International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD) ISSN (P): 2249–6890; ISSN (E): 2249–8001 Vol. 10, Issue 3, Jun 2020, 533–546 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.
EXPERIMENTAL AND FEM ANALYSIS INVESTIGATION OF VARIOUS PROCESSING ROUTES OF THE PLANAR TWIST CHANNEL ANGULAR EXTRUSION PROCESS MAHMOUD SHAMSBORHAN1*& HUSSEIN ZEKRI2 1Scholar, 2Scholar,
Department of Engineering, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zakho, Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
ABSTRACT Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD) is the most appropriate top-down method for making nanocrystalline or ultrafine grained metal structures. Achieving a good distribution and higher values of equivalent plastic strain in one pass is the main parameter in severe plastic deformation processes. To solve this challenge, integrating different SPD processes is required. The planar twist channel angular extrusion process is one of the recently proposed methods of SPD as a rearrangement of two Simple Shear Extrusion (SSE) and Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) processes. In this study, Finite Element (FE) simulation of the various routes in the 2nd cycle of this method is done. Then, the micro
B2 routes have the most uniform distribution of equivalent plastic strain in the cross section area of the specimen, and B2 and A1 paths have more equivalent plastic strain values. The highest non-uniform distribution of the equivalent plastic strain is illustrated in the paths B1 and D2. The results of the micro hardness test validated FEM results. Therefore, the best options for the second cycle of the PTCAE method are the paths A1 and B2. KEYWORDS: (PTCAE), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Shear Strain & Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD)
Original Article
hardness test of the processed samples was performed. Finite element analysis results illustrate that the C1, C2 ,A1, and
Received: Dec 10, 2020; Accepted: Dec 30, 2020; Published: May 15, 2020; Paper Id.: IJMPERDJUN202049
1. INTRODUCTION Nano structured materials have microstructure with a grain size values in the order of 1-100nm,in one axis or direction. The base of the severe plastic deformation method is the dislocations growth, the creation of new walls of dislocations, and converting them to the new grain boundary. The make grain sizes of the material by SPD methods are in the order of 100 -1000nm; Therefore, these micro structures are named as nano structured metals [1,2]. Various investigations have been done on severe plastic deformation methods, and numerous developments have been investigated in micro-structural, analytical, and simulation fields. Several developments are related to proposing novel SPD processes for various shapes of the specimen [3-8]. A crucial factor in the SPD methods is to obtain a more equivalent plastic strain in a pass of the SPD process. Applying the effective plastic strain on various directions in only one deformation zone in only one pass is an excellent option to increase the efficiency of SPD processes. A combination of the various SPD processes can obtain this need[9,10].The planar twist channel angular extrusion process is one of the recently proposed SPD methods as are arrangement of two Simple Shear Extrusion (SSE) and Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) processes[9-13]. The Finite Element (FE) simulation has been conducted as a powerful approach in order to study the
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