Experimental Investigation and Numerical Simulation of Pure Copper Foil Springback in Micro-Bending Process

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Springback is an important factor influencing forming precision in bending process, which becomes more complex for micro metal foil due to the size effect existing. Bending springback is studied through the micro bending experiments designed with different grain sizes and foil thicknesses using T2 purple copper in this paper. The accurate stress-strain relationships are obtained based on the copper foil tensile experiments; the bending process of micro-component is simulated based on both dynamic explicit and static implicit codes. Comparison of simulation results with experimental results shows that: thickness can serve as an important parameter effecting on the springback; the trend of springback amount rising with a thickness diminishing enhances in small size; sheets with same thickness exhibit phenomenon of springback angle reducing with an increasing grain size. Bending springback of micro metal foil indicates obvious size effect on foil thickness and grain size.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 609-610)

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531-535

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April 2014

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