Finite Element Simulation of Ultrasonic Incremental Forming

Abstract:

This paper briefly describes the principle of the ultrasonic single point incremental forming of the sheet metal. In which we established the finite element model and finished the finite simulation with ABAQUS. According to the simulation result, we analyzed the influence law of vibration frequency of the axis on the distribution of the stress and strain of the sheet metal, the thickness, and the axial force in the process of ultrasonic single point incremental forming of the sheet metal. The result shows that the influence on the stress and thickness of the sheet metal is minimal, and the influence on the strain follows the law of cosines in which the strain is minimum when the vibration frequency is equal to 15kHZ.The influence on the axial force is that when the frequency is f=0kHz～40kHz the axial force decreases with the increase of the frequency. However, the axial force increased dramatically with the increase of the frequency when the frequency is above 40kHz.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 836-837)
• Pages: 452-461
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.836-837.452
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: P.Y. Li*, Qiang Liu, Wu Run An, Shu Juan Li
• Keywords: Axial Force, Single Point Incremental Forming, Strain, Stress, Thickness, Ultrasonic

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