FEM Dynamic Analysis of Continuous Rolling Pass of Seamless Tubes

Abstract:

The development of new products of seamless tubes require the development of corresponding grooves in order to manufacture tubes with high precision, high efficiency at low cost. In this work, a finite element model and dynamic simulation of continuous rolling pass for seamless tubes process has been implemented under the ANSYS/LS-DYNA environment to verify the validity of the pass design. The result show the deformation characteristic of cross-section, the variation regularity of rolling force, strain and stress conform to the reality. The work is effective for developing new grooves and products for seamless tube continuous rolling.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 704-705)
• Pages: 1487-1491
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.704-705.1487
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Zhi Long Feng, Xu Ma, Jing Yun Ma, Xiao Yu Zhou, Hui Qiang Liu, Yan Hong Ding, Jian Ping Li
• Keywords: Continuous Rolling, Explicit Dynamics, Finite Element (FE) Simulation, Grooves, Seamless Tube

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