An optimization method was presented for cold stretch forming of titanium-alloy aircraft skin to determine process parameters and to reduce springback.In the optimization model,a mathematical formulation of stress dif...An optimization method was presented for cold stretch forming of titanium-alloy aircraft skin to determine process parameters and to reduce springback.In the optimization model,a mathematical formulation of stress difference was developed as an indicator of the degree of springback instead of implicit springback analysis.Explicit finite element method(FEM)was used to analyze the forming process and to provide the stress distribution for calculating the amount of the stress indicator.In addition,multi-island genetic algorithm(MGA)was employed to seek the optimal loading condition.A case study was performed to demonstrate the potential of the suggested method.The results show that the optimization design of process parameters effectively reduces the amount of springback and improves the part shape accuracy.It provides a guideline for controlling springback in stretch forming of aircraft skin.展开更多
A process design approach for multi-stage stretch forming was proposed by combining the strain distribution method and finite element method(FEM)to determine the minimum stage number and deformation amount of each sta...A process design approach for multi-stage stretch forming was proposed by combining the strain distribution method and finite element method(FEM)to determine the minimum stage number and deformation amount of each stage.The strain distribution method was used to calculate the deformation amount of each stage and evaluate the formability through a safety criterion.FE simulation was taken as an analysis tool to reveal the deformation behaviour,to predict the strain contour and to determine the process parameters at each stage.To evaluate the effect of heat treatment after pre-strain on occurrence of deformation defects during the subsequent deformation,a multi-stage uniaxial tension test for 2B06 aluminium alloy sheet was carried out.A case study demonstrates that the approach has high reliability and good practicability.展开更多
基金Project(50905008)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2007AA041905)supported by the National High-tech Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(YWF-10-01-B08)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China
文摘An optimization method was presented for cold stretch forming of titanium-alloy aircraft skin to determine process parameters and to reduce springback.In the optimization model,a mathematical formulation of stress difference was developed as an indicator of the degree of springback instead of implicit springback analysis.Explicit finite element method(FEM)was used to analyze the forming process and to provide the stress distribution for calculating the amount of the stress indicator.In addition,multi-island genetic algorithm(MGA)was employed to seek the optimal loading condition.A case study was performed to demonstrate the potential of the suggested method.The results show that the optimization design of process parameters effectively reduces the amount of springback and improves the part shape accuracy.It provides a guideline for controlling springback in stretch forming of aircraft skin.
基金Project(2006AA04Z143) supported by the National High-tech Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(2006BAF04B00) supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program of ChinaProject(2007ZE51055) supported by the Aviation Science Foundation of China
文摘A process design approach for multi-stage stretch forming was proposed by combining the strain distribution method and finite element method(FEM)to determine the minimum stage number and deformation amount of each stage.The strain distribution method was used to calculate the deformation amount of each stage and evaluate the formability through a safety criterion.FE simulation was taken as an analysis tool to reveal the deformation behaviour,to predict the strain contour and to determine the process parameters at each stage.To evaluate the effect of heat treatment after pre-strain on occurrence of deformation defects during the subsequent deformation,a multi-stage uniaxial tension test for 2B06 aluminium alloy sheet was carried out.A case study demonstrates that the approach has high reliability and good practicability.
