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The failure prediction in sheet metal forming is typically realized by evaluating the so called forming limit curves (FLC). The standard experimental method is the Nakajima test, where sometimes also the Marciniak test setup is used. Up to now, the FLC determination was performed with failed specimens and an one-directional intersection line method or by manually analyzing the estimated strains before cracking. Both methods determine the failure by considering the occurrence of cracking and do not consider the possibility of time continuous recording of the Nakajima test. Consequently forming limit curves which have been evaluated in such way are often “laboratory dependent” and deviate for identical materials significantly. This paper presents an algorithm for a fully automatic and time-dependent determination of the beginning plastic instability based on physical effects. The algorithm is based on the evaluation of the strain distribution based on the displacement field which is evaluated by optical measurement and treated as a mesh of a finite element calculation. The critical deformation states are then defined by 2D-consideration of the strain distribution and their time derivates using a numerical evaluation procedure for detecting the beginning of the localization. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm will be presented for different materials used for the Numisheet’08 Benchmark-1 with Nakajima test.
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The authors would like to thank B. Eberle for his excellent work during his master thesis [7] which was the basis for the presented evaluation method.
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Volk, W., Hora, P. New algorithm for a robust user-independent evaluation of beginning instability for the experimental FLC determination. Int J Mater Form 4, 339–346 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-010-1012-9
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