Analysis of coupled mechanical and thermal behaviors in hot rolling of large rings of titanium alloy using 3D dynamic explicit FEM

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3384-3395

  Wang, M ^a   Yang, H ^a   Sun, Z C ^a   Guo, L G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic explicit FEM; Hot ring rolling; Large rings of titanium alloy; Mechanical and thermal behaviors; Process parameters

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOT ROLLING; HOT ROLLING MILLS; METAL WORKING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TITANIUM;

DYNAMIC EXPLICIT FEM; HOT RING ROLLING; LARGE RINGS OF TITANIUM ALLOY; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL BEHAVIORS; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 62949188955     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2008.07.054     Document Type: Article

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