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A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method

The development of numerical simulations is potentially useful in predicting the most suitable manufacturing processes and ultimately improving product quality. Seamless pipes are manufactured by a rotary piercing process in which round billets (workpiece) are fed between two rolls and pierced by a...

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Main Authors: Topa, A., Cerik, B.C., Kim, D.K.
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Published: MDPI AG 2020
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spelling my.utp.eprints.299322022-03-25T03:16:48Z A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method Topa, A. Cerik, B.C. Kim, D.K. The development of numerical simulations is potentially useful in predicting the most suitable manufacturing processes and ultimately improving product quality. Seamless pipes are manufactured by a rotary piercing process in which round billets (workpiece) are fed between two rolls and pierced by a stationary plug. During this process, the material undergoes severe deformation which renders it impractical to be modelled and analysed with conventional finite element methods. In this paper, three-dimensional numerical simulations of the piercing process are performed with an arbitrary Lagrangian�Eulerian (ALE) formulation in LS-DYNA software. Details about the material model as well as the elements� formulations are elaborated here, and mesh sensitivity analysis was performed. The results of the numerical simulations are in good agreement with experimental data found in the literature and the validity of the analysis method is confirmed. The effects of varying workpiece velocity, process temperature, and wall thickness on the maximum stress levels of the product material/pipes are investigated by performing simulations of sixty scenarios. Three-dimensional surface plots are generated which can be utilized to predict the maximum stress value at any given combination of the three parameters. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. MDPI AG 2020 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85093685133&doi=10.3390%2fjmse8100756&partnerID=40&md5=897b6dad5607978aff8ab7cee427c9b4 Topa, A. and Cerik, B.C. and Kim, D.K. (2020) A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8 (10). pp. 1-24. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/29932/
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description The development of numerical simulations is potentially useful in predicting the most suitable manufacturing processes and ultimately improving product quality. Seamless pipes are manufactured by a rotary piercing process in which round billets (workpiece) are fed between two rolls and pierced by a stationary plug. During this process, the material undergoes severe deformation which renders it impractical to be modelled and analysed with conventional finite element methods. In this paper, three-dimensional numerical simulations of the piercing process are performed with an arbitrary Lagrangian�Eulerian (ALE) formulation in LS-DYNA software. Details about the material model as well as the elements� formulations are elaborated here, and mesh sensitivity analysis was performed. The results of the numerical simulations are in good agreement with experimental data found in the literature and the validity of the analysis method is confirmed. The effects of varying workpiece velocity, process temperature, and wall thickness on the maximum stress levels of the product material/pipes are investigated by performing simulations of sixty scenarios. Three-dimensional surface plots are generated which can be utilized to predict the maximum stress value at any given combination of the three parameters. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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author Topa, A.
Cerik, B.C.
Kim, D.K.
spellingShingle Topa, A.
Cerik, B.C.
Kim, D.K.
A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method
author_facet Topa, A.
Cerik, B.C.
Kim, D.K.
author_sort Topa, A.
title A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method
title_short A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method
title_full A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method
title_fullStr A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method
title_full_unstemmed A useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ALE method
title_sort useful manufacturing guide for rotary piercing seamless pipe by ale method
publisher MDPI AG
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