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Analysis and simulation research on thickness control effect of U-groove aluminum alloy profile based on ECAP with rubber mandrel

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Aluminum alloy profiles are widely used in traffic transportations. Both enough strength and precise shape are needed in these profiles. A novel ECAP with rubber mandrel is used to strengthen complex U-groove profiles. This ECAP is comprehensively researched by analytical and simulation as well as experimental methods in all the three situations “N,” “U,” and “C.” The shape control mechanism will be received by analytical method. The thicknesses vertical to the deformation plane can be controlled by plane deformation, while the thicknesses parallel to the deformation plane can be controlled by the constant thickness ratio. The simulations and experiments will be both used to verify the shape control effects. Finally, there will be more stresses in situation “U” based on the stress nephograms. The shape control results in situation “C” are better than these in situations “N” and “U” from both simulations and experiments. Based on the research in this paper, U-groove aluminum profiles are suggested to be formed by ECAP with rubber mandrel in situation “C.” This may be a strategy for U-groove aluminum profiles formed by ECAP.

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This work is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 51905068, Doctor Start-up Foundation of Liaoning Province No. 20180540098, Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province No. 2020-HYLH-24, and The Open Research Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University No. 2020RALKFKT012.

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  1. Transportation Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China, 106026

    Hong-yu Wang, Ji-rui Li, Sheng-nan Shi & Jun-cai Sun

  2. State Key Laboratory of Rolling & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China, 110819

    Jie Sun

  3. Shagang School of Iron and Steel, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China, 215021

    Shun-hu Zhang

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Hong-yu Wang, Ji-rui Li, and Sheng-nan Shi do experiments and simulations.

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Wang, Hy., Li, Jr., Shi, Sn. et al. Analysis and simulation research on thickness control effect of U-groove aluminum alloy profile based on ECAP with rubber mandrel. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 119, 4395–4410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-08485-2

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