Analysis of Preform Annealing Process for the Aluminum Automotive Door Inner Panel

Abstract:

To improve the formability of aluminum alloy, a new forming technique-the preform annealing process is proposed. Based on the mechanical properties of the original aluminum alloy AA5182-O with two experienced preforming annealing treatment, and preforming annealing process of a complex geometric shape aluminum door inner panel was numerical simulated by using LS-DYNA software. As a result, the effects of annealing time at 365°C on stamping height of the panel and the optimum annealing time were obtained. The results showed that the preform annealing process was feasible in the door inner panel. At 365°C, the smooth forming of the door inner panel was achieved after annealing for 20s with the pre-deformation amount 97mm, Which are the most suitable parameters.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 850)
• Pages: 618-624
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.850.618
• Online since: March 2016
• Authors: Yu Juan Yang, Jian Pin Lin, Bin Wang
• Keywords: Door Inner Panel, Numerical Simulation, Preform Annealing

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