The 3-D thermo-mechanical coupled elasto-plastic finite element method (FEM)was used for the simulation of the two-pass continuous hot rolling process of 60SiMnA spring steelbars and rods using MARC/AutoForge3.1 softw...The 3-D thermo-mechanical coupled elasto-plastic finite element method (FEM)was used for the simulation of the two-pass continuous hot rolling process of 60SiMnA spring steelbars and rods using MARC/AutoForge3.1 software. The simulated results visualize the metal flow andthe dynamic evolutions of the strain, stress and temperature during the continuous hot rolling,especially inside the work-piece. It is shown that the non-uniform distributions of the strain,stress and temperature on the longitudinal and transverse sections are a distinct characteristic ofthe continuous hot rolling, which can be used as basic data for improving the tool design,predicting and controlling the micro-structural evolution of a bar and rod.展开更多
文摘The 3-D thermo-mechanical coupled elasto-plastic finite element method (FEM)was used for the simulation of the two-pass continuous hot rolling process of 60SiMnA spring steelbars and rods using MARC/AutoForge3.1 software. The simulated results visualize the metal flow andthe dynamic evolutions of the strain, stress and temperature during the continuous hot rolling,especially inside the work-piece. It is shown that the non-uniform distributions of the strain,stress and temperature on the longitudinal and transverse sections are a distinct characteristic ofthe continuous hot rolling, which can be used as basic data for improving the tool design,predicting and controlling the micro-structural evolution of a bar and rod.
