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In this paper, a mechanical model of axial and circumferential bidirectional deformation has been developed by considering two factors: roller shape and radial reduction. Since the calibration of the roundness and that of the straightness of pipes are currently separate processes, the established mechanical models are based on a single direction. However, the established bidirectional mechanical model can describe not only the stress-strain distribution of the pipe in deformation to determine the position of the stress concentration but also the deformation curve of the pipe in different directions. As a result, it can serve as a theoretical basis for setting process parameters and optimizing roller shape. A large thin-walled pipe of Al6063 is modeled and then numerically simulated with FEM software of ABAQUS, and the results are compared with the model. Then, the process is fabricated and tested experimentally. The results are compared with the mechanical and numerical models. The distribution of equivalent stress and equivalent strain obtained by the model has a good match with the simulation results, and the maximum relative error is not more than 25%. The axial and circumferential deformation curve calculated by the mechanical model coincides well with the simulation and experimental results, and the maximum error is not greater than 3.0 mm. Obviously, both the experiment and the simulation have verified a superior validity of the model.
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The authors would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Natural Science Foundation of Hebei province, and National Major Science and Technology Projects of China for their financial support.
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This project was funded and supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 52005431), National Natural Science Foundation of Hebei province (grant number E2020203086), and National Major Science and Technology Projects of China (grant number 2018ZX04007002).
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Xueying Huang: conceptualization, methodology, validation, formal analysis, investigation, data curation, writing - original draft, writing - review and editing, software, visualization.
Gaochao Yu: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, supervision, writing - review and editing.
Honglei Sun: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, supervision.
Jun Zhao: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, supervision.
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Appendices
Equation (30) can be simplified as follows:
If a is made to be 3b12 − 3r2, b is 3b14 − 7b12r2 + 3r4, c is b16 − 3b14r2 + 3b12r4 − r6, and a12 is y, the following equations can be obtained.
By substituting y = x − a/3 into Eq. (45), the form of x3 + px + q = 0 can be given as follows:
where \( p=b-\frac{a^2}{3} \); \( q=\frac{2{a}^3}{27}+c-\frac{ab}{3} \). A real number solution is given by Eq. (46), such as Eq. (47).
The following conclusions can be drawn, as shown in Eq. (48).
The curve PQ can be obtained by substituting Eqs. (48) and (28) into Eq. (26).
Substituting Eq. (37) into Eq. (36), and making a 2 2 = z, x 2 2 = z + m 2 2, the cubic equation with a variable z can be expressed as follows:
where \( {m}_2=r\sin \frac{2\pi -6\arcsin \frac{m_1}{r}}{6} \) (see Appendix C for details). Similarly, the following can be obtained by making e = 6m22 − r2, f = 12m24, and g = 8m26.
Let \( z=x-\frac{e}{3} \) and substitute it into Eq. (51); Eq. (52) can be obtained.
where \( {p}_1=f-\frac{e^2}{3} \), \( {q}_1=\frac{2{e}^3}{27}+g-\frac{ef}{3} \). A real number solution is given by Eq. (52), such as Eq. (53).
The following conclusions can be drawn, as shown in Eq. (54).
By substituting Eq. (54) into Eq. (35), the curve WT can be expressed as follows:
As can be seen from the fact that three reverse bending regions and three positive bending regions are evenly distributed across the circular cross-section of the pipe, the angle corresponding to the region is also evenly distributed.
where θT is the angle corresponding to the reverse bending region, and θF is the angle corresponding to the positive bending region. The geometric relationship can be obtained in Fig. 13 and Fig. 14.
Equation (57) is substituted into Eq. (56), and Eq. (58) and Eq. (59) can be obtained.
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Huang, X., Yu, G., Sun, H. et al. A mechanical model of axial and circumferential bidirectional deformation for large thin-walled pipes in the process of continuous and synchronous calibration of roundness and straightness by three rollers. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 116, 3809–3826 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-07479-4
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