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Effect of Tube Material and Heat Treatment Temperatures on Tube Formability During Tube Hydroforming Process

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Tube hydroforming (THF) is a process that makes use of fluid means to form the tubular samples into desired form. In the present work, two materials SS 304 and AA-1100 tube samples were heat-treated at various temperatures, viz., as-received, 150 °C, 200 °C and 250 °C to know their effect on the formability. Heat-treated samples were tested for the mechanical properties using universal testing machine, and the obtained results were utilized for carrying out the numerical simulations of THF process. Simulations were performed at various L/D ratios to attain various strain paths with different heat treatment temperature results. The effects of the aforementioned parameters on bulge height, internal pressure and FLD were investigated. The obtained results from both the materials through numerical simulations were validated by the analytical model. The simulation results were observed to be in good agreement with the analytical model.

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Abbreviations

P i :

Internal pressure

t :

Thickness of the tube

\( \sigma_{z} \) :

Longitudinal stress

\( \sigma_{\theta } \) :

Hoop stress

r o :

Initial median radius

r 1 :

Final radius

α :

Stress ratio

K :

Strength factor

n :

Strain-hardening coefficients

\( \varepsilon_{\theta } \) :

Tangential (hoop) strain

\( \varepsilon_{z} \) :

Longitudinal strain

\( \varepsilon_{r} \) :

Radial strain

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Acknowledgements

The authors would sincerely like to thank Dr. P. Janaki Ramulu of ADAMA Science and Technological University for his valuable suggestions and the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science of IIT Bombay for permitting us to carry out the research work. The authors would also like to thank the management of GPREC for their constant support and encouragement.

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Venkateshwar Reddy, P., Veerabhadra Reddy, B. Effect of Tube Material and Heat Treatment Temperatures on Tube Formability During Tube Hydroforming Process. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 101, 991–998 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-020-00614-2

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