Analysis of Electromagnetic Force and Formability of Tube Electromagnetic Bulging Based on Convex Coil

Abstract

Non-uniform axial deformation and tube wall thinning are the main issues restricting the further development of the tube electromagnetic bulging technology. Aiming at overcoming these issues, a tube electromagnetic bulging method based on convex driving coil is proposed in this paper. An electromagnetic-structure coupling model of the tube electromagnetic expansion process is established and the influence of detailed convex coil parameters on radial and axial Lorentz forces are analyzed. Results show that with the new proposed method, the homogeneous length of the tube axial deformation is 4.7 times that of the expansion loading with conventional driving coil. Meanwhile, the issue of tube wall thinning in the conventional electromagnetic bulging method is restrained due to the produced axial electromagnetic force using the proposed convex coil. The proposed tube electromagnetic bulging based on convex coil can effectively overcome the issues currently exist in the conventional tube electromagnetic bulging and promote wide industrial application of the electromagnetic forming technology.

Keywords

• Electromagnetic forming
• tube wall thickness
• non-uniform axial deformation