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Advances in Production Engineering & Management
Volume 10 | Number 3 | September 2015 | pp 153–161

http://dx.doi.org/10.14743/apem2015.3.199

Experimental and simulation study on the warm deep drawing of AZ31 alloy
Reddy, A.C.S.; Rajesham, S.; Reddy, P.R.
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A B S T R A C T
The presented work aimed at studying the deep drawing process of a magnesium alloy sheet at elevated temperatures. This is because magnesium is being considered as a promising alternative for high strength steel and aluminium within many applications because of its low density and high specific strength. It is a well-known and recognised fact that fracturing and wrinkling during the deep drawing process can be minimised or eliminated by selecting an appropriate warm-forming temperature of the magnesium, as the formability of magnesium increases considerably as the temperature increases. Hence a warm formability study of AZ31 was performed and tested by experimental and simulation methods and resulted in superior formability at elevated temperatures in both cases. A 3D Finite element model was developed for the simulation of circular cup deep drawing and tested for different temperatures ranging from room temperature to 300 °C and it was found that the limiting drawing ratio (LDR) increased significantly with any increase in temperature. The experimental and simulation results were found to be in good agreement.

A R T I C L E   I N F O
Keywords • Drawing, Limiting drawing ratio (LDR), Worm forming, Anisotropy, Forming limit diagram
Corresponding authorReddy, A.C.S.
Article history • Received 13 July 2014, First Revision 17 February 2015, Second Revision 25 March 2015, Accepted 26 March 2015
Published on-line • 5 September 2015

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