Abstract: The computer simulation and experiments for the deformation behavior of pure Al in equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) process were conducted by finite element method (FEM) and coordinate network. The results show that the load required to drive the deformation varies with increasing the displacement, according to the following five steps: rapid increase, slowly increase, another rapid increase, stabilizing and decrease. Inhomogeneous deformation exists in the width direction of the sample, and the plastic deformation in the end of the sample is smaller than that in the top and that in the center. The coordinate network experiment verifies this phenomenon. This inhomogeneity is attributed to the fact that the strain rate in the outer side of the sample is faster than that in the inner side. During ECAP process, the stress state in different positions of the sample is different. In the inner side of the sample, there is a stress transition from compressive to tensile state; while in the outer side there is a transition from compressive to tensile and finally to compressive state. The simulation also indicates that elimination of abrasion can not ameliorate the deformation inhomogeneity, but can increase the effective strain; with closed mould, lager and more homogeneous shear deformation can be obtained.
Equal channel angular pressing process of pure aluminum (Ⅱ) ——Simulation of deformation behavior
Abstract:
The computer simulation and experiments for the deformation behavior of pure Al in equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) process were conducted by finite element method (FEM) and coordinate network. The results show that the load required to drive the deformation varies with increasing the displacement, according to the following five steps: rapid increase, slowly increase, another rapid increase, stabilizing and decrease. Inhomogeneous deformation exists in the width direction of the sample, and the plastic deformation in the end of the sample is smaller than that in the top and that in the center. The coordinate network experiment verifies this phenomenon. This inhomogeneity is attributed to the fact that the strain rate in the outer side of the sample is faster than that in the inner side. During ECAP process, the stress state in different positions of the sample is different. In the inner side of the sample, there is a stress transition from compressive to tensile state; while in the outer side there is a transition from compressive to tensile and finally to compressive state. The simulation also indicates that elimination of abrasion can not ameliorate the deformation inhomogeneity, but can increase the effective strain; with closed mould, lager and more homogeneous shear deformation can be obtained.