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Flow stress identification of tubular materials using the progressive inverse identification method

Erfan Asaadi (Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)
P. Stephan Heyns (Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)

Engineering Computations

ISSN: 0264-4401

Article publication date: 4 July 2016

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a progressive inverse identification algorithm to characterize flow stress of tubular materials from the material response, independent of choosing an a priori hardening constitutive model.

Design/methodology/approach

In contrast to the conventional forward flow stress identification methods, the flow stress is characterized by a multi-linear curve rather than a limited number of hardening model parameters. The proposed algorithm optimizes the slopes and lengths of the curve increments simultaneously. The objective of the optimization is that the finite element (FE) simulation response of the test estimates the material response within a predefined accuracy.

Findings

The authors employ the algorithm to identify flow stress of a 304 stainless steel tube in a tube bulge test as an example to illustrate application of the algorithm. Comparing response of the FE simulation using the obtained flow stress with the material response shows that the method can accurately determine the flow stress of the tube.

Practical implications

The obtained flow stress can be employed for more accurate FE simulation of the metal forming processes as the material behaviour can be characterized in a similar state of stress as the target metal forming process. Moreover, since there is no need for a priori choosing the hardening model, there is no risk for choosing an improper hardening model, which in turn facilitates solving the inverse problem.

Originality/value

The proposed algorithm is more efficient than the conventional inverse flow stress identification methods. In the latter, each attempt to select a more accurate hardening model, if it is available, result in constructing an entirely new inverse problem. However, this problem is avoided in the proposed algorithm.

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Citation

Asaadi, E. and Heyns, P.S. (2016), "Flow stress identification of tubular materials using the progressive inverse identification method", Engineering Computations, Vol. 33 No. 5, pp. 1472-1489. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-08-2015-0219

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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