Head Curvature of Pure Titanium Sheet Influenced by Process Parameters and Controlling in Hot Rolling Process

We investigated the influences of process parameters on the head curvature of pure titanium sheet in hot rolling process and proposed the controlling means. First, the thermal simulation experiments for pure titanium TA1 were carried out to investigate the hot deformation behaviors of pure titanium in the temperature range of 700-800 ℃ with strain rate range of 1-20 S-1, and the processing map was established to determine optimized deformation parameters. Then, the finite element model has been constructed and used to analyze the effect of process parameters on the direction and severity of head curvature of pure titanium sheet. The process parameters considered in the present study include workpiece temperature, work roll diameter, pass reduction, oxide scale thickness of workpiece surface, and interface friction coefficient. The simulation results show that the workpiece temperature and the interface friction coefficient are the two main factors. The proposed controlling means was carried out on a hot rolling production line and solved the head curvature problem effectively. The rolling practices indicate that the rolling yield is improved greatly.

Effect of Cold Rolling Parameters on the Longitudinal Residual Stress Distribution of GH4169 Alloy Sheet

For plastic deformed parts, the dimensional accuracy is significantly affected by residual stresses and so does the performance in service. Therefore, the rolling process of GH4169 alloy sheet at room temperature was investigated by finite element method. The effects of rolling reduction, friction coefficient, rolling velocity and initial stress on the longitudinal residual stress distribution over the thickness of GH4169 alloy sheet were analyzed. The results show that the values of longitudinal residual stress can be slightly reduced by increasing the rolling reduction and velocity. The longitudinal residual stress over the thickness distributes as ‘‘V＇＇ type or weak ‘‘W＇＇ type. The initial stress mainly has an effect on the longitudinal stress in the backward slip area. But the friction coefficient has remarkable influence on longitudinal residual stress. With the friction coefficient increasing from 0.1 to 0.5, the value of longitudinal residual stress on the sheet surface is reduced by 282 MPa. Simultaneously, the tensile stress turns into compressive stress with a strong‘‘W＇＇ type distribution.

Evolution of microstructure of aluminum alloy hollow shaft in cross wedge rolling without mandrel

During the process of cross wedge rolling of aluminum alloy hollow shaft, the evolution of its microstructure has an important influence on the mechanical properties of the rolled piece. In order to obtain the microstructure evolution law of aluminum alloy hollow shaft in cross wedge rolling without mandrel, a finite element model is constructed through the finite element software Deform-3D. The influences of rolling temperature, sectional shrinkage,spreading angle and forming angle on the average grain size of rolled piece are studied by numerical simulation of microstructure evolution. The cellular automata method reveals the inherent relationship between the process parameters and the evolution of the microstructure, and provides a reference for optimizing the rolling process parameters of aluminum alloy hollow shafts and improving the forming quality. The results show that the average grain size of the rolled piece increases with the increase of the rolling temperature, decreases with the increase of the sectional shrinkage,and decreases first and then increases with the increase of the spreading angle, and changes little with the increase of the forming angle.

Development of integrated reheating,rolling and cooling models for stelmor production line

Production characteristics of high speed rod are fast speed,complex section and internal microstructure evolution,which bring great problems to analyze and solve the quality disputes.Therefore,a serial process models have been developed based on the characteristics of high speed rod:due to rod stock to be square section,a two dimension model has been developed to predict the evolution of internal temperature and grain coarsening.As for the rod rolling process,an automatic section design system has been written, which can show section filling condition and process parameters such as temperature,pressure and recrystallization etc per pass.As for rod cooling stage,an integrated model which coupled phase transformation,temperature and final properties was developed and applied in real production with good results.

Viscous holographic f(Q)cosmology with some versions of holographic dark energy with generalized cut-offs

The work reported in this paper demonstrates the cosmology of f(Q)gravity and the reconstruction of various associated parameters with different versions of holographic dark energy with generalized cut-offs,where Q=6 H^(2).The Universe is considered to be filled with viscous fluid characterized by a viscous pressureΠ=-3 Hξ,whereξ=ξ0+ξ1 H+ξ2(˙H+H^(2)and H is the Hubble parameter.Considering the power law form of expansion,we have derived the expression of f(Q)under a non-viscous holographic framework and it is then extended to viscous cosmological settings with extended generalized holographic Ricci dark energy.The forms of f(Q)for both the cases are found to be monotonically increasing functions of Q.In the viscous holographic framework,f(Q)is reconstructed as a function of cosmic time t and is found to stay at a positive level with Nojiri-Odintsov cut-off.In these cosmological settings,the slow roll parameters are computed and a scope of exit from inflation and quasiexponential expansion are found to be available.Finally,it is observed that warm inflationary expansion can be obtained from this model.

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Thin Strip Temper Rolling Process

To reveal the basic deformation mechanisms under the conditions of high friction, small reduction, and long contact length in thin strip temper rolling process, an elastoplastic finite element analysis of plane strain upsetting was made based on the FEM software Marc. The results indicated that a near flat ＇zero reduction＇ region was present in the center of the contact arc. The simulation results about the effect of rolling parameters on the central flat region showed that any change of increasing the rolling force could result in or enlarge the central flat region in the deformation zone. Stress distribution results illustrated that the metal was in triaxial compression state. Although the maximum and minimum principal stresses were all much larger than the yield stress of the strip, the equivalent stress became lower than that, and no further plastic strain, even a small elastic spring-back occurred in the central flat region. That was the problem of ‘hydrostatic pressure＇ in thin strip temper rolling.

A Novel Low-cost Hot Rolled High Strength Steel for an Automatic Teller Machine

A novel hot rolled steel LG600A with the tensile strength exceeding 700 MPa was developed for automatic teller machine application. Thelow-cost C-Mn steel was microalloyed with：0.08 mass%- 0.12 mass% Ti rather than noble alloying elements, such as Nb, V, Mo, and Cu, etc. The novel steel had a good surface quality and welding property. After the hot rolled steel coils were leveled, the steel plates, the length of which was even down to 1 500 mm, had an excellent flatness. The effects of hot rolling parameters on mechanical per formance, m icrostructure and recrystallization behavior were studied. The metallurgical concept for the steel production was also discussed. The result shows that decreasing the finish rolling temperature, increasing cooling rate in the first cooling stage and decreasing the cooling rate in the last cooling stage, together with coiling at a modestly high coiling temperature all resulted in the refined grains and TiC precipitates, thereby improving the strength and toughness of this new steel greatly.