Abstract
Numerical simulations of straight tube hydroforming of a dual phase (DP600) advanced high strength steel were performed using a variant of the Gurson–Tvergaard–Needleman (GTN) constitutive model to account for the influence of void shape and shear on coalescence. The effect of axial-feed (end-feed) on damage development and formability is investigated for end-feed loads of zero and 133 kN. A parametric study was conducted to determine an appropriate void nucleation stress and strain and the numerical values compared with the experimental data. The calibrated GTN damage model gives good agreement with the experimentally determined burst pressure, formability and failure location with the best performance occurring for the high end-feed load.
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