The superplastic flow characteristics of hot extruded MB26 Mg alloy under the conditions of tension are studied. The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on superplasticity are analyzed. On the other han...The superplastic flow characteristics of hot extruded MB26 Mg alloy under the conditions of tension are studied. The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on superplasticity are analyzed. On the other hand, the superplastic extrusion of MB26 Mg alloy is also studied.展开更多
Heterogeneous pressure-carrying medium was employed to establish a differentiated pressure field on sheet metal in flexible die forming process in this work,which aimed at matching the non-symmetric shape of target co...Heterogeneous pressure-carrying medium was employed to establish a differentiated pressure field on sheet metal in flexible die forming process in this work,which aimed at matching the non-symmetric shape of target component and improving metal inflow to avoid local tensile instability.Specifically,metal inflow corresponding to the differentiated pressure field was analytically evaluated.Forming of a typical non-symmetric shell component was experimentally and numerically studied based on the proposed method.Compared with forming processes based on the uniform pressure,difference of metal inflow in two sides of the non-symmetric component increased from 2.16 mm to 3.36 mm and metal inflow in critical region increased by 11.9%when differentiated pressure field(taking heterogeneous elastomer#4–3 for example)was employed.The resultant maximum thinning ratio decreased by 4.2% and the uniformity of shell thickness increased by 16.9%.With the decrease of Shore hardness of elastomer in the formed region,stress path in the ready-to-form region transferred towards the bi-axial tension stress state,i.e.,stress ratio(a)increased.And,stress triaxiality(η)in characteristic regions were regulated appropriately,which decreased the risk of tensile instability.It was attributed to the decreased normal pressure and frictional resistance at sheet/elastomer interface in the formed region.展开更多
文摘The superplastic flow characteristics of hot extruded MB26 Mg alloy under the conditions of tension are studied. The effects of deformation temperature and strain rate on superplasticity are analyzed. On the other hand, the superplastic extrusion of MB26 Mg alloy is also studied.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52275329,No.51905156,and No.51805309)Natural Science Foundation of Henan(No.232300421059)the fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M672221)。
文摘Heterogeneous pressure-carrying medium was employed to establish a differentiated pressure field on sheet metal in flexible die forming process in this work,which aimed at matching the non-symmetric shape of target component and improving metal inflow to avoid local tensile instability.Specifically,metal inflow corresponding to the differentiated pressure field was analytically evaluated.Forming of a typical non-symmetric shell component was experimentally and numerically studied based on the proposed method.Compared with forming processes based on the uniform pressure,difference of metal inflow in two sides of the non-symmetric component increased from 2.16 mm to 3.36 mm and metal inflow in critical region increased by 11.9%when differentiated pressure field(taking heterogeneous elastomer#4–3 for example)was employed.The resultant maximum thinning ratio decreased by 4.2% and the uniformity of shell thickness increased by 16.9%.With the decrease of Shore hardness of elastomer in the formed region,stress path in the ready-to-form region transferred towards the bi-axial tension stress state,i.e.,stress ratio(a)increased.And,stress triaxiality(η)in characteristic regions were regulated appropriately,which decreased the risk of tensile instability.It was attributed to the decreased normal pressure and frictional resistance at sheet/elastomer interface in the formed region.
