Analysis of Crack Tip Stress of Transversal Crack on Slab Corner During Vertical-Horizontal Rolling Process by FEM

Behavior of transversal crack notched on slab corner during vertical-horizontal rolling process was simulated by FEM. The crack tip stress in the whole rolling process was obtained. Influences of the friction coefficient, the initial crack size, the edger roll profile, and the groove fillet radii of grooved edger roll on crack tip stress were analyzed. For vertical rolling, the tension stress appears at crack tip near the slab top surface and the compression stress appears at crack tip near the slab side surface for the flat edger roll; however, the compression stress appears at crack tip near the slab top surface and the tension stress appears at crack tip near the slab side surface in the exit stage for the grooved edger roll. For horizontal rolling, the tension stress appears at crack tip just at the exit stage for the flat edger roll, and the tension stress appears in whole rolling stage; the tension stress value near the slab side surface is much larger than that near the slab top surface for the grooved edger roll.

Vertical-horizontal coupling nonlinear vibration characteristics of rolling mill under mixed lubrication

Considering the dynamic influence of the roll vibration on the lubricant film thickness in the rolling deformation area,nonlinear dynamic rolling forces related to film thickness in the vertical and horizontal directions were obtained based on the Karman balance theory.Based on these dynamic rolling forces and the mechanical vibration of the rolling mill,a vertical-horizontal coupling nonlinear vibration dynamic model was established.The amplitude-frequency equation of the main resonance was derived by using the multiple-scale method.At last,the parameters of the 1780 rolling mill were used for numerical simulation,and the time-domain response curves of the system’s vibration displacement and lubricating film thickness under the steady and unsteady conditions were analyzed.The influences of parameters such as interface contact ratio,nonlinear parameters and external disturbances on the primary resonance frequency characteristics were obtained,which provided a theoretical reference for the suppression of rolling mill vibration.

Numerical film torque modeling of friction pair in hydro-viscous clutchs

A numerical model to predict film torque of hydro-viscous clutch was developed.The model was established with computational fluid dynamics（CFD）.The pressure distribution,velocity of flow and film torque were obtained based on vertical-horizontal grooved plate and radial grooved plate separately.The boundary conditions,such as the relative rotation,the fluid temperature and the oil feeding pressure,were also discussed.The results showed that the film torque of two kinds of grooved plate increased with increasing relative rotation.However,the film torque decreased with increasing fluid temperature and feeding pressure.Meanwhile,the film torque of radial grooved plate was less than vertical-horizontal grooved plate at the same condition.Our study showed that the model can efficiently calculate the film torque with complex geometry parameters and boundary conditions.