During radial-axial ring rolling process, cooperative strategy of the radial axial feed is critical for dimensional accuracy and thermo mechanical parameters distribution of the formed ring. In order to improve the co...During radial-axial ring rolling process, cooperative strategy of the radial axial feed is critical for dimensional accuracy and thermo mechanical parameters distribution of the formed ring. In order to improve the comprehensive quality of the ring parts, response surface method (RSM) is employed for the first time to optimize the cooperative feed strategy for radial-axial ring rolling process by combining it with an improved and verified 3D coupled thermo-mechanical finite element model. The feed trajectory is put forward to describe cooperative relationship of the radial- axial feed and three variables are designed based on the feed trajectory. In order to achieve multi- objective optimization, four responses including thermo mechanical parameters distribution and rolling force are proposed. Based on the FEM results, RSM is used to establish a response model to depict the function relationship between the objective response and design variables. Through this approximate model, effects of different variables on ring rolling process are analyzed connect- edly and optimal feed strategy is obtained by resorting to the optimal chart specific to a constraint condition.展开更多
基金Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20126102120022) of ChinaNorthwestern Polytechnical University(NPU) Foundation for Fundamental Research(NPU-FFR-JC200822) of China for the support given to the research
文摘During radial-axial ring rolling process, cooperative strategy of the radial axial feed is critical for dimensional accuracy and thermo mechanical parameters distribution of the formed ring. In order to improve the comprehensive quality of the ring parts, response surface method (RSM) is employed for the first time to optimize the cooperative feed strategy for radial-axial ring rolling process by combining it with an improved and verified 3D coupled thermo-mechanical finite element model. The feed trajectory is put forward to describe cooperative relationship of the radial- axial feed and three variables are designed based on the feed trajectory. In order to achieve multi- objective optimization, four responses including thermo mechanical parameters distribution and rolling force are proposed. Based on the FEM results, RSM is used to establish a response model to depict the function relationship between the objective response and design variables. Through this approximate model, effects of different variables on ring rolling process are analyzed connect- edly and optimal feed strategy is obtained by resorting to the optimal chart specific to a constraint condition.