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Numerical Simulation of Linear Friction Welding Based on ABAQUS Environment: Challenges and Perspectives

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In order to investigate the complicated thermomechanically coupled process of linear friction welding (LFW), three different numerical methods were developed using the ABAQUS software. LFW steel and Ti-6Al-4V were calculated by using a 2D model with the explicit and implicit methods, respectively, and the calculated results were validated by experiments. In addition, a 3D model for LFW Ti-5Al-2Sn-2Zr-4Mo-4Cr was firstly acquired by using the newly developed explicit-implicit alternate method and the calculated flash seemed more like the real one. Furthermore, a few open questions and perspectives in LFW modeling are discussed and concluded.

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The authors would like to thank for financial support the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51005180), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University by the Ministry of Education of China (NECT-08-0463), the Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation for Young Teachers in the Higher Education Institutions of China (131052), the Fundamental Research Fund of NPU (JC201233), and the 111 Project (B08040).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Friction Welding Technologies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, Shaanxi, P. R. China

    Wenya Li, Feifan Wang, Shanxiang Shi & Tiejun Ma

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Li, W., Wang, F., Shi, S. et al. Numerical Simulation of Linear Friction Welding Based on ABAQUS Environment: Challenges and Perspectives. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 23, 384–390 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-013-0776-8

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