Abstract

In this paper, the springback of TC4 titanium alloy under hot stamping condition was studied by means of experiment and numerical analysis. Firstly, an analytical model was established to predict the V-shaped springback angle Δα under the stretch-bending conditions. The model took into account of blank holder force, friction, property of the material, thickness of the sheet and the neutral layer shift. Then, the influence of several process parameters on springback was studied by experiment and finite element simulation using a V-shaped stamping tool. In the hot stamping tests, the titanium alloy sheet fractured seriously at room temperature. The titanium alloy has good formability when the initial temperature of the sheet is 750–900 °C. However, the springback angle of formed parts is large and decreases with increasing temperature. The springback angle Aa decreased by 50% from 0.5° to 0.25°, and the angle Δβ decreased by 46.7% from 1.5° to 0.8° when the initial temperature of sheet increased from 750 °C to 900°C. The springback angle of titanium alloy sheet increases gradually with the increase of the punch radius, because of the increase of elastic recovery, the complex distribution of stress, the length of forming region and the decreasing degree of stress. Compared with the simulation results, the analytical model can better predict the springback angle Δα.

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