Influence Law of Initial Reverse Bulging on Sheet Hydroforming Process

Abstract:

In order to investigating the effect of the combination of two technological parameters such as the initial bulging height and the initial bulging pressure on the sheet , the sheet hydroforming process was studied. Firstly, by using the method of numerical simulation, the sheet hydroforming process with and without the initial bulging were discussed; Secondly, the effect of both the initial bulging height and the initial bulging pressure which were based on the hydroforming with the initial bulging on the forming of the part was studied; Thirdly, the result of the simulation was verified in the experiment. It was found that when the initial bulging height is 3.75mm and the initial bulging pressure is 2MPa, the maximum thinning ratio of the sheet is 4.803% at the end of the sheet hydroforming process. According to the hydroforming process without the initial bulging factors, the maximum thinning ratio is 5.123%. It can be found that the initial bulging factors play a key role in the sheet hydroforming process. The maximum thinning ratio of the wall thickness can be decreased effectively by the appropriate initial bulging height and bulging pressure, and the forming limit can also be improved at the same time. The results of numerical simulation have a reasonable agreement with the experimental results.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 746)
• Pages: 99-107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.746.99
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Li Hui Lang*, Quan Da Zhang
• Keywords: Bulging Pressure, Reverse Bulging Height, Sheet Hydroforming, Simulation

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