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In hot strip rolling process, rolling schedule setup, geometrical accuracy (thickness and profile), and even the final product homogeneity of mechanical properties are affected by the automatic control, and the rolling force and torque are the prerequisite in the control process. A new cosine velocity field is firstly proposed in this paper to get the values of the required minimum rolling force and torque. The field and equal area (EA) yield criterion are used to integrate the internal plastic deformation power. Using the co-line vector inner product method, the friction power is analyzed. Finally, the analytical expressions of rolling force, rolling torque, and stress effective factor are obtained. The theoretical predictions of rolling forces are compared with on-line measured ones in a hot strip rolling plant and other researchers’ models. Results show that the calculated rolling forces are in fair agreement with the actual measured ones, and the proposed solution is considered to be applicable for solving hot strip finish rolling.
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Zhang, DH., Liu, YM., Sun, J. et al. A novel analytical approach to predict rolling force in hot strip finish rolling based on cosine velocity field and equal area criterion. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 84, 843–850 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-015-7692-z
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