Investigation of large area sheet forming with laser shocking spot by spot

Xingquan Zhang; Wenwu Niu; Yan Zhang; Xingxing Hu; Jinxiu Fang; Lisheng Zuo; Yuande Yin; Syed Sohail Ahmad Shah

Materials & Design (Dec 2021)

Investigation of large area sheet forming with laser shocking spot by spot

Xingquan Zhang,
Wenwu Niu,
Yan Zhang,
Xingxing Hu,
Jinxiu Fang,
Lisheng Zuo,
Yuande Yin,
Syed Sohail Ahmad Shah

Affiliations

Xingquan Zhang: Key Laboratory of Green Fabrication and Surface Technology of Advanced Metal Materials (Ministry of Education), Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243002, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China; Corresponding author.
Wenwu Niu: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China
Yan Zhang: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China
Xingxing Hu: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China
Jinxiu Fang: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China
Lisheng Zuo: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China
Yuande Yin: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China
Syed Sohail Ahmad Shah: School of Mechanical Engineering, Anhui Unversity of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui 243002, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 212
p. 110279

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The paper presents a large-bottom cup formed by multiple-spot laser shocking. A 3D finite element model was developed with computational hardware and software resources to simulate the shape evolution process of cup manufactured by gradual-increasing-shot laser shocking along a specified path. A series of intermediate cups were fabricated correspondingly to verify the predicted results. The effect of key processes, such as impact order, imposed pressure of shock wave and the covering ratio of laser shocking spot, on the final geometric shape of formed cup was also investigated and analyzed. The results of numerical simulation and experiment show that small deformation induced by each single-spot shocking is gradually accumulated to larger deformation, and multiple-spot laser shocking can form the large conic cup well. The sheet forming precision is not affected by the order of laser shocking, but is seriously decreased by the improper pressure of imposed shock wave. When the covering ratio of laser shocking exceeds threshold value, sheet forming precision is not changed any more even if the covering ratio increases. In general, the multiple-spot laser shocking forming is a technology of sheet incremental forming, and it can enlarge greatly the scope of sheet forming with laser shocking.

Published in Materials & Design

ISSN: 0264-1275 (Print); 1873-4197 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/materials-and-design

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