Significant analysis of the influence of process parameters on the wrinkling of aluminum alloy double-wall gap tube in rotary draw bending

Abstract

Aluminum alloy double-wall gap tube is prone to wrinke in the rotary draw bending because the rigidity of the inner and outer tubes of the thin-walled structure is low, the mechanical properties between the tubes and the polymer filling medium are different greatly, and the bending forming is a complex nonlinear process of multi-mold coordination and multifactor coupling. While the process parameters are the main factors that affect the wrinkling of inner and outer tube, there are many process parameters and there are interactions among them. Therefore, based on the platform of ABAQUS/Explicit, elastic-plastic 3D-FE model of double-wall gap tube’s bending is established to study the influence mechanism of process parameters on the wrinkling aluminum alloy double-wall gap tube in rotary draw bending. The results show that the clearance between mandrel and inner tube, clearance between pressure die and outer tube, the anti-wrinkle die and the outer tube have significant effects on the wrinkling of the inner tube. The clearance between inner tube and core die, filling medium and inner tube and clearance between anti-wrinkle die and outer tube have significant effects on the wrinkling of inner tube. The wrinkling of the outer tube is more obvious than that of the inner tube. The results can provide a theoretical basis for optimizing the process parameters to suppress the wrinkling of aluminum alloy double-wall gap tube in the rotary-draw bending.