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An elasto-plastic incremental finite element computer code based on an updated Lagrangian formulation was developed to simulate the V-die coining bend process of sheet metal under the plane-strain condition. A modified Coulomb’s friction law was introduced to treat the alternation of the sliding–sticking state of friction at the contact interface. The r-minimum method was used to treat the elastic–plastic stress state and to solve contact problems at the tool–metal interface. V-bends of sheet metals are classified according to the number of contact points of the sheet with the bending die, and include air bends, bottoming bends, and coining bends. The former has three contact points with the bending die at the punch top and die shoulders, and there have been many experimental and analytical research works reported on it. The latter two are in contact at a greater number of points. To clarify the bending characteristics, it is necessary to fully understand the process and stress state in the bent part. The experiment was performed to validate the theoretical formulation and to support the development of the computer code. Simulation was performed on the punch load of the coining bend and the bend angle of the bent part after unloading. Calculated sheet geometries and the forming force agree well with the experimental data. The simulation clearly demonstrates the efficiency of the code to simulate V-die coining bend processes that proceed under contact history.
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Huang, YM. Finite element analysis on the V-die coining bend process of steel metal. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 34, 287–294 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1054-4
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