOSS®, a non-linear finite element based structural analysis solver and AcuSolve®, an incompressible fluid flow solver based on Galerkin Least Square Finite Element Method have been utilized to develop an efficient solution for complete press hardening process design and analysis. RADIOSS is used to handle the plastic deformation, heat transfer between the blank and tool, and microstructure evolution in the blank during cooling. While AcuSolve is used to efficiently model heat loss from tool to the fluid that flows through water channels in the tools. The approach is demonstrated through some case studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 22261677
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1567, Issue 1; Conference: NUMISHEET 2014: 9. international conference and workshop on numerical simulation of 3D sheet metal forming processes, Melbourne (Australia), 6-10 Jan 2014; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
CFD Simulations of a Regenerative Process for Carbon Dioxide Capture in Advanced Gasification Based Power Systems
Adoption of High Performance Computational (HPC) Modeling Software for Widespread Use in the Manufacture of Welded Structures