The numerical thermal mechanical simulation of radial forging process of steel H13 stepped shaft with
GFM (Gesellschaft fur Fertigungstechnik undMaschinenbau) forging machine was carried out by three-dimensional
finite element code DEFORM 3D. According to the effective plastic strain, the mean stress and the mean plastic
strain distribution of the radial forging, the forging penetration efficiency (FPE) was studied throughout each
operation. The results show that the effective plastic strain in the center of the forging is always greater than
zero for the desirable larger axial drawing velocity. The mean stress in the center of the workpiece is proposed to
describe hydrostatic pressure in this paper. There is compressive strain layer beneath the surface of the workpiece
to be found, while there is tensile strain core in the center of the workpiece. These results could be a valuable
reference for designing the similar forging operations.
ZHOU Xu-dong1 (周旭东), LIU Xiang-ru2 (刘香茹), XING Jian-bin3 (型建斌)
. Forging Penetration Efficiency of Steel H13 Stepped Shaft
Radial Forging with GFM Forging Machine[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Science), 2012
, 17(3)
: 315
-318
.
DOI: 10.1007/s12204-012-1276-y
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