Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering
Volume:2 Issue: 1, 2009

Reshaping process is a widely used method for producing tubes with non-circular cross sections. Owing to the friction between pipe and rolls, initial round pipe moves forward and consequently, it gradually formed into square or rectangular one. In practice, geometric profile of the rolls will be changed after a while. These changes would be detrimental the production of faultless products. Therefore, in this paper the reshaping process is studied considering wear phenomena on the rolls. This study is a co-operation with a related industry at which square tubes are produced using reshaping process. In order to investigate the production line, considering industrial datasheets, the process is modeled by means of a commercial FEM package, ABAQUSExplicit. The reshaping process is simulated as a 3D model and subsequently the sustainable regions to wear are investigated. The influences of significant parameters such as material and thickness of strip, as well as friction coefficient on the worn area, are studied. At the end, the FEM reults are comprised with the experiments reults and a good consistency between them is seen.

PVC frame cutting process by guillotine is a common method that attracted attention of car parts and PVC decorating furniture producers. In this paper, the effects of main parameters such as cutting speed, lubricants and cutting frame holder pressure force on PVC frame section surface smoothness is investigated by experimental methods on a specified PVC frame sample and then by FEM simulation using ABAQUS 6.8 software. The results obtained by experimental methods and software simulation show intense effect of these parameters on the PVC frame section surface smoothness and cutting force. Finally, based on the experimental works, some solutions are suggested to improve the cutting quality.

In this paper, the thermal buckling analysis of a circular plate made of FGM materials with actuator/actuator piezoelectric layers based on neutral plane, classical plate theory and first order shear deformation plate theory is investigated. Reddy's model is assumed for material properties of FGM plate. Plate under the thermal loading, nonlinear temperature rise through the thickness and clamped edges is considered. Equilibrium and stability equations are drived using the calculus of variations and applying Euler equations. The obtained results are compared with the numerical values of the critical buckling temperature based on the theories mentioned above, and good agreement is observed between them.

In the present research, the elastic buckling of composite cross-ply elliptical cylindrical shells under axial compression is studied through finite element approach. The formulation is based on shear deformation theory and the serendipity quadrilateral eight-node element is used to study the elastic behavior of elliptical cylindrical shells. The strain-displacement relations are accurately accounted for in the formulation in local coordinate system. The contributions of the work done by applied load are also incorporated. The obtained governing equations by the principle of minimum potential energy is solved through eigenvalue approach. The influence of elliptical cross-sectional parameters on the critical buckling loads of elliptical cylindrical shells is examined .Results show that changes in the elliptical cross-sectional parameters significantly change critical buckling loads of the elliptical cylindrical shells.

In this study, the change at rubbing surfaces has been investigated experimentally using an acoustic emission signal monitoring system. A steel ring is slipped on the surface of a metallic sheet to simulate frictional conditions. The mechanical disturbances caused by the movement of the ring produce stress waves propagating along the sheet surface. The out of plane displacement of the sheet surface is sensed by a piezoelectric sensor. The electrical signal of the sensor output is received and used to analyze the frictional conditions between rubbing surfaces. The experimental results show that the effect of different frictional parameters such as normal load, surface material and lubrication on the surface damages can be recognized by analyzing the acoustic emission signals. For example, vanishing of the thin lubricant film between the two rubbing surfaces can be distinguished from the damage signals which are appeared with specific range of frequencies and amplitudes. The sensitivity of acoustic emission to detect frictional damages is considerably higher than that of monitoring of the friction coefficient.

In the present paper, the buckling problem of rectangular functionally graded (FG) plate with arbitrary edge supports is investigated. The present analysis is based on the classical plate theory (CPT) and large deformation is assumed for deriving stability equations. The plate is subjected to bi-axial compression loading. Mechanical properties of FG plate are assumed to vary continuously along the thickness of the plate according to different volume of fraction functions of constituents. These functions are assumed to have power law distributions. The displacement function is assumed to have the form of double Fourier series, of which derivatives are legitimized using Stokes’ transformation method. The advantage of using this method is the capability of considering effect of any possible combination of boundary conditions on the buckling loads. The out-plane displacement distribution is assumed using Fourier Sinus Series. This results in a general eigenvalue problem which can be used for evaluating the buckling load under different edge conditions, plate aspect ratios and various volume fraction functions. For generality of problem, plate is elastically restrained using some rotational and translational springs at four edges. Some numerical examples are presented and compared the to numerical results of finite element method using ABAQUS and other researchers’ results to validate the proposed method. It has been shown that there is good agreement between them.

In this paper, free and forced vibration analysis of functionally graded material cylinders was carried out by mesh-free and finite element method. In this analysis, MLS shape functions are used for approximation of displacement field in the weak form of motion equation and essential boundary conditions are imposed by transformation method. Resulted set of differential equations are solved using central difference approximation. Mechanical properties of cylinders were assumed to be variable in the radial direction as a function of volume fraction. Effects of geometrical dimensions of the cylinders, exponent of material volume fraction and the effect of loading type were investigated by the proposed model and FEM. Results obtained by this analysis were compared with the analytical solutions and the results of finite element analysis, and a very good agreement was seen between them.

Up to now a large number of models have been developed to measure or predict the damage in equipments. Some of these models have been implemented in ABAQUS software. To implement damage parameters in the software, it is necessary to perform complex and expensive practical tests. One of these damage models is Forming Limit Diagram (FLD).The purpose of this research is deriving required parameters for modeling damage by numerical method and using of software. To study and compare of the accuracy of this method, these parameters have been derived with experimental method. FLD parameters for metastable austenitic stainless steel 304 have been extracted from Erichsen test and then phase change from austenite to martensite during deep drawing have been modeled with CLEMEX and SIGMAPLOT software. By defining changes of physical and mechanical properties of elastic-plastic material, the obtained results are transmitted to ABAQUS via developing a VUMAT subroutine in FORTRAN. Then Erichsen test has been simulated in ABAQUS and aforementioned subroutine was used to define changes of properties in simulation. Critical points susceptible for necking in all test cups are determined and numerical FLD was drawn based on principal strains in these points. Finally, the results of this method and practical tests were compared .