Cold orbital forging is an advanced spur bevel gear forming technology. Generally, the spur bevel gear in the cold orbital forging process is formed by two steps: the preforming step and the final step. Due to the gre...Cold orbital forging is an advanced spur bevel gear forming technology. Generally, the spur bevel gear in the cold orbital forging process is formed by two steps: the preforming step and the final step. Due to the great importance of the final step to gear forming and its complication with interactive factors, this work aims at examining the influence of key factors on the final step in cold orbital forging of a spur bevel gear. Using the finite element(FE) method and control variate method, the influence rules of four key factors, rotation velocity of the upper tool, n, feeding velocity of the lower tool, v, tilted angle of the upper tool, γ, friction factor between the tools and the billet, m, on the geometry and the deformation inhomogeneity of the cold orbital forged gear are thoroughly clarified. The research results show that the flash becomes more homogeneous with increasing v, increasing m, decreasing n or decreasing γ. And the deformation of the gear becomes more homogeneous with increasing v, decreasing n or decreasing γ. Finally, a corresponding experiment is conducted, which verifies the accuracy of FE simulation conclusions.展开更多
Electroshocking treatment(EST),an efficient and rapid material treatment method,promotes microstructure evolution and improves mechanical properties.This study incorporates EST into the conventional cold rolling-quenc...Electroshocking treatment(EST),an efficient and rapid material treatment method,promotes microstructure evolution and improves mechanical properties.This study incorporates EST into the conventional cold rolling-quenching tempering process of M50 steel and investigates the influence and mechanism of applying EST at different stages of the process on the microstructure and mechanical properties.Scanning electron microscope(SEM),transmission electron microscope(TEM),and X-ray diffraction(XRD)were used to characterize the effect of EST on microstructure.The results show that EST can refine the grains of M50(average reduction of 10.1%in grain size),homogenize the grain size distribution,reduce the dislocation density(20.9%in average),promote the dissolution of carbides in the matrix and distribute them more uniformly along the grain boundaries,resulting in the improvement of mechanical properties.The mechanical properties of the specimen with the process flow of rolling-quenching-tempering-electroshocking showed excellent performance,with an increase in hardness of 1.4%,tensile strength of 17.7%,and elongation at break of 24.3%as compared to the specimen without EST.The tensile properties of the specimen with the process flow of rolling electroshocking-quenching-tempering showed the best performance,with an increase in tensile strength of 30.0%and elongation at break of 30.7%as compared to the specimen without EST.展开更多
Q345E as one of typical low alloy steels is widely used in manufacturing basic components in many fields because of its eminent formability under elevated temperature. In this work, the deformation behavior of Q345E s...Q345E as one of typical low alloy steels is widely used in manufacturing basic components in many fields because of its eminent formability under elevated temperature. In this work, the deformation behavior of Q345E steel was investigated by hot compression experiments on Gleeble-3500 thermo-mechanical simulator with the temperature ranging from 850 ℃ to 1150 ℃ and strain rate ranging from 0.01 s-1 to 10 s-1. The experimental results indicate that dynamic softening of Q345E benefits from increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The mathematical relationship between dynamic softening degree and deformation conditions is established to predict the dynamic softening degree quantitatively, which is further proved by some optical microstructures of Q345E. In addition, the experimental results also reveal that the stress level decreases with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The constitutive equation for flow stress of Q345E is formulated by Arrihenius equation and the modified Zener-Hollomon parameter considering the compensation of both strain and strain rate. The flow stress values predicted by the constitutive equation agree well with the experimental values, realizing the accurate prediction of the flow stress of Q345E steel under hot deformation.展开更多
Vertical hot ring rolling(VHRR) process has the characteristics of nonlinearity,time-variation and being susceptible to disturbance.Furthermore,the ring's growth is quite fast within a short time,and the rolled ri...Vertical hot ring rolling(VHRR) process has the characteristics of nonlinearity,time-variation and being susceptible to disturbance.Furthermore,the ring's growth is quite fast within a short time,and the rolled ring's position is asymmetrical.All of these cause that the ring's dimensions cannot be measured directly.Through analyzing the relationships among the dimensions of ring blanks,the positions of rolls and the ring's inner and outer diameter,the soft measurement model of ring's dimensions is established based on the radial basis function neural network(RBFNN).A mass of data samples are obtained from VHRR finite element(FE) simulations to train and test the soft measurement NN model,and the model's structure parameters are deduced and optimized by genetic algorithm(GA).Finally,the soft measurement system of ring's dimensions is established and validated by the VHRR experiments.The ring's dimensions were measured artificially and calculated by the soft measurement NN model.The results show that the calculation values of GA-RBFNN model are close to the artificial measurement data.In addition,the calculation accuracy of GA-RBFNN model is higher than that of RBFNN model.The research results suggest that the soft measurement NN model has high precision and flexibility.The research can provide practical methods and theoretical guidance for the accurate measurement of VHRR process.展开更多
Playing a critical role in transmitting movement and power, the meshing performance of spiral bevel gears has a significant effect on products' operational performance. To evaluate the meshing performance, the acc...Playing a critical role in transmitting movement and power, the meshing performance of spiral bevel gears has a significant effect on products' operational performance. To evaluate the meshing performance, the accurate three-dimensional(3D) spiral bevel gear models are established through the Pro/E and MATLAB softwares, and the finite element analysis(FEA) methods are applied to the theoretical investigation of the influence of cutter diameter on meshing performance in spiral bevel gears. The results obtained show that the cutter diameter has a significant influence on spiral bevel gears' meshing performance, such as the contact area, contact pressure, bending stress, torsional stiffness and transmission error.展开更多
The aim of this work is to develop a three-dimensional model of deep groove ball bearing to investigate the loaded stresses and central displacements of bearing rings. The equivalent stresses and central displacements...The aim of this work is to develop a three-dimensional model of deep groove ball bearing to investigate the loaded stresses and central displacements of bearing rings. The equivalent stresses and central displacements of bearing rings are obtained based on the simulated analysis. Moreover, several parameters, such as load magnitude, raceway groove curvature radius(RGCR), thicknesses of outer and inner rings, are varied to investigate their effects on the equivalent stresses and central displacements of bearing rings. Research results provide useful guidelines for determining the design parameters.展开更多
Microstructural evolution of GCr15 steels with different C and Cr contents during austenitizing and quenching was studied. Thermodynamic analysis of cementite dissolution was implied to obtain the critical temperature...Microstructural evolution of GCr15 steels with different C and Cr contents during austenitizing and quenching was studied. Thermodynamic analysis of cementite dissolution was implied to obtain the critical temperature. The coordination number x in Fe_xCr_(3-x)C and the volume fraction of undissolved cementite were computed according to element conservation and equilibrium phase diagram. The M_S(martensite transformation temperature) was calculated by using empirical formula. The retained austenite content was calculated with further consideration of quenching temperature. The results showed that the coordination number and the undissolved cementite content were promoted by the austenitizing temperature and carbon content of the steel. Increasing Cr element reduced the coordination number.GCr15 steels with different components had nearly the same M_S when austenitization at 830 °C to 860 °C. The interaction of C and Cr complicated the evolution of M_S and retained austenite content. The results were in good agreement with the literature, which could guide to obtain specified retained austenite and/or carbides.展开更多
In order to investigate and predict the material properties of curved surface AISI 1045 steel component during spot continual induction hardening(SCIH),a 3D model for curved surface workpieces which coupled electromag...In order to investigate and predict the material properties of curved surface AISI 1045 steel component during spot continual induction hardening(SCIH),a 3D model for curved surface workpieces which coupled electromagnetic,temperature and phase transformation fields was built by finite element software ANSYS.A small size inductor and magnetizer were used in this model,which can move along the top surface of workpiece flexibly.The effect of inductor moving velocity and workpiece radius on temperature field was analyzed and the heating delay phenomenon was found through comparing the simulated results.The temperature field results indicate that the heating delay phenomenon is more obvious under high inductor moving velocity condition.This trend becomes more obvious if the workpiece radius becomes larger.The predictions of microstructure and micro-hardness distribution were also carried out via this model.The predicted results show that the inductor moving velocity is the dominated factor for the distribution of 100% martensite region and phase transformation region.The influencing factor of workpiece radius on 100% martensite region and phase transformation region distribution is obvious under relatively high inductor moving velocity but inconspicuous under relatively low inductor moving velocity.展开更多
The evolution of temperature field of the continual motion induction cladding and the depth of heat affected zone are studied in this study.A three-dimensional finite element model for the point type continual inducti...The evolution of temperature field of the continual motion induction cladding and the depth of heat affected zone are studied in this study.A three-dimensional finite element model for the point type continual induction cladding is established to investigate temperature distributions of fixed and motion induction cladding modes.The novel inductor is designed for cladding of curved surfaces.The modeling reliability is verified by the temperature measurements.The influence of process parameters on the maximum temperature and the generation and transfer of heat are studied.Quantitative calculation is performed to its melting rate to verify the temperature distribution and microstructures.The results show that a good metallurgical bond can be formed between the cladding layer and substrate.The melting rate gradually falls from the top of the cladding layer to the substrate,and the grain size in the substrate gradually rises.The heat affected zone is relatively small compared to integral heating.展开更多
基金Project(51105287)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(IRT13087)supported by Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of China+2 种基金Project(2012-86)supported by High-End Talent Leading Program of Hubei Province,ChinaProject(2014CFB876)supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hubei ProvinceChina
文摘Cold orbital forging is an advanced spur bevel gear forming technology. Generally, the spur bevel gear in the cold orbital forging process is formed by two steps: the preforming step and the final step. Due to the great importance of the final step to gear forming and its complication with interactive factors, this work aims at examining the influence of key factors on the final step in cold orbital forging of a spur bevel gear. Using the finite element(FE) method and control variate method, the influence rules of four key factors, rotation velocity of the upper tool, n, feeding velocity of the lower tool, v, tilted angle of the upper tool, γ, friction factor between the tools and the billet, m, on the geometry and the deformation inhomogeneity of the cold orbital forged gear are thoroughly clarified. The research results show that the flash becomes more homogeneous with increasing v, increasing m, decreasing n or decreasing γ. And the deformation of the gear becomes more homogeneous with increasing v, decreasing n or decreasing γ. Finally, a corresponding experiment is conducted, which verifies the accuracy of FE simulation conclusions.
基金Project(G202403)supported by the Open Foundation of The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy,ChinaProject(2022CFB378)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province,China+2 种基金Project(B 17034)supported by 111 Project,ChinaProject(IRT_17R83)supported by the Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of ChinaProject(P2024-026)supported by the Open Foundation of The State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die&Mould Technology,China。
文摘Electroshocking treatment(EST),an efficient and rapid material treatment method,promotes microstructure evolution and improves mechanical properties.This study incorporates EST into the conventional cold rolling-quenching tempering process of M50 steel and investigates the influence and mechanism of applying EST at different stages of the process on the microstructure and mechanical properties.Scanning electron microscope(SEM),transmission electron microscope(TEM),and X-ray diffraction(XRD)were used to characterize the effect of EST on microstructure.The results show that EST can refine the grains of M50(average reduction of 10.1%in grain size),homogenize the grain size distribution,reduce the dislocation density(20.9%in average),promote the dissolution of carbides in the matrix and distribute them more uniformly along the grain boundaries,resulting in the improvement of mechanical properties.The mechanical properties of the specimen with the process flow of rolling-quenching-tempering-electroshocking showed excellent performance,with an increase in hardness of 1.4%,tensile strength of 17.7%,and elongation at break of 24.3%as compared to the specimen without EST.The tensile properties of the specimen with the process flow of rolling electroshocking-quenching-tempering showed the best performance,with an increase in tensile strength of 30.0%and elongation at break of 30.7%as compared to the specimen without EST.
基金Project(51135007)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(IRT13087)supported by the Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of China+1 种基金Project(2012-86)supported by the High-end Talent Leading Program of Hubei Province,ChinaProject(2012-P08)supported by State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die&Mould Technology,China
文摘Q345E as one of typical low alloy steels is widely used in manufacturing basic components in many fields because of its eminent formability under elevated temperature. In this work, the deformation behavior of Q345E steel was investigated by hot compression experiments on Gleeble-3500 thermo-mechanical simulator with the temperature ranging from 850 ℃ to 1150 ℃ and strain rate ranging from 0.01 s-1 to 10 s-1. The experimental results indicate that dynamic softening of Q345E benefits from increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The mathematical relationship between dynamic softening degree and deformation conditions is established to predict the dynamic softening degree quantitatively, which is further proved by some optical microstructures of Q345E. In addition, the experimental results also reveal that the stress level decreases with increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate. The constitutive equation for flow stress of Q345E is formulated by Arrihenius equation and the modified Zener-Hollomon parameter considering the compensation of both strain and strain rate. The flow stress values predicted by the constitutive equation agree well with the experimental values, realizing the accurate prediction of the flow stress of Q345E steel under hot deformation.
基金Project(51205299)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2015M582643)supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation+2 种基金Project(2014BAA008)supported by the Science and Technology Support Program of Hubei Province,ChinaProject(2014-IV-144)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of ChinaProject(2012AAA07-01)supported by the Major Science and Technology Achievements Transformation&Industrialization Program of Hubei Province,China
文摘Vertical hot ring rolling(VHRR) process has the characteristics of nonlinearity,time-variation and being susceptible to disturbance.Furthermore,the ring's growth is quite fast within a short time,and the rolled ring's position is asymmetrical.All of these cause that the ring's dimensions cannot be measured directly.Through analyzing the relationships among the dimensions of ring blanks,the positions of rolls and the ring's inner and outer diameter,the soft measurement model of ring's dimensions is established based on the radial basis function neural network(RBFNN).A mass of data samples are obtained from VHRR finite element(FE) simulations to train and test the soft measurement NN model,and the model's structure parameters are deduced and optimized by genetic algorithm(GA).Finally,the soft measurement system of ring's dimensions is established and validated by the VHRR experiments.The ring's dimensions were measured artificially and calculated by the soft measurement NN model.The results show that the calculation values of GA-RBFNN model are close to the artificial measurement data.In addition,the calculation accuracy of GA-RBFNN model is higher than that of RBFNN model.The research results suggest that the soft measurement NN model has high precision and flexibility.The research can provide practical methods and theoretical guidance for the accurate measurement of VHRR process.
基金Project(51575416) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(IRT13087) supported by Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of China+1 种基金Project(2014CFB876) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province,ChinaProject(2012-86) supported by High-end Talent Leading Program of Hubei Province,China
文摘Playing a critical role in transmitting movement and power, the meshing performance of spiral bevel gears has a significant effect on products' operational performance. To evaluate the meshing performance, the accurate three-dimensional(3D) spiral bevel gear models are established through the Pro/E and MATLAB softwares, and the finite element analysis(FEA) methods are applied to the theoretical investigation of the influence of cutter diameter on meshing performance in spiral bevel gears. The results obtained show that the cutter diameter has a significant influence on spiral bevel gears' meshing performance, such as the contact area, contact pressure, bending stress, torsional stiffness and transmission error.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51605354)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT: 2015IVA021)+1 种基金the Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of China (No. IRT13087)the High-end Talent Leading Program of Hubei Province (No. 201286)
文摘The aim of this work is to develop a three-dimensional model of deep groove ball bearing to investigate the loaded stresses and central displacements of bearing rings. The equivalent stresses and central displacements of bearing rings are obtained based on the simulated analysis. Moreover, several parameters, such as load magnitude, raceway groove curvature radius(RGCR), thicknesses of outer and inner rings, are varied to investigate their effects on the equivalent stresses and central displacements of bearing rings. Research results provide useful guidelines for determining the design parameters.
基金Project(51575414)supported by National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(IRT13087)supported by the Innovative Research Team Development Program of Ministry of Education of ChinaProject(2015AAA005)supported by the project of Important Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hubei Province,China
文摘Microstructural evolution of GCr15 steels with different C and Cr contents during austenitizing and quenching was studied. Thermodynamic analysis of cementite dissolution was implied to obtain the critical temperature. The coordination number x in Fe_xCr_(3-x)C and the volume fraction of undissolved cementite were computed according to element conservation and equilibrium phase diagram. The M_S(martensite transformation temperature) was calculated by using empirical formula. The retained austenite content was calculated with further consideration of quenching temperature. The results showed that the coordination number and the undissolved cementite content were promoted by the austenitizing temperature and carbon content of the steel. Increasing Cr element reduced the coordination number.GCr15 steels with different components had nearly the same M_S when austenitization at 830 °C to 860 °C. The interaction of C and Cr complicated the evolution of M_S and retained austenite content. The results were in good agreement with the literature, which could guide to obtain specified retained austenite and/or carbides.
基金Project (51175392) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject (2014BAA012) supported by the Key Project of Hubei Province Science & Technology Pillar Program,ChinaProjects (2012-IV-067,2013-VII-020) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘In order to investigate and predict the material properties of curved surface AISI 1045 steel component during spot continual induction hardening(SCIH),a 3D model for curved surface workpieces which coupled electromagnetic,temperature and phase transformation fields was built by finite element software ANSYS.A small size inductor and magnetizer were used in this model,which can move along the top surface of workpiece flexibly.The effect of inductor moving velocity and workpiece radius on temperature field was analyzed and the heating delay phenomenon was found through comparing the simulated results.The temperature field results indicate that the heating delay phenomenon is more obvious under high inductor moving velocity condition.This trend becomes more obvious if the workpiece radius becomes larger.The predictions of microstructure and micro-hardness distribution were also carried out via this model.The predicted results show that the inductor moving velocity is the dominated factor for the distribution of 100% martensite region and phase transformation region.The influencing factor of workpiece radius on 100% martensite region and phase transformation region distribution is obvious under relatively high inductor moving velocity but inconspicuous under relatively low inductor moving velocity.
基金Project(52275371) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2020YFA0714900) supported by the National Key R&D Program of China。
基金Project(51575415)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(2016CFA077)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of ChinaProject(2018-YS-026)supported by the Excellent Dissertation Cultivation Funds of Wuhan University of Technology,China。
文摘The evolution of temperature field of the continual motion induction cladding and the depth of heat affected zone are studied in this study.A three-dimensional finite element model for the point type continual induction cladding is established to investigate temperature distributions of fixed and motion induction cladding modes.The novel inductor is designed for cladding of curved surfaces.The modeling reliability is verified by the temperature measurements.The influence of process parameters on the maximum temperature and the generation and transfer of heat are studied.Quantitative calculation is performed to its melting rate to verify the temperature distribution and microstructures.The results show that a good metallurgical bond can be formed between the cladding layer and substrate.The melting rate gradually falls from the top of the cladding layer to the substrate,and the grain size in the substrate gradually rises.The heat affected zone is relatively small compared to integral heating.
