Incremental sheet forming process modelling - limitation analysis

AbstrAct Purpose: of this paper is incremental sheet forming (ISF) process modelling. Main attention is paid to limitation analysis. Two kinds of risks are considered: material failure and tool failure. Aim of the current study is to minimize both risks i.e. provide limits for safe manufacturing. Design/methodology/approach: Experimental, numerical and theoretical investigation is performed. The test procedures are designed for determining FLD and forming force components in ISF process. The ISF process is modeled using FEM software LS-DYNA (fully integrated shell elements). In numerical analysis the plastic anisotropy is considered (Hill’s second and Barlat’s higher order yield criteria). Findings: The influence of plastic anisotropy on two formability characteristics - FLD and forming load components is studied. In both cases the effect of plastic anisotropy is found to be significant. It is shown that variation of the Lankford coefficient(s) in range 0.5-3.0 may cause changes on the formability characteristics over ten percent.