Transactions of Materials and Heat Treatment

Title：Numerical simulation and experimental study on hydroforming process for Y-shaped tube

Authors： Feng Yingying Sun Xiaoqian Jia Yue Luo Zong′an Wu Qinglin

Unit： Northeastern University

KeyWords： hydroforming Y-shaped tube internal pressure feed ratio back punch

ClassificationCode：TG394

year,vol(issue):pagenumber：2023,48(5):236-244

Abstract：

In order to solve the defects such as wrinkle and bursting etc. that were prone to occur during the hydroforming process of Y-shaped tube, a back punch parallel to main tube was designed, and the influence of the end angle of back punch on the forming effect was explored by simulation software DYNAFORM. Furthermore, when parallel punch was used, the influences of internal pressure, feed ratio and other main influence factors on the formability, wall thickness distribution and stress-strain distribution of Y-shaped tube were studied, and the relevant influence mechanism of different influence factors was analyzed to seek the range of process parameters for preparing Y-shaped tube with the best performance. The results show that when the shaping stress is 55 MPa and the feed ratio is 1.3∶1, the forming effect of Y-shaped tube is the best, and the parallel punch can obviously increase the effective forming height of branch tube, reduce the probability of branch tip bursting, and make the wall thickness distribution of Y-shaped tube more uniform and the forming effect better.

Funds：

国家自然科学基金资助项目(52105322)

作者简介：冯莹莹（1982-），女，博士，副研究员,E-mail：fengyy@ral.neu.edu.cn

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