Fracture Prediction in Sheet Metal Stamping Based on a Modified Ductile Fracture Criterion

Abstract:

Sheet metal stamping is an important manufacturing process because of its high production rate and low cost, so the fracture prediction of stamping parts has become important issues. Recent experimental studies have shown that the quality of stamping parts can be increased by using ductile fracture criteria. This paper proposed a modified ductile fracture criterion based on the macroscopic and microscopic continuum damage mechanics (CDM). Three-dimensional (3D) explicit finite element analysis (FEA) are performed to predict the fracture behaviors of sheet metal stamping process. An approach to determine the material constants of modified ductile fracture criterion is presented with the help of uniaxial tensile tests and compressive tests. The results show that the modified ductile fracture criterion enables precise cup depth and fracture location of sheet metal stamping under nonlinear paths. Compared with typical ductile fracture criteria, the results predicted with modified ductile fracture criterion correlate the best with the experimental data.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 639)
• Pages: 543-550
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.639.543
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Rong Zeng, Liang Huang*, Jian Jun Li
• Keywords: Finite Element Method (FEM), Fracture Analysis, Sheet Metal Stamping

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