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Quantitative analysis of the material flow in transitional region during isothermal local loading forming of Ti-alloy rib-web component

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The material flow in transitional region plays an important role in the forming quality of transitional region in the isothermal local loading forming of titanium alloy large-scale rib-web component. To study the material flow in transitional region, the finite element (FE) model of transitional region was established based on DEFORM-2D software and validated by physical experiment. Then, a quick and easy method, which can measure the area of different local regions of forged part in DEFORM-2D via user subroutine, was proposed to achieve the quantitative analysis of material flow mechanism. This technique can also be used in the analysis of other forming process, such as the calculation of fill ratio in forging process. The material flow pattern of transitional region during local loading forming was analyzed step by step and compared with integral forming. The results show that the material flow of transitional region during local loading process can be divided into six stages according to the material flow pattern and load-time curve. Twice transverse material flow with opposite directions occurred in the first and second loading steps sequentially, which does not exist in the integral forming. Four characteristic values evaluating the transverse flow of material, which are associated with the formation of defects and their severities, are defined and quantitatively measured at various processing conditions. It is found that decreasing the spacer block thickness and increasing friction both can decrease the four characteristic values, thus weaken the transverse material flow, which are helpful to improve the forming quality in transitional region. However, the transverse flow of material is little affected by the loading speed.

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    Pengfei Gao, He Yang & Xiaoguang Fan

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Gao, P., Yang, H. & Fan, X. Quantitative analysis of the material flow in transitional region during isothermal local loading forming of Ti-alloy rib-web component. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 75, 1339–1347 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-014-6226-4

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