Surface defects on thin sheets after flanging

Port, A. Le; Thuillier, Sandrine; Manach, Pierre‐Yves; Chinesta, Francisco; Chastel, Yvan; Mansori, Mohamed El

doi:10.1063/1.3552484

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“…Analysis of the stress and strain states in the defect area showed that after springback, a stress gradient of bending type was obtained through the thickness, that could lead to a depression [8]; the gradient was much higher with solid than with shell elements.…”

Section: Mesh Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

Surface Defects in Sheet Metal Forming: a Simulative Laboratory Device and Comparison with FE Analysis

Thuillier¹,

Port²,

Manach³

2011

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Surface defects are small concave imperfections that can develop during forming on outer convex panels of automotive parts like doors. They occur during springback steps, after drawing in the vicinity of bending over a curved line and flanging/hemming in the vicinity of the upper corner of a door. They can alter significantly the final quality of the automobile and it is of primary importance to deal with them as early as possible in the design of the forming tools. The aim of this work is to reproduce at the laboratory scale such a defect, in the case of the flanging along a curved edge, made of two orthogonal straight part of length 50 mm and joint by a curved line. A dedicated device has been designed and steel samples were tested. Each sample was measured initially (after laser cutting) and after flanging, with a 3D measuring machine. 2D profiles were extracted and the curvature was calculated. Surface defects were defined between points where the curvature sign changed. Isovalues of surface defect depth could then be plotted, thus displaying also the spatial geometry on the part surface. An experimental database has been created on the influence of process parameters like the flanging height and the flanging radius. Numerical simulations have been performed with the finite element code Abaqus to predict the occurrence of such surface defects and to analyze stress and strain distribution within the defect area.

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Section: Mesh Sizementioning

confidence: 99%