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4. Conclusion

This work is concerned with the estimation of damage during a backward cold flow forming process under di ff erent process parameters and modelling approaches. The process is simulated using finite element analysis and the failure is predicted with the MMC failure criteria. It is concluded that the modelling of temperature in the simulations a ff ect the damage evolution significantly. The model with no temperature dependency predicted smaller maximum damage values. The stress triaxiality and Lode angle parameter distributions reveal that the surface of the workpiece is the critical region in terms of ductile failure. The roller feed rate and revolution speed are examined in terms of the damage evolution. Roller feed rate is found to be more prominent in damage evolution than the roller revolution speed. Increasing feed rate or the revolution speed generally decreases the formability. Furthermore, simulations suggest that the ratio of feed rate to revolution speed is a more meaningful parameter to optimize. It is shown that the damage or plastic strain distributions are insusceptible to increase in feed rate and revolution speed at a constant ratio of these parameters. It is worth noting that the current work includes a limited number of simulations and variations in the parameters. A more throughout study is required confirm the outcomes. Moreover, to compare with the flow forming experiments, ductile failure models are planned to be calibrated using with experiments and FE simulations.

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Repkon Machine and Tool Industry and Trade Inc.

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