Deformation characteristics and inertial effect of complex aluminum alloy sheet part under impact hydroforming: experiments and numerical analysis

Abstract

Impact hydroforming (IHF), as a novel sheet metal forming technology with the advantages of high strain rate forming and flexible liquid loading, is highly suitable for efficiently manufacturing aluminum complex-shaped sheet parts. In this paper, deformation characteristics of complex sheet parts under IHF are systematically investigated. The mechanical properties of 2024 aluminum alloy under a wide range of strain rates (10⁻³ s⁻¹–3.3×10³ s⁻¹) were studied. It indicated that the elongation of 2024 aluminum alloy was improved by 116.01% under strain rates of 3.306 × 10³ s⁻¹, referring to 10⁻³ s⁻¹. Further, a complex-shaped part with symmetrical and asymmetrical structures was selected. The deformation characteristics of sheet and role of inertial effect under IHF were investigated with well-developed solid–liquid coupling finite element (SLC-FE) model with high accuracy. Differentiating deformation tendency is found for symmetrical structure with notably prior deformation at central zone, showing a “bulging” profile at initial forming stage. Whereas, synchronous deformation is presented for asymmetrical structure with a “flat” profile. Additionally, distinctive inertial effect was observed at different positions change for both symmetrical and asymmetrical structures, in which lower values were resulted at their central regions. Meanwhile, the inertial effect evolved with the impacting speed. Specially, larger difference of inertial effect was observed with increasing impacting speed.

Keywords

2024 aluminum alloy / Impact hydroforming / High strain rate / Inertial effect

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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809(51875548)

International Science and Technology Cooperation Programme http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100012326(52111530293)

Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004739(2019195)