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- Title
Numerical simulation of the tube bending process and validation of the results.
- Authors
CECLAN, Vasile Adrian; BÂLC, Nicolae; MIRON, Alin Vasile; BORZAN, Cristina; POPAN, Alexandru
- Abstract
In this paper is presented a finite element model for simulation of tubes Press Bending Process. The finite element model, used commercial code ABAQUS. Also in this paper is present some results for simulation of different angle of the bending. Cold bending of metal tubes is very important production method considering that metal tubes are widely used in a great variety of engineering products, such as automobile, aircraft, air conditioner, air compressor, exhaust systems, fluid lines The results show that the bending angle has a strong influence on the change of the wall thickness. It is also noticeable that smaller bending angles cause more important variations of the wall thickness. The change of the wall thickness can be reduced by applying an internal pressure on the tube surface during the bending process.
- Subjects
FINITE element method; COMPUTER simulation; BENDING (Metalwork); AUTOMOBILES; AIRPLANES; AIR conditioning equipment; AIR compressors
- Publication
Academic Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, 2011, Vol 9, Issue 3, p32
- ISSN
1583-7904
- Publication type
Article