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The finite element simulation of high-temperature magnesium AZ31 sheet forming

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Finite element (FE) simulations will be vitally important to advancing magnesium alloy sheet forming technologies for vehicle component manufacturing. Although magnesium alloy sheet has been successfully formed into complex components at high temperatures, material constitutive model development for FE simulations has not kept pace with the needs of forming process design. This article describes the application of a new material constitutive model in FE simulations for hot forming of magnesium AZ31 alloy sheet. Simulations of forming both simple geometries from laboratory studies and complex parts from production trials are presented and compared with experimental results.

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  1. General Motors R&D Center, 30500 Mound Road, Warren, MI, USA

    Ravi Verma, Louis G. Hector & Paul E. Krajewski

  2. University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C2200, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    Eric M. Taleff

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Verma, R., Hector, L.G., Krajewski, P.E. et al. The finite element simulation of high-temperature magnesium AZ31 sheet forming. JOM 61, 29–37 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-009-0118-3

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