Numerical simulation of influence of material parameters on splitting spinning of aluminum alloy

During the splitting spinning process, the material parameters of disk blank have a significant effect on the determination of forming parameters and the quality of deformed blank. The influence laws of material parameters, including yield stress, hardening exponent and elastic modulus, on splitting spinning force, splitting spinning moment, degree of inhomogeneous deformation and quality of flange (average thickness and average deviation angle) were investigated by 3D-FE numerical simulation based on elasto-plastic dynamic explicit FEM under ABAQUS/Explicit environment. The results show that, the splitting spinning force and the splitting spinning moment increase with the increase of yield stress, hardening exponent and elastic modulus. The degree of inhomogeneous deformation increases with the decrease of yield stress and hardening exponent and the increase of elastic modulus. The average thickness of flange increases with the decrease of yield stress and the increase of hardening exponent and elastic modulus. The average deviation angle of upper surface increases with the increase of yield stress and the decrease of hardening exponent and elastic modulus. The average deviation angle of lower surface increases with the decrease of yield stress, hardening exponent and elastic modulus. Meanwhile, the corresponding variation ranges are given. The achievements may serve as an important guide for selecting the reasonable processing parameters of splitting spinning based on different aluminum alloys, and are very significant for optimum design and precision control of the splitting spinning process.