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Characterization of a superplastic aluminium alloy ALNOVI-U through free inflation tests and inverse analysis

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Numerical methods are widespread in forming applications since a deeper understanding and a finer calibration of the process can be reached without most of the assumptions used in analytical approaches. In this calibration procedure the characterization of the material behaviour is an important preliminary step that cannot be avoided. Experimental tests can be numerically modelled and material constants can be found by inverse methods making numerical results as close as possible to experimental ones. In this work material parameters of a superplastic aluminium alloy have been found by experimental forming tests and an inverse analysis. Constant pressure free inflation tests were firstly performed to find the optimal range for temperature and strain rate values. Material constants were then calculated, on the basis of these tests, minimizing errors between experimental and numerical data through a gradient based optimization iterative procedure. Constant strain rate experimental tests were finally used to refine material parameters and to gain a better agreement between experiments and numerical simulations.

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The authors wish to thank the Italian Institutions Region APULIA and MIUR (Ministry of Education, University and Research) for financing the present research activity (TRASFORMA and SMATI projects).

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Sorgente, D., Tricarico, L. Characterization of a superplastic aluminium alloy ALNOVI-U through free inflation tests and inverse analysis. Int J Mater Form 7, 179–187 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-012-1118-3

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