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Effects of driver sheet on magnetic pulse forming of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets

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In this work, the formability of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets was investigated by electromagnetic bulging experiments with driver sheet. Al (0.5 mm, 1 mm, and 2 mm thick) and Cu (1 mm thick) driver sheets were used to accelerate the AZ31 sheet in electromagnetic forming (viz magnetic pulse forming) process. In order to evaluate the effect of impact induced by driver sheet, the electromagnetic bulging experiments with gap between AZ31 sheet and driver sheet were investigated. Compared with quasi-static forming limit results, increases in the major and minor principal strains (with 0.5 mm, 1 mm driver sheet, and without driver sheet) of approximately 68 % and 72 % were achieved, respectively. However, the major and minor principal strains with 2 mm Al driver sheet increased about 148 % and 184 %. When the energy is up to 2.788 kJ after the first crack (with 1 mm Al driver sheet) producing, the major and minor strains increase about four times compared to the quasi-static condition.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Xiangtan university, Xiangtan, 411105, China

    Jun Rui Xu & Qiquan Lin

  2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Jun Jia Cui

  3. National Key Laboratory for Precision Hot Processing of Metals, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Chun Feng Li

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Xu, J.R., Cui, J.J., Lin, Q. et al. Effects of driver sheet on magnetic pulse forming of AZ31 magnesium alloy sheets. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 72, 791–800 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-5713-y

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