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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2009-09-01

Journal:TRANSACTIONS OF NONFERROUS METALS SOCIETY OF CHINA

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、CPCI-S、ISTIC、Scopus

Volume:19

Issue:SUPPL. 1

Page Number:S61-S67

ISSN No.:1003-6326

Key Words:laminated-composite metal sheets; plasma arc forming; temperature field; numerical simulation

Abstract:Flexible forming of laminated-composite metal sheets (LCMS) using plasma arc is a latest technique, which produces LCMS components by thermal stress without mould and external force. Considering that the controllable temperature field is the key during the forming process, a three-layer FEM model, based on the characteristics along LCMS thickness direction, was developed to study the variation rules of temperature field, which was verified robustness by experimental validation. Besides, the influences of process parameters such as plasma arc power, scanning speed and plasma arc diameter on LCMS temperature field were performed. The comparisons of LCMS with single layer metal sheet (SLMS) show the temperature difference of LCMS along thickness direction is smaller than that of SLMS, but the heat-affected zone of LCMS along X axis is wider than that of SLMS under the same process parameters.